| Call for Proposals Allen Telescope Array 16 October 2007 We are soliciting proposals from members of the Radio Astronomy Lab and the SETI Institute for observations with the Allen Telescope Array during commissioning time. Proposals will be accepted and evaluated on a rolling basis with a deadline each week of 4 pm Friday. All observations are considered shared-risk; i.e., there is no guarantee of successful completion. Reasonable efforts will be made for successful observing. Priority will be given to proposals that demonstrate or explore technical capabilities of the array such as wide-field imaging, multi-frequency observations, polarization, and commensal observing with correlator and beamformer. Proposals that have immediate science goals will be given high priority, as well. At present, array commissioning and engineering remain the highest priority for array operations. Proposed observations must not interfere with these activities. Re-cabling of correlator or beamformer inputs for science observations, for instance, will be strongly discouraged. Proposers are encouraged to request less than 24 hours of observing at a time. New proposals from a PI will not be accepted until results of previous programs have been reported. Reports should include brief description of results and technical problems that resulted. A proposal form is available at http://astro.berkeley.edu/~gbower/ata/observing.html Proposals should be submitted by email to Geoff Bower (gbower@astro.berkeley.edu) with the phrase "[ATA-OBS]" in the subject line. Please keep proposal form in plain text ascii format. |