JWST Proposal Handbook PDFs
The official—and most up-to-date—JWST user documentation are available in the webpage articles on this website.
Downloadable PDF collections of the documentation are provided below as a courtesy, made available and updated when feasible.
PDFs created on September 5, 2025
The PDF documents listed below were created on September 5, 2025. They include minor updates to the Cycle 5 Call for Proposals and APT 2025.5 documentation.
During the Cycle 5 Call for Proposals, that ends on October 15, 2025 at 8:00 pm US EDT, content related to proposal preparation will be frozen unless there is an urgent update.
Content regarding data calibration and analysis will continue to be updated as needed.
JWST Call for Proposals for Cycle 5 (Uploaded on August 1, 2025)
JWST Near Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph
JWST Near Infrared Spectrograph