Chapter 8:
Filling Out the APT Proposal Form
8.1 Title
8.2 Abstract
8.3 Proposal Phase
8.4 Category
8.5 Cycle
8.6 Requested Resources
8.6.1 Primary and Parallel Orbits
8.6.2 Total Targets
8.6.3 Budget
8.6.4 Budget Explanation
8.7 Proprietary Period
8.8 Scientific Category
PLANETARY SYSTEMS AND STAR FORMATION
GALACTIC ASTRONOMY
EXTRAGALACTIC ASTRONOMY
8.9 Keywords
8.10 Special Proposal Types
8.10.1 Chandra ksec
8.10.2 NOAO Nights
8.10.3 Theory
8.10.4 Legacy
8.10.5 Calibration
8.10.6 Treasury
8.10.7 Large
8.10.8 Survey
8.11 Proposal PDF Attachment
8.12 Principal Investigator
8.13 Co-Investigators
8.14 Datasets
8.15 Targets
8.15.1 Target Number
8.15.2 Target Name
8.15.3 Provisional Coordinates
8.15.4 V-Magnitude
8.15.5 Other Fluxes
8.16 Observation Summary (OS)
8.16.1 Target
8.16.2 Instrument
8.16.3 Instrument Setup(s)
8.16.4 Config
8.16.5 Science Mode
8.16.6 Coronagraphy
8.16.7 Polarizer
8.16.8 Spectral Element
8.16.9 Orbits
8.16.10 Number of Iterations
8.16.11 Special Requirement Checkboxes
8.16.12 Scheduling Requirements
8.16.13 Verifying Schedule Constraints
As described in Chapter 7, a Phase I proposal consists of a completed APT proposal form and an attached PDF file. The present chapter describes the items that must be filled out in the APT proposal form; this information is also available from the context-sensitive help in APT. Note that not every item described here needs to be filled out for every proposal. For example, some items are only relevant for observing proposals, while others are only relevant for archival proposals. APT will automatically let you know which items need to be filled out, depending on which proposal type you choose. Chapter 9 describes the items that must be addressed in the attached PDF file.
