To the China optical-IR community:

　　The East Asian Observatory (EAO) has announced a new opportunity for astronomers in EAO member regions (China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan) to access Subaru time in the coming 2017A semester.

　　EAO proposals will be considered by the Subaru scientific panel alongside regular Subaru proposals, with a guaranteed minimum award of time of a total of 3 nights of observing in the semester. However, if the proposals are highly ranked by the committee, it is possible for larger time awards (up to the maximum of 5 nights per proposal for normal programs) to be given.

　　The EAO wishes to promote community involvement between the partner regions and encourages a high level of inter-region collaboration on the proposals. Proposals must show a minimum of two regions participating in a proposal, but greater cross-region collaboration is strongly encouraged.

　　The full details of the Call can be found here:

　　http://www.eaobservatory.org/east-asia-observatory/subaru/

　　While the proposals from East Asian regional members will be submitted through the normal Subaru proposal system, the EAO will be assisting regional members in finding collaborators across the regions as well as having a committee with experienced astronomers from all regions who have agreed to assist our astronomers in strengthening the quality of their science proposals. These regional contacts are listed on the webpage above. All East Asian Observatory regional astronomers are eligible to apply.

　　If you are interested in submitting an EAO proposal for Subaru time, please contact the regional coordinators for China, Eric Peng and Lei Hao , as soon as possible, and definitely before Aug 19th. If you prefer, you may also contact EAO Director, Paul Ho , or JCMT Deputy Director, Jessica Dempsey .

　　We highly encourage the Chinese community to take advantage of this unique opportunity.