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The Proposal Information Form

When the Proposal node is selected, the Proposal Forms editor isvisible . This consists of fourpanels: Proposal Information , Investigators , Science & Technical Case and Observatory Use Only . A number offields are spread over these panels and allow the user to enterinformation about e.g. the proposal title, cycle, abstract, proposaltype, the name of the PI, Co-I, etc. The Science and TechnicalJustification can also be attached.

An example of an empty Proposal Information panel is shown inFigure  6.2 . Most of the requiredinformation is straightforward. Regarding the Proposal Type , theuser can presently select from two choices:

Note that after the first submission of a project, this choice cannot be changed.

Figure 6.2: An example of the Proposal Information panel of the Phase 1 proposal Form.
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A project has one Principal Investigator (PI) , and optionally can have any number ofCo-Investigators. Clicking on Select PI... and Add CoI... will start-up the Investigator Search GUI which allows you to search for and select users from the ALMAuser database .

Users can be identified by their name, email or ALMA ID. To findmatching users, select which attribute should be searched from thedrop-down list, enter a valid constraint into the text field and click Find Investigators . If the constraint you have entered isinvalid, it will be highlighted in red and the Find Investigators button will be disabled. A valid constraint consistsof:

Users matching your constraints will be shown in the dialog's resultstable. Select the row containing the user you wish to choose, andclick Set PI or Add CoI ; the button label changes todescribe what the operation will actually do), or click Cancel to terminate the session. In case only one result is returned it willbe automatically highlighted. When adding CoIs, multiple rows can beselected, which will add all selected users as CoIs when the Add CoI button is pressed. To remove a CoI from your project, selectthe table row containing the CoI (or multiple rows if multiple CoIsare to be deleted), and click Remove CoI .

Figure 6.3: The Investigator search dialog to select the Proposal investigators from the ALMA users database.
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Multiple queries can be performed in one go byentering search terms separated by commas. For example, the users withALMA IDs john, paul, george and ringo can be retrieved in one pass bysearching ALMA ID for john,paul,george,ringo .Figure  6.3 provides an example of theInvestigator Selector interface.

The button Add from Proposal... in the Investigators panelis used to import investigators from another project. Clicking thebutton launches a file selection dialog; select the project containingthe investigators to import and they will be merged with the currentproject.

Once a PI has been selected, this information is also displayed andeditable in the Project node of the project tree. Again, clicking onSet PI launches the Investigator Selector dialog, from which the PIcan be identified.

Below the Investigators panel, the pdf document to support thescience case can be attached. The attachment is limited to 5 pages and20 Mbytes. The last panel of the form Observatory use Only contains non-editable Observatory Information.

Figure 6.4: The lower part of Proposal form with the Investigators and the Science & Technical Case form.
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After having filled out the Proposal form, one can start working onthe Science Goals.


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The ALMA OT Team, 2011 May 20