NOAO Nighttime Proposals Due for 2000A

Proposals for observing time for the 2000A observing semester (February-July 2000) at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory and Kitt Peak National Observatory, and for community access time at the Multiple Mirror Telescope Observatory are due in September 1999. (See accompanying articles in this section for information about the new MMT capability.) The deadline for all proposals is Thursday evening, 30 September 1999, Midnight MST.

Proposal materials and information are available on our Web page at http://www.noao.edu/noaoprop/ (see accompanying articles in this section for changes to the proposal form and other important proposal information). Proposal materials are no longer available by FTP. Investigators are requested to use the Web form to initiate all proposals. Although the Web form is the starting point for all proposals we do provide two options for submission (but paper submissions are no longer an option).

• 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. Using the Web form investigators are requested to fill out the general information, investigator information, and run information pages -- after these pages have been completed a "customized" LaTeX file can be returned to you by e-mail or through a download for completion and submission by e-mail. Follow the instructions in the LaTeX template for submitting proposals and figures.

There are several addresses available to help with proposal preparation and submission:

http://www.noao.edu/noaoprop/
    Web proposal materials and information

noaoprop-help@noao.edu
    Request help for proposal preparation

noaoprop-letter@noao.edu
    Address for thesis and visitor instrument letters as well as consent letters for use of PI instruments on the MMT

noaoprop-submit@noao.edu
    Address for submitting LaTeX proposals by e-mail

ctio@noao.edu
    CTIO-specific questions related to an observing run

kpno@noao.edu
    KPNO-specific questions related to an observing run

mmt@noao.edu
    MMT-specific questions related to an observing run

Once again we would like to thank the astronomical community for their continued cooperation with the electronic submission process.

The NOAO Proposal Team