Capitalising on UK Investment in JCMT by taking a minor partner role in operations post Sept-2014.

我们建议，在2014年9月之后，以该财团为代表的英国继续在詹姆斯·克拉克·麦克斯韦望远镜（James Clerk Maxwell telescope，简称JCMT）的运行和科学开发中发挥重要作用，届时STFC目前计划停止作为该设施的运营机构，并将其交还给夏威夷大学。我们建议大约占25%的时间，东亚天文台（EAO）是主要运营商，加拿大也占较小的份额（待定）。EAO承诺在最初的5年时间内运营JCMT；我们承诺在三年内从我们自己的资源中贡献30万英镑，我们在此向STFC请求同期的匹配资金。此外，我们还要求提供少量旅行经费，以便英国天文学家能够花时间与夏威夷的EAO科学家一起工作。英国的财政捐助将使其不仅能够获得一定比例的（小于目前的55%）观测时间份额，而且实际上能够继续在目前正在进行的主要调查和有针对性的观测中发挥主导作用，而英国目前的成本只是其中的一小部分。这是因为EAO将JCMT的运作视为发展他们自己社区技能基础的一种方式，并从英国社区的大量专业知识中受益。因此，基线计划是，所有合作伙伴将把总观测时间的50%用于由联合科学小组确定和利用的调查方案。因此，英国社区将获得JCMT总科学产出的至少62.5%，在3年内的总成本约为100万英镑，而目前作为主要合作伙伴，每年的总成本约为200万英镑

We propose that the UK, as represented by this consortium, continue to take a significant role in operation and scientific exploitation of the James Clerk Maxwell telescope (JCMT) after September 2014, when STFC are currently planning to cease being the operating agency for the facility, and hand it back to University of Hawaii. We propose to take a roughly 25% share of time with the East Asian Observatories (EAO) being the lead operator, and Canada also taking a smaller share (TBC). EAO are committed to operating JCMT for an initial period of 5 years; we are committed to a contribution from our own resources of £300k pa for 3 years and we are here requesting matched funding from STFC for the same period. In addition we request a small amount of travel funds to allow UK astronomers to spend time working with the EAO scientists in Hawaii. The UK financial contribution will allow it to not only gain access to a proportionate (smaller than the present 55%) share of observing time but actually to continue a leading role in the major surveys and targeted observations currently being undertaken at a fraction of the current cost to the UK. This is because the EAO see the operation of JCMT as a way to develop the skill base of their own communities and to benefit from the enormous expertise of the UK community. Therefore the baseline plan is that all partners will put 50% of the total observing time into survey programmes defined and exploited by joint science teams. The UK community will thereby gain access to at least 62.5% of the total science output of JCMT at a total cost of ~£1M over 3 years compared to a similar fraction at present as the major partner at a total cost of around £2M per year