Winter 2008/2009 proposal ratings

The IRAM program committee convened in Madrid on October 20 and 21 to discuss the proposals submitted for the winter 2008/2009 scheduling period. The committee was chaired by Axel Weiss (MPIfR, Bonn) and Asuncion Fuente (OAN, Madrid).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).

Plateau de Bure Interferometer Proposals

A total of 131 proposals were received for the interferometer, including 3 proposals that were submitted in the new ``Large Program'' category. Proposals rated A (among those is one Large Program) will be scheduled in priority. Further time, if it becomes available, will go to the B programs, taking into account scientific merit, crowding in certain right ascension ranges and general aspects of balance.

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

Table 2: IRAM PdBI proposal ratings for winter 2008/2009. A: Accepted, B: Backup, C: Rejected.

Project	Rate	Project	Rate	Project	Rate	Project	Rate	Project	Rate	Project	Rate
S055	B	S056	B$\Upsilon$	S057	C	S058	C	S059	C	S05A	A
S05B	A	S05C	C	S05D	B$\dag$	S05E	C	S05F	C	S060	C
S061	C	S062	C	S063	B	S064	C	S065	B$\dag$	S066	B
S067	C	S068	C	S069	B$\dag$	S06A	A	S06B	A	S06C	C
S06D	C	S06E	C	S06F	B$\dag$	S070	B	S071	B$\dag$	S072	B
S073	B	S074	C	S075	C	S076	A	S077	C	S078	A
S079	B	S07A	C	S07B	A	S07C	B$\dag$	S07D	B	S07E	B$\dag$
S07F	C	S080	B	S081	A	S082	C	S083	C	S084	C
S085	B	S086	C	S087	B	S088	C	S089	C	S08A	C
S08B	B	S08C	C	S08D	A$\dag$	S08E	B$\dag$	S08F	C	S090	C
S091	B	S092	C	S093	C	S094	C	S095	B	S096	C
S097	A	S098	A$\dag$	S099	C	S09A	C	S09B	C	S09C	C
S09D	B	S09E	C	S09F	C	S0A0	C	S0A1	B	S0A2	B$\dag$
S0A3	A	S0A4	C	S0A5	C	S0A6	C	S0A7	B	S0A8	B$\dag$
S0A9	C	S0AA	C	S0AB	A	S0AC	B	S0AD	C	S0AE	C
S0AF	B$\dag$	S0B0	C	S0B1	A$\dag$	S0B2	C	S0B3	A	S0B4	B
S0B5	B	S0B6	C	S0B7	B	S0B8	B	S0B9	C	S0BA	B
S0BB	C	S0BC	B$\dag$	S0BD	C	S0BE	C	S0BF	B	S0C0	A
S0C1	B	S0C2	A	S0C3	B$\dag$	S0C4	C	S0C5	B$\dag$	S0C6	C
S0C7	B$\dag$	S0C8	A	S0C9	B	S0CA	B$\ddag$$\Upsilon$	S0CB	B$\dag$	S0CC	C
S0CD	B	S0CE	C	S0CF	C	S0D0	B	S0D1	C	S0D2	B$\ddag$
S0D3	C	S0D4	B	S0D5	C	S0D6	C	S0D7	A

$\dag$ : some parts of the program - others rated B or C. $\ddag$ : with time restrictions. $\Upsilon$ : time filler.

30m telescope

We received 128 proposals for the 30m telescope (see alphabetic list), four of which were in the new category of Large Programs. A total of 4490 hours of telescope time were requested. Another 42 hours were requested by 8 interferometer proposals for short spacing observations. The highest rating ``A'' was given to 29 proposals, among which there is one Large Program. 73 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 table below. 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 spring when EMIR, a completely new set of 8 single pixel heterodyne receivers, is planned to be installed and commissioned.

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

Table 3: IRAM 30-m proposal ratings for winter 2008/2009

A		B					C
140-08 $^2$	141-08	124-08	125-08	126-08	129-08 $^1$	130-08	127-08	128-08
145-08	149-08	131-08	132-08	133-08	135-08 $^1$	136-08	134-08	138-08
151-08	155-08 $^1$	137-08	142-08	144-08	147-08	150-08	139-08	143-08
157-08	164-08 $^1$	152-08	153-08 $^1$	154-08	156-08 $^1$	159-08	146-08	148-08
177-08	178-08	160-08	163-08	165-08 $^1$	166-08	170-08 $^1$	158-08	161-08
184-08	187-08	171-08	173-08 $^1$	174-08 $^1$	175-08	176-08 $^1$	162-08	167-08
188-08	192-08 $^1$	179-08	180-08	181-08	182-08	183-08	168-08	169-08
198-08	200-08	185-08	186-08 $^1$	189-08	190-08	191-08	172-08	199-08
212-08	215-08	193-08	194-08 $^1$	195-08	196-08 $^1$	197-08	203-08	204-08
216-08	226-08	201-08	202-08	206-08	207-08	209-08	205-08	208-08
229-08	230-08	211-08 $^1$	213-08 $^1$	218-08	219-08 $^1$	220-08	210-08	214-08
233-08	237-08	221-08	222-08	223-08 $^1$	225-08	227-08	217-08	224-08
240-08	241-08	228-08	232-08	234-08	235-08 $^1$	236-08	231-08	250-08
248-08	249-08	238-08 $^1$	239-08	242-08 $^1$	243-08 $^1$	244-08
251-08		245-08 $^1$	246-08	247-08 $^1$

$^1$ time reduced $^2$ part of time rated B

Jan Martin WINTERS and Clemens THUM