Chapter 3: Proposal Categories 3.1 Overview of Proposal Categories 3.2 General Observer (GO) Proposals 3.2.1 Regular GO Programs 3.2.2 Large GO Programs 3.2.3 Survey GO Programs 3.2.4 Calibration GO Programs 3.2.5 Long-Term GO Programs 3.2.6 Treasury GO Programs 3.3 Snapshot (SNAP) Proposals 3.3.1 Characteristics of SNAPs 3.3.2 Calibration SNAP Programs 3.3.3 Guidelines for SNAP Programs 3.4 Archival Research (AR) Proposals 3.4.1 Regular AR Proposals 3.4.2 Legacy AR Proposals 3.4.3 Calibration AR Programs 3.4.4 Theory Proposals 3.4.5 Guidelines for AR Programs 3.4.6 Suggestions for AR Proposals 3.5 Joint HST-Chandra Observing Proposals 3.6 Joint HST-NOAO Observing Proposals 3.7 Director's Discretionary (DD) Time Proposals 3.8 Guaranteed Time Observer Programs