IRAM Program Committee Recommendations

The IRAM program committee convened in Grenoble on April 10 and 11 to discuss the proposals submitted for the summer 2006 scheduling period. The committee was chaired by Mario Tafalla (Observatorio de Madrid). The principal investigators of each proposal have been informed by letter which includes comments issued by the committee if there are any. As usual, the proposals were classified A (accepted), B (backup), and C (rejected).

Plateau de Bure Interferometer Proposals

A total of 48 proposals were received for the interferometer. Proposals rated A 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 1: IRAM PdBI proposal ratings for Summer 2006. A: Accepted, B: Backup, C: Rejected

Project	Rate	Project	Rate	Project	Rate	Project	Rate	Project	Rate
Q001	C	Q002	B	Q003	C	Q004	A	Q005	A
Q006	A	Q007	A	Q008	A	Q009	B	Q00A	B
Q00B	B	Q00C	C	Q00D	A	Q00E	#	Q00F	B
Q010	A	Q011	B	Q012	A	Q013	C	Q014	B
Q015	B	Q016	B	Q017	A	Q018	B	Q019	C
Q01A	#	Q01B	A	Q01C	C	Q01D	C	Q01E	C
Q01F	B	Q020	B	Q021	B	Q022	B	Q023	A
Q024	C	Q025	A	Q026	B	Q027	A	Q028	A
Q029	A	Q02A	C	Q02B	C	Q02C	C	Q02D	B
Q02E	C	Q02F	A	Q030	B

: some parts of the program - others rated B or C
: with time restrictions
# : not rated, observations of previous proposal already started

30m Proposals

115 proposals were received for the 30m telescope, requesting 4126 hours of telescope time. The highest rating ``A'' was given to 39 proposals; 45 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.

Additional 52 hours of 30m time were requested by 5 accepted interferometer proposals for measurement of short spacings. These proposals will get scheduled on the 30m if they get observed at Bure.

Table 2: IRAM 30-m proposal ratings for Summer 2006

A		B		C
001-06	007-06	003-06	004-06	002-06	010-06
008-06	009-06	005-06	006-06	011-06	016-06
012-06	013-06	014-06	018-06	017-06	021-06
015-06	020-06	019-06	022-06	023-06	035-06
024-06	025-06	029-06	030-06	039-06	040-06
026-06	027-06	031-06	032-06	041-06	042-06
028-06	033-06	034-06	036-06	045-06	051-06
044-06	046-06	037-06	038-06	054-06	057-06
047-06	049-06	043-06	048-06	061-06	063-06
050-06	059-06	052-06	053-06	064-06	066-06
062-06	065-06	055-06	056-06	067-06	076-06
068-06	070-06	058-06	060-06	077-06	083-06
073-06	074-06	069-06	071-06	090-06	094-06
079-06	080-06	072-06	075-06	095-06	097-06
082-06	084-06	078-06	081-06	107-06	109-06
089-06	091-06	085-06	086-06	115-06
098-06	099-06	087-06	088-06
101-06	102-06	092-06	093-06
105-06	110-06	096-06	100-06
112-06		103-06	104-06
		106-06	108-06
		111-06	113-06
		114-06

part of proposal rated B

Jan Martin WINTERS and Clemens THUM