Cycle 5: Cruz/Gabela Finance and SPOC

[kelle]

Funding request for Cruz leadership roles in Finance and SPOC and Gabela's support of the Finance Committee.

[kelle]

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[eteq]

The Cycle 5 funding request process has been hugely successful! On the downside, that means our funds are severely oversubscribed. Even after the Finance Committee and SPOC have taken into consideration community feedback/voting and alignment with the roadmap, there are still more funding requests than we can afford in 2026.

We would like to stretch the budget as far as possible, and to fund as many activities as possible, while making sure the Project remains volunteer-driven. Hence, we would like to know if this project will still meet its deliverables if minimum your budget is reduced by 25%, 50%, or 100%. Or if there’s some other minimum, feel free to specify that instead.

As a reminder, there will be more funding for 2027 and we expect the Cycle 6 call for 2027 funding requests to begin in the Fall of 2026.

Thank you for your engagement and understanding as we continue to optimize our funding and budgeting processes and the balance of volunteer vs funded work! (@kelle)

[kelle]

This funding request is already at the minimum viable amount.

[eteq]

We are pleased to let you know that this proposal will be funded at the level of $21125. The Astropy community supports this work and the SPOC finds it to be well-aligned with the roadmap. We ask that you focus your funded work to address the roadmap items listed in the request.

We will follow-up with more details on how to start working on this in the near future. In addition, individualized feedback will be forthcoming.