The next deadline for submission of observing proposals on IRAM
telescopes, both the interferometer and the 30m, is
Proposals should be submitted through our web-based submission facility. Instructions are found on our web page at URL:
Please avoid last minute submissions when the network could temporarily be congested. As an insurance against network congestion or failure, we still accept, in well justified cases, proposals submitted by:
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 for the same proposal, send in your proposal only once. Note that the web facility allows cancellation and modification of proposals before the deadline. The facility also allows to view the proposal in its final form as it appears after re-compilation at IRAM. We urge proposers to make use of this facility as we always receive a number of proposals with serious formal defects (figures missing, blank pages, etc.).
Valid proposals contain the official cover page, up to two pages of text describing the scientific aims, and up to two more pages of figures, tables, and references. Proposals should not exceed these 5 pages of scientific material. Except for the technical pages for the interferometer, longer proposals will be cut.
Proposals should be self-explanatory, clearly state the aims, and explain the need of the requested telescope. The amount of time requested should be carefully justified (see below).
The cover page, in postscript or in LATEX format, and the LATEX style
file proposal.sty may be obtained
from the IRAM web pages1 at URL ../GENERAL/submission/proposal.html.
In case of problems, contact the secretary, Cathy
Berjaud (e-mail: berjaud
iram.fr).
Please, make sure that your proposals use the current form pages.
In all cases, indicate on the proposal cover page whether your proposal is (or is not) a resubmission of a previously rejected proposal or a continuation of a previously accepted interferometer or 30m proposal. We request that the proposers describe very briefly in the introductory paragraph (automatically generated header ``Proposal history: '') why the proposal is being resubmitted (e.g. improved scientific justification) or is proposed to be continued (e.g. last observations suffered from bad weather).
Do not use characters smaller than 11pt. This could render your proposal illegible when copied or faxed. If we notice any formal problems sufficiently before the deadline, we will make an effort to contact the principal investigator and solve the problem together.
Applications for zero spacing observations have been simplified. If the need for complementary 30m observations is evident already at the time when the PdB interferometer proposal is prepared, just note this need on the interferometer proposal. A separate proposal for the 30m telescope is not required anymore. The blank form for Interferometer proposals now contains a new bullet, labelled ``zero spacing'' which should be checked if 30m observations are requested to fill in the missing zero spacings. The interferometer style file will prompt for an additional paragraph in which the scientific need for the zero spacings should be decribed. It is essential to give here all observational details, including size of map, sampling density and rms noise, spectral resolution, receiver configuration and time requested.