Arecibo Call for Proposals: Spring 2016 Semester
Robert Minchin NRAO
The 305-meter William E. Gordon Arecibo telescope in Puerto Rico is the largest single-dish radio telescope on our planet. Observing proposals to use it during the six-month (or, in some cases, one-year) period beginning 1 July 2016 are due by 21:00 UTC on 3 March 2016.
The Arecibo Observatory (AO) is part of the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (NAIC), which is operated by SRI International under a cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation and in alliance with Ana G. Méndez-Universidad Metropolitana and the Universities Space Research Association. Use of the AO is available on an equal, competitive basis to all scientists from around the world to pursue research in radio astronomy, radar astronomy, and atmospheric sciences. Observing time is granted on the basis of the most promising research as adjudicated by a panel of anonymous referees.
Requests in response to the current call for proposals should be prepared under the procedures detailed in the PDF document Arecibo Proposal Disposition and Telescope Scheduling Procedures. Additional resources:
- The latest news with relevance to this deadline
- Technical information that could be of use to prospective Arecibo proposers
- Other information of interest to our users can be found at the astronomy page, the planetary radar page, and the atmospheric sciences page.
- The cover sheet for proposals
For this deadline we have enabled direct uploading of the PDF containing the main body of your proposal via the proposal website. If you do not upload your PDF, you should send it by separate email to [email protected].
The Atmospheric Physics program is led by Dr. Christiano Brum. The Planetary Radar program is run by Dr. Patrick Taylor. The Radio Astronomy program is run by Dr. Robert Minchin. Please address any questions about this call to Robert Minchin.