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Phase 1 Observing Proposals

The first stage of applying for ALMA time is the creation andsubmission of an observing proposal; this is often referred to asPhase 1 . This will be subject to scientific andtechnical review by a system of proposal review panels, the result ofwhich will be a letter grade that will determine the likelihood of theproject being awarded time. The proposal must contain a scientific andtechnical justification, but will also include some administrativeinformation about the PI and Co-Is. In addition, the user must createScience Goals, constructs which capture the basic scientificrequirements of the planned observations and which are used to createthe telescope runfiles (Scheduling Blocks).



The ALMA OT Team, 2011 May 20