NOAO Nighttime Proposals Due for 2001A

The NOAO Proposal Team

Proposals for observing time for Semester 2001A (February-August 2001) at the Gemini North telescope, the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, and the Kitt Peak National Observatory, and for community access time at the Hobby-Eberly Telescope are due by Saturday evening, 30 September 2000, midnight MST. Articles in this section provide specific information on the capabilities provided at each facility.

Proposal materials and information are available on our Web page (http://www.noao.edu/noaoprop/). Investigators should use the Web form to initiate all proposals. Although the Web form is the starting point for all proposals, we do provide both e-mail and Web options for submission.

• Web submissions. The Web form may be used to complete and submit proposals. The information provided on the Web form is formatted and submitted as a LaTeX file, including figures that are "attached" to the Web proposal as Encapsulated PostScript files.

• E-mail submissions. If you prefer to prepare your proposal locally as a LaTeX file and then submit it by e-mail, that option is still available. Investigators using the Web form are requested to fill out certain information on the general information, investigator information, and run information pages (what is required through the Web form varies with each facility, so read the instructions carefully). After these pages have been completed, a "customized" LaTeX file can be downloaded or returned to you by e-mail for completion and submission by e-mail. Follow the instructions in the LaTeX template for submitting proposals and figures.

The addresses below are available to help with proposal preparation and submission:

Web proposal materials and information. http://www.noao.edu/noaoprop/ Request help for proposal preparation. noaoprop-help@noao.edu Address for thesis and visitor instrument letters, as well as consent letters, for use of PI instruments on the MMT. noaoprop-letter@noao.edu Address for submitting LaTeX proposals by e-mail. noaoprop-submit@noao.edu Gemini related questions relating to usgemini@noao.edu and operations or instrumentation. http://www.noao.edu/gateway/gemini/support.html The official Gemini HelpDesk. http://www.us-gemini.noao.edu/sciops/helpdesk/helpdeskIndex.html CTIO-specific questions related to an observing run. ctio@noao.edu KPNO-specific questions related to an observing run. kpno@noao.edu HET-specific questions related to an observing run. het@noao.edu