Proposal Submission to IRAM Telescopes

The next deadline for submission of observing proposals on IRAM telescopes, both the interferometer and the 30m, is

September 12th, 2002 at 17:00 (MET) (UT + 2 hours)

The scheduling period extends from November 15, 2002 to May 15, 2003, covering roughly the winter period at our observatories.

Given the success of the web-based submission facility, we strongly suggest to use this medium, but please avoid last minute submissions when the network could temporarily be congested. Instructions are found on our web page

http://iram.fr/submission/submission.html

The submission facility will be opened about three weeks before the proposal deadline, but form pages and proposal preparation tools are available now.

As an insurance against network congestion or failure, we still accept proposals submitted by

• fax to number: (33/0) 476 42 54 69
• ordinary mail addressed to:
  IRAM Scientific Secretariat
  300, rue de la Piscine
  F-38406 St. Martin d'Hères, France

Proposals sent by e-mail are not accepted. Proposals containing grey scale plots should exclusively be submitted through the web facility in order to avoid deterioration of image quality in the copying. Color plots will be printed/copied in grey scale. If the proposers want their color plots to be passed on to the program committee, the entire proposal must be sent in by ordinary mail in 12 copies.

Soon after the deadline the IRAM Scientific Secretariat sends an acknowledgement of receipt to the Principal Investigator of each proposal correctly received, together with the proposal registration number. To avoid the allocation of several numbers per proposal, send only one copy of your proposal. Note that the web facility allows cancellation and modification of proposals before the deadline. In the case that we notice formal problems with a proposal sufficiently before the deadline, we will make an effort to contact the principal investigator and solve the problem together.

Roberto NERI and Clemens THUM