Chapter 6: Writing a Phase II Proposal 6.1 Phase II Proposals: Introduction 6.1.1 Required Information 6.1.2 STScI Resources for Phase II Proposal Preparation 6.2 Instrument Configuration 6.2.1 Optional Parameters for FGS Exposures 6.3 Special Requirements 6.3.1 Visit-Level Special Requirements 6.3.2 Exposure-Level Special Requirements 6.4 Overheads 6.4.1 Pos Mode Overheads 6.4.2 Trans Mode Overhead 6.5 Proposal Logsheet Examples 6.5.1 Parallax program using FGS1r in Pos mode 6.5.2 Determining a binary's orbital elements using FGS1r in Trans mode 6.5.3 Mass determination: Trans and Pos mode 6.5.4 Faint binary with Trans mode: special background measurements