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\section{Proposals for IRAM Telescopes}

The deadline for submission of observing proposals on IRAM
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The scheduling period extends from \obsperiod.
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Proposals should be submitted through our web--based submission facility.
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%submissions when the network could temporarily be congested.
Instructions can be found on our \htmladdnormallink{web page}
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\noindent Detailed information on time estimates, special observing
modes, technical information and references for both the IRAM
interferometer and the IRAM 30m telescope can be found on the above
mentioned web page. The submission facility will be opened about
three weeks before the proposal deadline. Proposal form pages and
the 30m time estimator are available now.

Please avoid last minute submissions when the network could be
congested. As an insurance against network congestion or failure, we
still accept, in well justified cases,  proposals submitted by:
\begin{itemize}
\item  fax to number: \propfax\ or by
\item  ordinary mail addressed to:\\
\makebox[1cm]{}IRAM Scientific Secretariat,\\
\makebox[1cm]{}300, rue de la piscine, \\
\makebox[1cm]{}F-38406 St. Martin d'H\`eres, France
\end{itemize}
Proposals sent by e--mail are not accepted.
%%% leave out now since only web proposals 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 {\bf entire proposal} must be sent in by ordinary mail in {\bf 12 copies}.
If color is considered essential for the understanding of a specific figure, a
respective remark should be added in the figure caption. The color
version  may then be consulted in the electronic proposal by
the referees.

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
%{\it only one} copy of your proposal.
in your proposal {\it only once}. %{\it only one} submission channel.
Note that the web facility allows cancelation 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 feature as we
always receive a number of corrupted proposals (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.  %({\it total of 5 pages}).
Proposals should  {\it not exceed these 5 pages} of scientific material.
Except for the technical pages for the interferometer,
longer proposals will be cut.
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%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 {\tt proposal.sty} may be obtained
%by anonymous ftp from {\tt iram.fr} in directory
%{\tt dist/proposal}, as well as a Latex style file {\tt proposal.sty};
%or from the \htmladdnormallink{IRAM web page}
%{\www/GENERAL/submission/proposal.html} at URL {\tt
% \www/GENERAL/\-submission/\-proposal.html}. or directly
from the IRAM web pages\footnote{
from here on we give only relative URL addresses. In the absolute address
the leading two dots (..) should be replaced by the address of
one of our mirror sites: \www\ or \wwwspain.}
 at URL {\tt ../GENERAL/\-submission/\-proposal.html}.
In case of problems, contact the secretary, Fabienne Schicke,
(e--mail: {\tt berjaud@iram.fr}).
Please, make sure that your proposals use the current form pages.
%This is particularly important at the current deadline, since the
%style file has been modified at a number of places for facilitating
%a detailed computerized  handling of the proposals.

In all cases, indicate on the proposal cover page whether your proposal
is (or is not) a {\it resubmission} of a previously rejected proposal or a
{\it 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.
%Proposals exceeding the maximum length (5 pages for the 30m,
%        xx pages for the interferometer) will be cut.
If we notice any formal problems before the deadline, we will make an
effort to contact the
principal investigator and solve the problem together.

Applications for {\bf 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.
The blank form for interferometer proposals contains a bullet,
labelled ``zero spacing'' which should then 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 described.
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.

A mailing list has been set up for astronomers interested in being
notified about the availability of a new Call for Proposals. A link to
this mailing list is on the IRAM web page. The list presently contains
all users of IRAM telescopes during the last 2 years. Please check
that your email address in this list is correct, and point out the
existence of this list to interested colleagues.
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\signed{
%\htmladdnormallink{Roberto Neri}{mailto:neri@iram.fr},
%\htmladdnormallink{Clemens Thum}{mailto:thum@iram.fr}}
J.M.~Winters  \& C.~Thum }
