The University of Western Ontario
A JWST IFU deep study of gas dust and PAHs in a prototypical externally illuminated protoplanetary disk — Following the JWST ERS and Cycle 2 GO Announcement of Opportunity published on July 6, 2023, the CSA is providing funding via a Grant Agreement to the university to conduct their research using the JWST data. 

This project will study an externally illuminated proplyd using NIRSpec and MIRI in order to determine the effects of a FUV-dominant environment on protoplanetary disk evolution and planet formation. The observations will spatially resolve the disk, neutral cocoon, and ionization front, providing key line and PAHs diagnostics to trace the physical conditions chemical composition and abundances under the effect of external FUV radiation.