# Data Preview 0: Register now for early use of the Rubin Science Platform **URL:** \ **Category:** Science\ **Tags:** dp0\ **Created:** [March 4, 2021, 6:21pm UTC](https://www.rubin.community/t/data-preview-0-register-now-for-early-use-of-the-rubin-science-platform/4798 "2021-03-04T18:21:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MelissaGraham](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/www.rubin.community/melissagraham/32/2549_2.png) [@MelissaGraham](https://www.rubin.community/u/MelissaGraham)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2021, 6:21pm UTC](https://www.rubin.community/t/data-preview-0-register-now-for-early-use-of-the-rubin-science-platform/4798/1 "2021-03-04T18:21:58Z")
The Rubin Observatory welcomes applications from scientists and students from across the Rubin data rights holders community – including members of International Program teams with in-kind contributions still in the proposal stage – for one of up to 300 Rubin Science Platform accounts at the Interim Data Facility, where Data Preview 0 (DP0) will be released at the end of June 2021. Individuals who submit an application by April 30 2021 will receive notification about whether they have been selected as a “DP0 delegate” by May 31 2021. If the applications are oversubscribed, a diversity-based algorithmic process will be used to select DP0 delegates. The application form has been designed to collect the necessary information to enable this algorithmic process. Please note that this is not the only opportunity to apply for DP0. As explained in Section 2.6 of [RTN-004](http://ls.st/rtn-004), 25% of the 300 accounts will be reserved for a second call for applications in January 2022, in advance of the DP0.2 data release at the end of March 2022. Application form for DP0: [Application for Delegate Access to the Rubin Observatory Data Preview 0](https://forms.gle/p8k5JBWTfmgkAM6TA) To ask questions, share solutions, and discuss any and all things related to DP0, please visit the “[Support - Data Preview 0](http://www.rubin.community/c/support/dp0/49)” category. * * * Earlier announcements about DP0: > [@Data Preview 0: An early opportunity to prepare for science with Rubin Observatory](http://www.rubin.community/t/data-preview-0-an-early-opportunity-to-prepare-for-science-with-rubin-observatory/4618): > > Update: The application form for DP0 participation is open until Apr 30 2021. In 2021, the Rubin Observatory will release Data Preview 0 (DP0), the first of three data previews during the period leading up to the start of Rubin Operations. DP0 will make simulated LSST-like data products available in the Rubin Science Platform (RSP) to Rubin Observatory staff and up to 300 individuals from the science community (“DP0 delegates”, who are data rights holders as defined below). The goals of DP0 a… > [@Data Preview 0: The Simulated Data Set from the DESC’s DC2](http://www.rubin.community/t/data-preview-0-the-simulated-data-set-from-the-desc-s-dc2/4619): > > In 2021, the Rubin Observatory will release Data Preview 0 (DP0), the first of three data previews during the period leading up to the start of Rubin Operations. DP0 will make simulated LSST-like data products available in the Rubin Science Platform (RSP) to Rubin Observatory staff and up to 300 individuals from the science community (“DP0 delegates”). The dataset adopted for DP0 is the simulated data generated by the Dark Energy Science Collaboration (DESC) for their Data Challenge 2 (DC2). Th… ---
**Author:** ![MelissaGraham](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/www.rubin.community/melissagraham/32/2549_2.png) [@MelissaGraham](https://www.rubin.community/u/MelissaGraham)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2021, 7:14pm UTC](https://www.rubin.community/t/data-preview-0-register-now-for-early-use-of-the-rubin-science-platform/4798/2 "2021-03-04T19:14:27Z")
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**Author:** ![MelissaGraham](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/www.rubin.community/melissagraham/32/2549_2.png) [@MelissaGraham](https://www.rubin.community/u/MelissaGraham)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 2:35pm UTC](https://www.rubin.community/t/data-preview-0-register-now-for-early-use-of-the-rubin-science-platform/4798/3 "2021-04-15T14:35:14Z")