- Proposal Length: maximum of four pages
You may join sections together as appropriate.
- Large Programs (requests for more than six nights on the MMT
or Magellan) The limit is three pages for the justification and design
and two pages for figures, previous awards, etc. Large programs will
be judged more critically.
- Template layout and font size: Please do not change the default
point size of the type (12 pt), the line spacing, or the size of the margins
(1" on all sides).
As long as you maintain the page limits, font size, and margins, you may
use another font style or template if you prefer.
- Sections: The proposal consists of these sections:
- Scientific Justification and Experimental Design
(up to 2 pages)
- Scientific Justification: Describe the background and goals for your project.
- Experimental Design:Describe the proposed observations and the targets.
- References, Figures, Target List, and Publications
(up to 2 pages)
- References: List references in a separate section or
within the first two sections.
- Figures: Include several figures with captions. To insert
figures into you LaTeX proposal use the includegraphics command.
- Target List: Include a table of targets if needed.
- Previous Time Awards & Publications:
List recent and concurrent awards of time on CfA and other
telescopes for all projects.
If this proposal has been granted time in the past, please include a
short progress (or weather) report.
If appropriate, include references
to several recent publications. You can also include a total
number of publications.
- The TAC reserves the right to reject proposals that fail to meet
these criteria.
- Upload your Scientific Justification as a Postscript file that has
been previously prepared using
TeX or
LaTeX
and
dvips,
or your favorite word processor, such as
OpenOffice, or
Microsoft Word.
Here is a good description of how to make PostScript files.
If you use LaTeX or TeX, please use dvips -Ppdf -o file.ps file.dvi
to generate better computer-viewable fonts.
- Templates: Right-click "Save Link As" for local copy
Templates for additional word processors are forthcoming.
- Target List: You may include the following information about each of the objects you
wish to observe (but such a table is not required):
| Priority | Priority of observation, highest=1 |
| Object ID | 20 characters maximum |
| RA | e.g., xx:xx:xx.x |
| DEC | e.g., +-xx:xx:xx.x |
| Magnitude |
|
| Comment | 20 characters maximum, include coordinate type |
- For assistance with the submission process,
send email to the Telescope Data Center Staff.
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