Next Webinar on 17 November 2026

The Roman Science Centers at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) and Caltech’s Infrared Processing & Analysis Center (IPAC) are excited to announce the return of the Ready, Set, Roman! Training Series (RSRTS) —a hands-on set of webinars designed to prepare the community for Roman. Whether you’re brand new to Roman or are already involved, the RSRTS is your chance to get connected and get ready for Roman. We have previously hosted 12 webinars for the community.

With Roman now launched and halfway through commissioning, we are restarting our training sessions in anticipation of the release of commissioning data, the beginning of science operations, and the Cycle 2 Call for Proposals. The RSRTS will help you build the knowledge and skills needed to make the most of Roman’s Core Community Surveys (CCS) and General Astrophysics Surveys (GAS) with the Wide Field Instrument (WFI).

Please join us for our next webinar (#13) on Tuesday 17 November at 1p Eastern (10a Pacific) on “New GAS PI-Led Programs for Cycle 1.” This webinar will re-introduce the Training Series and introduce the five new GAS PI-led programs selected in Cycle 1, which will all be publicly available with no proprietary period.

What to Expect in the Ready, Set, Roman! Training Series

Each training session will last one hour and consist of a short presentation (~20-25 minutes) with plenty of time for Q&A with Roman staff. Webinars will cover topics such as understanding data products and data releases, using the Roman Research Nexus, accessing and analyzing real data, the current status of WFI calibration and lessons learned from commissioning, and preparing for the Cycle 2 Call for Proposals.

For our next Webinar (#13), our agenda will include:

• Welcome and Refresher to the Ready, Set, Roman! Training Series
• Introduction to Roman’s different surveys, including Core Community Surveys (CCS) and General Astrophysics Surveys (GAS)
• Presentation from representatives of each of the five new GAS PI-led programs:
  • The Roman-Kepler Legacy Survey
  • Roman eXtreme Deep Field (RXDF): transformative science at Roman's limit
  • GRACE: The Grism Reionization And Cosmic Evolution Survey
  • The First Complete Census of Stars in Key Globular Clusters
  • A Legacy Survey of Andromeda and Triangulum with Roman

How to Join

Sign up for our mailing list to receive notifications, reminders, and Webex webinar links by emailing: ROMANTRAINING-subscribe-request@maillist.stsci.edu.

Schedules, details, and past recordings are available on the Ready, Set, Roman! Training Series website.

Thank you, and we look forward to “seeing” you soon!