Announcement of Opportunity for Ryugu and Bennu Samples

Key milestones

  • Call for proposals for the AO: February 7, 2025
  • Deadline for Notice of Intent to propose (mandatory): February 26, 2025 (UTC 23:59)
  • Deadline for submission of sample requests: March 18, 2025 (UTC 23:59)
  • Decision announcement: Late June, 2025
  • Sample distribution: July, 2025

The Astromaterials Science Research Group (ASRG) of ISAS/JAXA calls for proposals for Ryugu and Bennu Samples, returned from the asteroid Ryugu, and OSIRIS-REx samples, returned from the asteroid Bennu.
All proposals will be subjected to peer review, and allocated samples to successful proposers will be available for one year.
We would like to thank all the reviewers who contributed to the reviewing the proposals from AO1 to AO5. With their permission, the reviewers' names are listed here.

Contact: Astromaterials Science Research Group, JAXA

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