9 April 2018

ALMA Cycle 6 Call for Proposals

Henry Wootten NRAO

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) director, on behalf of the Joint ALMA Observatory and the partner organizations in East Asia, Europe, and North America, is pleased to announce the ALMA Cycle 6 Call for Proposals for scientific observations to be scheduled from October 2018 to September 2019.

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) call for proposals

It is anticipated that 4000 hours of the 12-m Array time and 3000 hours of the Atacama Compact Array (ACA) time, also known as the Morita Array, will be available for successful proposals from Principal Investigators (PIs) in Cycle 6.

Investigators of any professional background, nationality, or affiliation are invited to submit proposals before the deadline of 15:00 UTC (11:00 am EDT) on Thursday, 19 April 2018.

Proposal Preparation Information

To help you prepare your proposals, the newly minted 2018 ALMA Ambassadors will be organizing a series of proposal preparation events around the world. See the 8 March edition of NRAO eNews for a complete list of all the events taking place along with links to websites that contain more information and workshop registration. Sign up for one of these events near you!