The official proposal cover page should be filled in with great care. All information on this page gets directly transferred into the IRAM proposal database. Attention should be given to Other requirements where the proposer can enter dates where he/she is not available for observing.
In order to avoid useless duplication of observations and to protect
already accepted proposals, we keep a computerized list of
targets. We ask you to fill in carefully the source list in
equatorial J2000 coordinates. This list must contain all the
sources (and only those sources) for which you request observing
time. Your list must adhere to the format indicated on the proposal form.
If your source list is longer than
15 sources that fit onto the cover page, please use the
LATEXmacro \extendedsourcelist
.
A scientific project should not be artificially cut into several small projects, but should rather be submitted as one bigger project, even if this means 100-150 hours of observing time. Note that large programs of particular scientific importance can be submitted in the ``Large Programs'' category.
If time has already been given to a project but turned out to be insufficient, explain the reasons, e.g. indicate the amount of time lost due to bad weather or equipment failure; if the fraction of time lost is close to 100%, don't rewrite the proposal, except for an introductory paragraph. For continuation of proposals having led to publications, please give references to the latter.