Summer 2008 proposal ratings

The IRAM program committee convened in Grenoble on April 14 and 15 to discuss the proposals submitted for the summer 2008 scheduling period. The committee was chaired by Asunción Fuente (OAN, Madrid) and Axel Weiss (MPIfR, Bonn). The principal investigators of each proposal were informed by letter which included comments issued by the committee (if there were any). As usual, the proposals were classified A (accepted), B (backup), and C (rejected).

PdBI Proposals

For proposals rated A or B which do not have an IRAM internal collaborator, please consult the list of local contacts.

**Table 1:** IRAM PdBI proposal ratings for summer 2008. A: Accepted, B: Backup, C: Rejected.
Project	Rate	Project	Rate	Project	Rate	Project	Rate	Project	Rate	Project	Rate
S001	C	S002	B	S003	B $^\dag$	S004	A	S005	C	S006	B
S007	B	S008	A	S009	B	S00A	C	S00B	A	S00C	A
S00D	A	S00E	A	S00F	C	S010	C	S011	B	S012	A $^\dag$
S013	B $^\dag$	S014	B $^\Upsilon$	S015	-	S016	C	S017	B $^\Upsilon$	S018	C
S019	C	S01A	A	S01B	A $^\dag$	S01C	B	S01D	A	S01E	B
S01F	B	S020	C	S021	B	S022	C	S023	B $^\dag$	S024	B
S025	C	S026	B $^\dag$	S027	C	S028	B $^\ddag$	S029	B	S02A	A
S02B	B $^\ddag$	S02C	B	S02D	C	S02E	C	S02F	C	S030	C
S031	B $^\Upsilon$	S032	A	S033	B $^\dag$	S034	B $^\ddag$	S035	B $^\dag$	S036	C
S037	B $^\dag$	S038	A $^\dag$	S039	A $^\dag$	S03A	A	S03B	A	S03C	B $^\dag$
S03D	A $^\ddag$	S03E	B $^\dag$	S03F	A	S040	A $^\ddag$	S041	B $^\ddag$	S042	A $^\dag$
S043	B	S044	A	S045	B $^\dag$	S046	A	S047	A	S048	A
S049	C	S04A	B	S04B	C	S04C	B $^\ddag$	S04D	B $^\ddag$	S04E	B
S04F	C	S050	A $^{\dag\Upsilon}$	S051	A $^\dag$	S052	B $^\dag$	S053	A	S054	B

$\dag$ : some parts of the program - others rated B or C. $\ddag$ : with time restrictions. $\Upsilon$ : time filler. -: not rated.

30m telescope

We received 118 proposals for the 30m telescope (see alphabetic list), requesting 4068 hours of telescope time. Another 22 hours were requested by 5 interferometer proposals for zero spacing observations. The highest rating ``A'' was given to 36 proposals; 57 proposals were rated ``B'', i.e. were given backup status. The remaining proposals, although scientifically valuable in most cases, were rated ``C''. The individual ratings are listed in the attached table. All A-rated proposals will be scheduled on the telescope, although some with less time than requested. We expect that about half of the B-rated programs will actually be scheduled. The selection will take into account scientific merit, crowding in certain right ascension ranges, and general aspects of balance. Proposals rated ``C'' will not get telescope time.

The committee accepted more time in ``B'' than usual in order to facilitate the telescope scheduling during the extensive technical work expected this fall when a completely new set of 8 single pixel heterodyne receivers is planned to be installed and commissioned.

The zero spacing proposals are not listed here. They will be scheduled on the 30m if they get observed at Bure.

**Table 2:** IRAM 30-m proposal ratings for summer 2008
A		B			C
004-08	005-08	001-08	003-08	006-08	002-08	017-08
010-08	012-08	007-08	008-08	009-08	024-08	049-08
015-08	018-08	011-08	013-08	014-08	052-08	053-08
022-08	029-08	016-08	019-08	020-08	056-08	057-08
031-08	034-08	021-08	023-08	025-08	060-08	071-08
035-08	036-08	026-08	027-08	028-08	072-08	076-08
042-08	044-08	030-08	032-08	033-08	077-08	080-08
045-08	061-08	037-08	038-08	039-08	082-08	093-08
063-08	064-08	040-08	041-08	043-08	094-08	095-08
066-08	073-08	046-08	047-08	048-08	096-08	101-08
074-08	084-08	050-08	051-08	054-08	110-08	111-08
092-08	097-08	055-08	058-08	059-08	112-08	115-08
099-08	102-08	062-08	065-08	067-08	117-08
103-08	104-08	068-08	069-08	070-08
105-08	107-08	075-08	078-08	079-08
108-08	109-08	081-08	083-08	085-08
113-08	114-08	086-08	087-08	088-08
116-08	118-08	089-08	090-08	091-08
		098-08	100-08	106-08

time reduced

part of time rated B