We have identified a number of key areas with interested astronomers who will take the lead in defining the science problems and how the TAUVEX can address that problems. The general considerations in this science planning is that:

1. The observations further our understanding of front-line problems of astronomy and astrophysics.
2. The scientific goals are feasible given our observational and instrumental constraints.
3. The data are unique; i.e., they have not been better addressed by other satellite data, such as that from GALEX.
4. The problems are of interest to the Indian scientific community.

To folow these principles, TAUVEX Core Group has created the Core Science Program (CSP). The Program constitutes projects under few broad Key Science Areas defined by the TAUVEX Science Committee. These projects are distinguished by the following fundamental principles:

• They are large and coherent science projects, not reproducible by any number of small individual observations.
• They are projects of significant and lasting importance to the scientific community of India and Israel, with observational data yielding a substantial and coherent database.

Examples of such Key Areas are Active Galaxies or Deep Surveys (see the list of Key Areas). The CSP observations will utilize most of TAUVEX observing time, primarily in the first two stages of the science operations.

Targets in the TAUVEX observation list which will be used for instrument calibration are identified in a separate Calibration Targets list.

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