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e-MERLIN

e-MERLIN web-based proposal tool

CALL FOR PROPOSALS - Cycle-0 (Semester 2012A)

Deadline : Midnight (23:59 GMT) 26th January 2012

The e-MERLIN proposal submission tool Northstar is open for the submission of proposals for e-MERLIN cycle-0.


Proposal process:

e-MERLIN cycle-0 proposals must be submitted via the e-MERLIN NorthStar web-based proposals submission tool. To submit an application for time, go to the NorthStar website (register as a new user if necessary) and follow the instructions given in the help file that you will find on the welcome page.

The web-based proposal tool NorthStar has been successfully used for MERLIN and EVN proposals and it will also be adopted for the initial submission of e-MERLIN proposals. Invitations for proposals for shared-risk observations within the commissioning period are now available. Open PATT time allocations will be made for observations from Semester 2012A.

From Cyle-1 (Semester 12b) invitations for proposals will be distributed twice per year and submitted proposals will be subject to peer review via a PATT e-MERLIN Time Allocation Committee (Phase 1). Successful proposals will then be subject to a second pass in which full observing details will be verified (Phase 2). By default e-MERLIN observations are dynamically scheduled by the operations team. Following the completion of the scheduled observations, users are encouraged to visit the e-MERLIN Visitors Suite at the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics (Alan Turing Building, university of Manchester) where full face-to-face support is available to assist with all aspects of data processing.

From Cyle-1 (Semester 12b) invitations for proposals will be distributed twice per year and submitted proposals will be subject to peer review via a PATT e-MERLIN Time Allocation Committee (Phase 1). Successful proposals will then be subject to a second pass in which full observing details will be verified (Phase 2). By default e-MERLIN observations are dynamically scheduled by the operations team. Following the completion of the scheduled observations, the user is invited to attend the e-MERLIN Visitors Suite housed in the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics where full face-to-face support is available to assist the user in the processing of their data to final astronomical images.