The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is seeking suggestions for experts to participate in the new study to review the responses of NASA's Astrophysics program, NSF's Astronomy program, and DOE's Cosmic Frontiers program to previous National Academies advice, primarily the 2020 National Academies decadal survey, "Pathways to Discovery in Astronomy and Astrophysics for the 2020s" (Astro2020). The committee of experts will review the scientific and technical landscape since the publication of Astro2020, assess the extent to which the programs of the relevant agencies align with the strategies, goals, and priorities outlined in Astro2020 in the context of current strategic priorities and budgets thus far allotted, and recommend actions that maximize scientific return. Using these suggestions, National Academies staff will be looking to build a committee of approximately 15 volunteer experts in addition to collecting information for potential speakers, participants, and peer reviewers for any publications resulting from the activity. Based on the Statement of Task, staff are looking for expertise particularly in the following areas:
- Compact Objects and Energetic Phenomena
- Cosmology
- Galaxies
- Exoplanets, Astrobiology, and the Solar System
- Interstellar Medium and Star and Planet Formation
- Stars, the Sun, and Stellar Populations
- An Enabling Foundation for Research (e.g., theory, computation, and simulation; data collection, archiving, and analysis; facilities, funding, and programs; laboratory astrophysics; general technology development)
- Electromagnetic Observations from Space
- Optical and Infrared Observations from the Ground
- Particle Astrophysics and Gravitation
- Radio, Millimeter and Submillimeter Observations from the Ground
- State of the Profession and Societal Impacts