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Instructions for submitting a request for Director’s Discretionary Time can be found here.

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titleSome aspects of the proposal submission form have significantly changed since the 2023 Call for proposals. Click to expand for revision log.

  

Science Page

  • Multi-year has been removed from the Proposal Type field and placed on its own, with a new field to indicated the number of years (2 - 4)

  • New Proposal Type added - XLP eXtra Large Proposal

  • “Pilot Studies for Large Proposals” field is present, and required if Large Proposals are selected

  • For XLP’s you will have to specify if it is a continuation or modification (or neither) of a prior project and will be prompted to add the Project ID , Title of the project .

    • For a continuation of a project the previously allocated hours would be required.

  • Science Case PDF allowed to be 4 pages if Large Proposal

  • XLP proposal's science case can be up to 8 pages

  • Previous Related Proposal section has been removed

 

Target Page

  • Changed warning message

 

Observation Page

  • Band selection field has changed requiring more information per band in the case of multi-year observations.

  • Limits for time are as follows:

    • Regular: 0.1 - 100 hrs overall

    • Large: 100.1 - 300 hrs overall

    • XLP: 300.1 - 2200 hrs overall (but you can only request a max of 500 hrs for this year)

    • S-band limit is 100 hrs overall

  • Multiple simultaneous sub-array indicator added

Data Management Page

  • Supercomputing center now has a dropdown selection for the name “OzSTAR”

  • If the proposal type is XLP, there is an Access Secured button.

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You do not need to fill in the sections in the suggested order, but you must fill all sections before you will be able to submit. You will be prompted to complete these before you are able to submit the proposal.

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You will not be able to submit the proposal until all necessary fields are completed.

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Input the names, email addresses, affiliations and countries of all the members of the project. This includes the Principal Investigator*, all Co-investigators* and the Technical Lead*. As relevant also indicate whether the proposal is a core component of a PhD thesis.

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  • Abstract (no more than 250 words).

  • Scientific categories (no more than three), and observation category. This helps allocate scientific reviewers to proposals.

  • Observation category. This helps during science as well as feasibility reviews.

    • Spectral line: Includes both 32K wideband as well as narrowband modes. While we understand that many observations will also make use of the continuum data for supporting or commensal science, select this if the spectral line observation forms an important part of the science case.

    • Continuum: Select this if your primary science case does not require high spectral resolution.

    • Image plane time domain: This refers to observations of slower transients that will be imaged using visibilities from the standard correlator modes.

    • Pulsars and fast transients: Select this category if you are going to be making use of User Supplied Equipment.

  • Proposal type category: Please refer to the Call document for definitions of the proposal types and time limits. Note that all categories can be Multi-year proposals.

    • Regular

    • Large: Large proposals must include details of pilot studies conducted prior to submitting this proposal.

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  •  XLP: eXtra Large Proposals must have replied to the prior Expressions of Interest survey.

    • For XLPs you will have to specify if it is a continuation or modification (or neither) of a prior project.

    • For neither you will be prompted to add the Project ID and title of the most closely related previous MeerKAT project.

    • For modification you will be prompted to add the Project ID and title of the project you are modifying/adapting.

    • For continuation you will be prompted to add the Project ID, title and previously allocated hours for the project you are proposing to continue.

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  • Multi-year: Need not necessarily be a Large proposal or XLP and this indicates the number of years (2 - 4) being planned for the proposed project, if not intended to be completed within 12 months.

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