Request for Travel Funding to SPIE Astronomical Telescopes & Instrumentation 2024

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Full name

Timothy Pickering

Description

The abstract for Specreduce: An AstroPy-affiliated Toolbox for Spectroscopic Data Reduction was accepted as an oral presentation. It is listed as 13101-27 on the schedule at https://spie.org/as24/conferencedetails/astronomy-control-software. Specreduce is an astropy-coordinated package and exposure at this very large SPIE meeting in the context of other presentations on data reduction pipelines would be a great way to help foster greater communication and collaboration within the community.

Total request

USD $4119

Itemized budget

• Lodging: 6 nights at $205/night -> $1230
• Meals: 6 days at $129/day -> $774
• Airfare: $1200 r/t AMS-NRT
• Local Transport: $65 (9500 yen r/t via train)
• Registration: $850

Lodging and Meals rates based on 2024 GSA/State Department per diem allowances. Airfare is quoted out of AMS because I presume to be at the astropy Coordination Meeting the week immediately preceding the SPIE.

Advance needed

Ideally, I would like to receive reimbursement for the significant costs of registration and airfare soon after they are incurred, previous to the meeting. This would equate to an advance of USD $2050.