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ALMA Cycle 12 Call for Proposal
The ALMA Director, on behalf of the Joint ALMA Observatory (JAO) and the partner organizations in East Asia, Europe, and North America, is pleased to announce the ALMA Cycle 12 Call for Proposals (CfP) for scientific observations to be scheduled from October 2025 to September 2026. (read more)
Cycle 12 Proposal Preparation Workshops
During the Spring of 2025, ALMA Ambassadors will host Cycle 12 proposal preparation workshops at institutes across North America and in Chile. Workshops will be hybrid and include some virtual component. Information on these events is provided in the table below.
In addition to events at institutes, the ALMA Ambassadors organize a webinar on 02 April at 2pm Eastern, in preparation for the Cycle 12 proposal deadline (24 April 2025). This webinar will provide an overview of the basics of ALMA, new capabilities in Cycle 12, and proposal preparation (including dual-anonymous and distributed peer review). The webinar will be followed by a brief Q&A session. Please register at:
https://nrao-edu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_M5as44qrR7qUoB851XrWAw
Dates |
Location |
Ambassador |
Webpage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 March 2025 | University of British Columbia | Anan Lu | webpage |
| 25 March 2025 | University of California, Berkeley | Nayana A. J. | webpage |
| 25 March 2025 | Johns Hopkins University | Pallavi Patil | webpage |
| 26 March 2025 | McGill University | Anan Lu | webpage |
| 26 March 2025 | Harvard & Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics | Jakob den Brok | webpage |
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28 March 2025 |
Universidad de Chile | Pietro Curone | webpage |
| 28 March 2025 | University of Texas, Austin | Olivia Cooper | webpage |
| 31 March 2025 | University of Washington | Gourav Khullar | webpage |
| 04 April 2025 | University of Texas, Austin | Olivia Cooper | webpage |
| 04-05 April 2025 | University of Missouri, Columbia | Teja Teppala | webpage |
| 04-05 April 2025 | University of Puerto Rico (Río Piedras) | Luis Henry Quiroga-Nuñez | webpage |
North America-Taiwan Joint ALMA Science Workshop
We are pleased to announce the third North America-Taiwan joint ALMA Science Workshop, happening June 16-20, 2025 in ASIAA.The abstract submission and registration are open, with an abstract submission deadline of February 21st, 2025 (extended deadline)
This event will be an opportunity to present new ALMA scientific results in all scientific topics, with specific highlights on Band 1 and Wideband Sensitivity Upgrade (WSU) science opportunities.
This workshop provides an opportunity to share the frontier scientific results with the goals of demonstrating the usage of Band 1 and of demonstrating the impact of the WSU in the near future. Participants are encouraged to lead or sign up for splinter sessions, which are aimed to boost collaborations or dedicated to solving specific topics of interest.
Note that NAASC travel support is available for US and Canada-affiliated early-career attendees (graduate students and post-docs).
NAASC-supported events in FY25
For Fiscal Year 2025, awards have been issued to the following events:
- The Co-Evolution of Galaxies, Dust, and PAHs (PI P. Torrey), UVA, November 2024
- Infrared Astrophysics Into The Next Decade (PI R. Paladini), Washington DC, May 2025
- Science with strong lensing, ALMA, and next generation radio interferometry (PI M. Yun), PASSAGES group meeting, NRAO Charlottesville, May 2025
- Identifying and Bridging Gaps in Laboratory Astrophysics (PI S. Milam), Anchorage AK, June 2025
- Infrared Fine-Structure Lines Workshop (PI C. Ferkinhoff), Winona MN, June 2025
- Origin of Solar Systems (PI S. Andrews), Mount Holyoke MA, June 2025
- New Results Challenging Underlying Assumptions in Galaxy Evolution and Beyond (PI A. Long), Acadia Maine, Juyly 2025
- GOALS Workshop (PI L. Barcos Munoz), NRAO Charlottesville, August 2025
Please see this page for details on eligibility and applications.
In addition, since 2017, NRAO has been a key corporate sponsor of the yearly International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy Meeting (ISMS), playing a vital role in enhancing the overall attendee experience in numerous ways. The organization also supports the ISMS mixer, offering students a casual setting to connect with peers and explore career opportunities outside academia. Additionally, NRAO contributes to several event essentials, including the ISMS Mobile App, the Plenary session venue, and amenities for the charter bus waiting area, such as refreshments
Data reduction support
The North American ALMA Science Center (NAASC) can provide travel and lodging support during your visit to NRAO headquarters in Charlottesville, VA, for North-American supported investigators or archival researchers. If you need any help in reducing your data, or just a quiet week away in Central Virginia to finish writing up your next ALMA paper, consider coming for a face-to-face visit to work closely with our data analysts and scientific staff. For more information and to request a visit, please see https://science.nrao.edu/facilities/alma/facilities/alma/visitors-shortterm and submit a ticket to the face-to-face visits department of the ALMA Helpdesk. Come visit us!
Reach out to the NAASC
You can also consult with our EPO team (jmalusky@nrao.edu) to see if your results would have broader public interest and to explore outreach opportunities.
Feedback on ALMA data analysis tools is greatly appreciated. Please communicate any obstacles encountered in the path from data delivery to publication by submitting a Helpdesk ticket. In particular, has a lack of computing resources, software for analysis, visualization, plotting, or other "tools" proven to be a difficulty? NRAO thanks you in advance for your feedback.
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