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The Proposal Form
When the Proposal node is selected, the Proposal form is loaded in the Editor pane. The form contains roughly a dozen fields for describing the proposal, including an abstract, proposal type, scientific keywords and investigator information. Completing the information should be straightforward and the meaning of the fields, and whether they need to filled in, self-explanatory. Note though that the proposal type can only be edited for proposals before their first submission - after this, no further edits are possible. The available proposal types are:
- Regular: these proposals request relatively modest amounts of time and are submitted by most users.
- Large: these are defined as proposals that require more than 50 hours for either the 12-m Array or for the stand-alone ACA. These projects must receive an A grade in order to receive time and are allowed a longer Scientific Justification.
- Target Of Opportunity: For proposing the observation of an unpredictable sudden astronomical event, such as a Gamma-ray burst. Source coordinates do not have to be entered at proposal submission time.
- VLBI: a VLBI proposal must previously have been submitted via the proposal submission tool of an established VLBI array.
Once the Science Category has been provided, a list of keywords appears, the content of which depends on which category has been picked. At least one, and up to two, can be chosen and the Shift and Control/Command keys can be used to select multiple entries in the usual manner. Related proposals should be listed in the two boxes below the keywords. One box is for proposals from this cycle and the other from previous cycles. In each case the project code, title and PI name should be given.
If the project is a resubmission of a project from a previous cycle, this should be indicated and the project code of the previous proposal entered. Whilst it is up to the user to determine whether the present project is a resubmission, the new project should contain the same SGs as before, except perhaps for those that have already been observed. The performance goals of the SGs e.g. angular resolution or sensitivity, should not be changed as this will change the science goals of the project and no longer constitute a resubmission.
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The ALMA OT Team, 2016 Aug 23