Calls

Published: July 2024

Call for Proposals: "HALO 2026"
DFG SPP 1294

Within the Priority Programme "Atmospheric and Earth System Research with the High Altitude and Long Range Research Aircraft (HALO)" (SPP 1294), proposals are called for projects (up to three years duration) starting in 2026 ("HALO 2026").
Application submission is possible between 16 December 2024 and 3 January 2025 (for technical reasons, an earlier submission is not possible; technical support is only available until 20 December). Proposals can only be submitted via elan, the DFG’s electronic proposal processing system. A timely registration in elan is possible by 2 December 2024. Please consider all hints given in the text provided by DFG:

https://www.dfg.de/de/aktuelles/neuigkeiten-themen/info-wissenschaft/2024/ifw-24-67

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the HALO SPP 1294 coordination anja.schwarz(at)uni-leipzig.de.

Please use the latest formula 53.01 elan Project Description - Project Proposal [03/24], to be found at https://www.dfg.de/de/foerderung/foerdermoeglichkeiten/programme/koordinierte-programme/schwerpunktprogramme/formulare-merkblaetter.

Permanently open call for proposals:
HALO-Related Topical Workshops

The HALO SPP 1294 coordinators call for proposals for HALO-related Topical Workshops. Topical Workshops should be related to completed or planned HALO missions or may focus on a special topic covered by the HALO SPP 1294. Fees for online platforms used to conduct HALO-related Topical Workshops can be funded.

Please send your short proposal with information about:

topic, objectives, respective HALO mission(s);
preliminary agenda draft;
expected number of participants;
rough cost estimate

to anja.schwarz(at)uni-leipzig.de.

Former Calls:

Published: 16 February 2024

Call for Proposals: "HALO 2025"
DFG SPP 1294

Within the Priority Programme "Atmospheric and Earth System Research with the High Altitude and Long Range Research Aircraft (HALO)" (SPP 1294), proposals are called for projects (up to three years duration) starting in 2025 ("HALO 2025").
Application submission is possible by 17 May 2024 via elan, the DFG’s electronic proposal processing system. Please consider all hints given in the text provided by DFG:
https://www.dfg.de/de/aktuelles/neuigkeiten-themen/info-wissenschaft/2024/ifr-24-13

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact anja.schwarz(at)uni-leipzig.de.

Please use the latest formula 53.01 elan Project Description - Project Proposal [03/24], to be found at https://www.dfg.de/de/foerderung/antrag-foerderprozess/formulare-merkblaetter.

Updated: 25 September 2023

Call for Proposals:
HALO Missions 2026–2029

The Scientific Steering Committee (WLA) of HALO calls for proposals for new HALO missions in the time period from 2026 to 2029.
The proposals should include a description of the scientific objectives (one page) and a filled flight request form (see form below). Please submit the proposals to the new HALO user coordinator Mareike Heckl and Anja Schwarz by 16 October 2023.
The mission proposals will be presented and discussed at the HALO Symposium 2023, 7 to 9 November, at DLR Oberpfaffenhofen during an open workshop with the applying Mission PIs, the members of the WLA, external peers and interested scientists.

Published: 06 Jul 2023

Call for Contributions:
HALO Symposium 2023

The organizers of the HALO Symposium 2023 invite submission (oral/poster) for the three planned science sessions:

Aerosols, Clouds, and Precipitation
Dynamics in the troposphere and lower stratosphere
Chemical composition transport and transformation

Suggestions and contributions for additional topics are welcome.

Please use the template, email your abstract to Anja Schwarz and assign the session in which your contribution would best fit.

Deadline: September 18, 2023

Published: 06 Jul 2023

Call for Proposals:
Prize for the best HALO publication by an early career scientist 2023

The organizers of the HALO Symposium 2023 invite applications for the best HALO-related, peer-reviewed paper published or accepted for publication by September 18, 2023. The winners will be announced during the HALO Symposium, November 7-9, 2023. Only Early Career Scientists (PhD candidates, early PostDoctoral researchers) who are first authors of the publication are eligible to apply. Self-nominations are not permitted.
Please send one PDF containing the proposal with a brief justification, the relevant publication, and the tabular CV of the supported candidate to Anja Schwarz.
Deadline: September 18, 2023

Published: 28 October 2022

Call for Proposals:

New Major Instrumentation Initiative: “HALO-Instruments – the Expansion of the Scientific Instrumentation of the High Altitude and Long Range Research Aircraft HALO”

With this call the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) launches a new Major Instrumentation Initiative that invites proposals from universities for the implementation of novel scientific instrumentation on the HALO Research Aircraft. The initiative aims at funding advanced scientific instruments to be installed aboard HALO for dedicated use in future research missions such as those addressed in the calls for the Priority Programme “Atmospheric and Earth System Research with the High Altitude and Long Range Research Aircraft (HALO)” (SPP 1294).

HALO enables forefront earth system science and allows for innovative atmospheric and geophysical measurements with a high-ceiling altitude of up to 15 km and a range of about 10,000 km. HALO-based research is supposed to help understand the interaction of processes within the earth system and human activities. For satellite missions, HALO provides unique possibilities to combine and validate space-borne data with measurements of the atmosphere that were performed in situ and near the ground.
This call aims at pushing the limits of the scientific instrumentation of HALO to allow addressing an even wider range of parameters to be observed during the flight missions. The novel instrumentation should provide a substantial and lasting qualitative step forward in the instrumentation of HALO.
The installation of the requested instruments at the HALO Research Aircraft can be planned within the framework of its wing pod (“HALO Large Wing Pod”), which has not yet been approved for flight operations, but will be made available by this Major Instrumentation Initiative. It is expected that the instruments will be operational within two years after their approval. Therefore, the project plan must explicitly consider the schedule of the HALO missions. The implementation of new instruments in an aircraft is challenging especially in terms of design, technical testing, consideration of specific safety regulations as well as certification. These special requirements must be considered in close consultation with the relevant bodies and responsible organisations during project planning and cost calculation.
Major Instrumentation Initiatives address universities as applicant institutions. The university must appoint only one responsible spokesperson for the application. Applications must demonstrate the necessary scientific and technical expertise for the successful operation of the equipment and for the proposed research using it. Future research which will benefit from the new instrumentation should be concisely described; however, funding for the actual scientific (HALO-)research itself is not in the scope of this infrastructure-oriented call. It should be explained in the proposal how the operation and use of the new instrumentation is to be managed in a scientifically and methodologically efficient manner. In case of funding, corresponding rules for operation of and access to the equipment must be submitted to the DFG.
Adequate support for the operation and the maintenance of the new instrument needs to be provided. This essential aspect including the institutional support need to be explicitly addressed within the proposal. It is possible to apply (as part of the proposal) for staff and direct costs dedicated to the specific aims of this Major Instrumentation Initiative for a period of up to five years, e. g. for assembling the components, validation and calibration work and/or for supporting users of the instrumentation. Exceptionally, costs for the certification process may be included.
The DFG offers a webinar on formal and procedural aspects of this call, addressing one or two responsible persons per proposal. The webinar will take place on 6 December 2022, 13:30–16:30 hrs. Please register under the following link: https://t1p.de/HALO-Instruments
Universities interested in applying have to submit a binding Letter of Intent by 10 January 2023 using the template provided (see Further Information). This is a mandatory prerequisite for submitting an application. The designated spokesperson responsible for the application may please refer to our online portal elan (see link below). Under the heading “Proposal Submission” you can select “Draft Proposal”. At the end of this website you will find the online form to upload your Letter of Intent.

Proposal Submission
Proposals must be submitted to the DFG by 1 May 2023.
Please note that proposals can only be submitted via elan, the DFG’s electronic proposal processing system. To submit a proposal in response to this call, go to “Proposal Submission – New Project/Draft Proposal – Scientific Instrumentation and Information Technology – Major Instrumentation Initiative”, start the proposal procedure and select in the submission dialogue “HALO-Instruments” from the list of calls.
Proposals must be prepared using the project description template (form 53.101) and following the programme guidelines (form 21.7 Section I and III). These forms can either be downloaded from our website or accessed through the elan portal.
All documents need to be in English language, DFG’s rules for publication lists (form 1.91, version 2020) apply.
The spokesperson must be registered in elan prior to submitting a proposal to the DFG. If you are using the elan portal for the first time, please note that you must set up an elan account at latest by 24 March 2023 to submit a proposal under this call; registration requests received after this time may not be processed in time for proposal submission. Please make sure to select the correct Major Instrumentation Initiative call “HALO-Instruments” during both the registration and submission of the proposal.

Further Information
Template for the Letter of Intent HALO-Instruments:
www.dfg.de/download/pdf/foerderung/programme/wgi/halo_instruments_loi.rtf
The elan system can be accessed at:
https://elan.dfg.de/en
DFG-Form 21.7 Guidelines Major Instrumentation Initiative [09/19] (German or English):
www.dfg.de/formulare/21_7
DFG-Form 53.101 Project Description – Major Instrumentation Initiative call [12/17] (English only):
www.dfg.de/formulare/53_101_elan
Information on the programme and on other Major Instrumentation Initiatives:
www.dfg.de/wgi
Questions on this specific Major Instrumentation Initiative can be directed to:
Dr. Stefan Winkler-Nees, phone +49 228 885-2578, stefan.winkler-nees@dfg.de

Published: 07 November 2022

Call for Proposals:
HALO-related Topical Workshops 2023

The HALO SPP 1294 coordinators call for proposals for HALO-related Topical Workshops to be organized in 2023. Topical Workshops should be related to completed or planned HALO missions or may focus on a special topic covered by the HALO SPP 1294. NOTE: Fees for online platforms used to conduct HALO-related Topical Workshops can be funded.
Submission deadline: 9 January 2023.
Decisions will be communicated soon after. For more urgent planning, please let us know.
Please send your proposal (one page with topic, objectives; preliminary agenda; invited participants/scientists, if any; cost estimate) to anja.schwarz(at)uni-leipzig.de.

Call for Proposals:
HALO DFG SPP 1294

https://www.dfg.de/foerderung/info_wissenschaft/info_wissenschaft_22_58/index.html

The current (as of 03/22) template 53.01 elan for a project proposal can be found together with further information sheets for a priority program at:
https://www.dfg.de/foerderung/programme/koordinierte_programme/schwerpunktprogramme/formulare_merkblaetter/index.jsp

Published: 03 December 2021

Call for Proposals:

HALO-related Topical Workshops 2022

The HALO SPP 1294 coordinators call for proposals for HALO-related Topical Workshops to be organized in 2022. Topical Workshops should be related to completed or planned HALO missions or may focus on a special topic covered by the HALO SPP 1294. NOTE: Fees for online platforms used to conduct HALO-related Topical Workshops could be funded.

Submission deadline: 04 February 2022.
Decisions will be communicated by mid of February 2022. For more urgent planning, please let us know.

Please send your proposal (one page with topic, objectives; preliminary agenda; invited participants/scientists, if any; cost estimate) to anja.schwarz@uni-leipzig.de.

Call for Proposals: HALO DFG SPP 1294

Submission deadline to DFG is 22 October 2021 via elan, the DFG’s electronic proposal processing system. Please consider all hints given in the text provided by DFG:

https://www.dfg.de/foerderung/info_wissenschaft/ausschreibungen/info_wissenschaft_21_63/index.html

Forms and fact sheets for a priority program:

https://www.dfg.de/foerderung/programme/koordinierte_programme/schwerpunktprogramme/formulare_merkblaetter/index.jsp

Published: 20 April 2021
Update: 27 July 2021

Call for Breakout Topics:
HALO Status Colloquium 2021

We will conduct several breakout groups for specific topics or HALO campaigns. Please contact Anja Schwarz, anja.schwarz@uni-leipzig.de by 6 September 2021 for suggestions.

Published: 20 April 2021

Call for Proposals:
Young Researcher Best HALO Publication Award 2021

The organizers of the HALO Status Colloquium 2021 invite applications for two awards (PhD student, early career scientist) for the best HALO-related, peer-reviewed paper published or accepted for publication by 30 June 2021. Each prize is endowed with 500 €. The winners will be announced during the HALO Status Colloquium 2021, 14–15 September, and are very welcome to present their findings. Only young scientists (PhD, Postdoc) who are the first author of the publication are eligible. Selfnominations are not permitted.

Please submit one PDF including the proposal, the respective publication and the CV (tabular form) of the endorsed candidate to anja.schwarz@uni-leipzig.de by 9 July 2021.

Published: 20 April 2021

Call for Posters and Breakout Topics:
HALO Status Colloquium 2021

We call for contributions to the HALO Status Colloquium 2021. Posters are highly welcome for virtual, interactive presentations. The poster contributions will be grouped into the scientific sessions listed below.

Sessions:
I    Aerosols, Clouds, and Precipitation
II   Transport and Dynamics in the Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere, Atmospheric Coupling Processes
III Transport and Transformation of Chemical Composition
X   Further Topics

Please submit your poster abstract as PDF by 18 June 2021 to Anja Schwarz, anja.schwarz@uni-leipzig.de, using the template:

and indicate in your e-mail to which session (I, II, III, X) your poster contribution would fit best.

Furthermore, we will conduct several breakout groups for specific topics or HALO campaigns. Please contact Anja Schwarz, anja.schwarz@uni-leipzig.de, if you would like to act as leader in such a breakout group.

Published: 03 May 2021

Call for Proposals:
HALO-related Topical Workshops 2021

The HALO SPP 1294 coordinators call for proposals for HALO-related topical workshops to be organized in 2021. Topical workshops should be related to completed or planned HALO missions or may focus on a special topic covered by the HALO SPP 1294. The submission deadline is 04 June 2021. The decisions will be made within the subsequent two weeks and communicated at latest by 24 June 2021. For more urgent planning, please let us know.

Please note: The character of a workshop recommends that the number of participants is limited to 30.

Please send your proposal (one page including topic, objectives; tentative agenda; invited participants/scientists; cost estimate) to anja.schwarz@uni-leipzig.de.

15 July 2020
Update: 17 September 2020

Call for Proposals: HALO DFG SPP 1294

Submission deadline to DFG: 23 October 2020. Please consider all hints given in the text provided by DFG:

Please note the reorganized and updated guidlines and use the updated DFG-forms that can be downloaded at
https://www.dfg.de/foerderung/programme/koordinierte_programme/schwerpunktprogramme/formulare_merkblaetter/index.jsp

UPDATE: 3 June 2020
23 April 2020

Call for Expressions of Interests:
DFG Major Instrumentation Initiative (Großgeräteinitiative) 2021

Dear HALO-community,

the DFG has published a call for collaborative initiatives to fund new and innovative instrumentation for major research facilities, please see:
https://www.dfg.de/foerderung/info_wissenschaft/ausschreibungen/info_wissenschaft_20_13/index.html

We suggest to prepare and submit a concept proposal for the “Advancement of the Scientific Instrumentation of HALO” within this program to enable funding of the development, testing, and implementation of new instrumentation on HALO.

If you have ideas for new and innovative instrumentation for HALO, please submit a short expression of interests consisting of one page:

Describing the instrument concept and illustrating the positive and tangible effects on the relevant fields of research. Please also explain why the instrument is distinct from currently available HALO-instruments, and what the particular relevance, originality, and topicality of research projects is that would necessarily require this advanced instrumentation.
Furthermore, you should provide a rough estimate of the expected costs (at this stage the involvement of design organizations is not required), also quantifying follow-up costs and discussing possible contributions of the applying university.

Please submit your expressions of interests (1 page!) until 5 June 2020 to anja.schwarz@uni-leipzig.de. In case of questions, please have a look at the pdf and do not hesitate to contact us.

Best regards,
Manfred Wendisch, Jörg Schmid, and Anja Schwarz

17 December 2019

Call for Proposals: HALO-related Topical Workshops

The HALO SPP 1294 coordinators call for proposals for HALO-related topical workshops to be organized in 2020. Topical workshops should be related to HALO missions completed or planned during the time period 2019-2022 or may focus on a special topic covered by the DFG SPP 1294. The submission deadline is 14 February 2020. The decisions will be made within the subsequent two weeks and communicated at latest by 28 February 2020. If you require an urgent schedule, please contact us directly.

Please note: The character of a workshop recommends that the number of participants is limited to 30.

Please send your proposal (one page including topic, objectives; tentative agenda; invited participants/scientists; cost estimate) to anja.schwarz@uni-leipzig.de.

27 June 2019

Call for Proposals: HALO DFG SPP 1294

Within the Priority Programme "Atmospheric and Earth System Research with the High Altitude and Long Range Research Aircraft (HALO)" (SPP 1294), proposals are called for projects (up to three years duration) starting between July 2020 and June 2021 ("HALO 2020"). Additionally, the current call also invites for the submission of proposals (also up to three years duration) starting during the next funding phase between July 2021 and June 2022 ("HALO 2021").

Proposals must be submitted to the DFG by 23 October 2019. Please consider all hints given in the text provided by DFG:

https://www.dfg.de/foerderung/info_wissenschaft/info_wissenschaft_19_47/index.html

Update 26 July 2019

Call for Proposals: HALO Missions 2022–2025

The Scientific Steering Committee (WLA) of HALO calls for proposals for new HALO missions in the time period from 2022 to 2025.

The proposals should consist of a preliminary flight request form and a description of the proposed mission. The description should present the scientific rationale, objectives and a sketch of the work program on two pages. Please submit the proposals to joerg.schmidt@uni-leipzig.de until 2 October 2019.

The mission proposals will be presented and discussed on our mission planning workshop on 17 October 2019, 1 pm to 6 pm. The workshop will be held at DLR in Oberpfaffenhofen, directly after the HALO Status Seminar (16–17 October). The applying Mission PIs, the members of the WLA and international experts will attend the workshop. Additionally, interested scientists are free to join the workshop.

26 July 2019

Call for Proposals:
Young Researcher Best HALO Publication Award 2019

Please submit proposals for the best HALO-related, peer-reviewed scientific-journal publication. The awards are addressed to young career scientists (PhD, Postdoc) who are the first author of the paper published or accepted for publication until July 2019. Each prize is endowed with 500 €. The winners will be announced during the HALO Status Seminar, 16–17 October 2019, and will have the opportunity to present their findings.

Please submit one PDF including the proposal, the respective publication and the CV (tabular form) of the endorsed candidate to Anja.Schwarz@uni-leipzig.de until 25 August 2019.

19 June 2019

Call for Proposals: HALO Status Seminar 2019

The Status Seminar will summarize the scientific results obtained in the last three years of measurements with the research aircraft HALO. Furthermore, HALO campaigns, scheduled within the coming three years, will be introduced. Talks and posters will be presented in three sessions in English language.

Sessions:  I     Aerosols, Clouds, and Precipitation
                   II   Transport and Dynamics in the Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere, Atmospheric
                          Coupling Processes
                   III Transport and Transformation of Chemical Composition: Multiphase and Photochemical
                          Processing

Abstract Submission Deadline: 25 August 2019
Please indicate whether you prefer an oral or poster presentation.

Please submit your abstracts using the template to anja.schwarz@uni-leipzig.de.

11 December 2018

Call for abstracts:

Proposals for the advancements of the scientific and technical infrastructure of HALO

Dear HALO community,

HALO completed the first eight years of operation with outstanding scientific results. Still, advancements of the capabilities of HALO are urgently required, in order to further develop the possibilities to perform world-class scientific investigations with HALO.

Therefore, the HALO consortium will initiate an approach to inquire additional, extensive funding to realize improvements of the scientific and technical infrastructure of HALO (e.g. combined certification of PMS-Carriers and BellyPod, Large Wing Pods, Liquid Cooling System). To prepare this initiative, you are kindly invited to submit proposals in the form of short abstracts. The projects should aim to serve a broader user community of HALO, thus being important for several instruments and/or various members of the HALO community. Furthermore, the budget of the projects should be above the expenses which can be conveniently covered by the annual budget for scientific advancements of HALO.

Please submit your abstract (100 – 300 words) summarizing your ideas to Jörg Schmidt until 28 February 2019. In May/June 2019 the HALO WLA (Scientific Steering Committee) will organize a workshop in Leipzig to discuss the submitted proposals. Based on the outcome of this workshop, the WLA of HALO will pursue the funding of advancements. In case of questions regarding this approach, please do not hesitate to contact:

Jörg Schmidt
University of Leipzig
Leipzig Institute for Meteorology (LIM)
Stephanstr. 3
04103 Leipzig
+49 341 97-36651
E-Mail: joerg.schmidt@uni-leipzig.de

13 July 2018

Call for proposals for HALO DFG SPP 1294

The call for proposals within the framework of the HALO DFG SPP 1294 is now open. Here you can find all related information.

Deadline for submission: 19 October 2018

Update 19 July 2018

Call for proposals for HALO-related Summer (or Winter) School

The SPP Coordinators call for proposals to organize a Summer (or Winter) School for PhD-Students in the framework of the HALO-SPP 1294 to be performed in 2019 or 2020.

The topic should focus on airborne research with special emphasize on HALO.

The proposals should include:

• Topic, objectives
• Tentative agenda
• Lecturers
• Location
• Cost estimate

Deadline for submission of applications is 31 July 2018. Please submit your application to Anja Schwarz or Manfred Wendisch.

Decisions will be made by the HALO SPP coordinators until 30 September 2018.

Call for Proposals: Young Researcher Best HALO-Paper Award

Call for HALO related Topical Workshops

Deadline: 15 December 2017

First HALO Symposium

Airborne Research with HALO: Achievements and Prospects

14 - 16 March 2017 | DLR, Oberpfaffenhofen

Call for Proposals

The HALO coordinators call for HALO related proposals of Topical Workshop for approved HALO missions (time period 2016-2019). Decisions will be made by the coordinators until 31 December 2016.

Please send your proposal (about one page) to Gunda Nitzsche until 31 October 2016 at the latest.

It should include: topic, objectives, tentative agenda, invited scientists, cost estimates

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