8.6 Requested Resources

8.6.1 Primary and Parallel Orbits

8.6.2 Total Targets

8.6.3 Budget

8.6.1 Primary and Parallel Orbits

(This item appears in the APT form only for GO proposals)

Enter the total number of orbits requested for Primary observations and the total number of orbits requested for Coordinated Parallel observations OR enter the total number of orbits requested for Pure Parallel observations. Only whole orbits can be requested, and only whole orbits will be allocated. In general, only the boxes for ‘This Cycle’ need to be filled out. However, long-term proposals (see Section 3.2.5) should provide a year-by-year breakdown of the orbits requested by also filling out the boxes for ‘Next Cycle’ (Cycle 22) and ‘After Next’ (Cycle 23).

8.6.2 Total Targets

(This item appears in the APT form only for SNAP proposals)

Specify the total number of targets requested. Multiple visits to the same source should be counted as multiple targets (see Section 3.3).

8.6.3 Budget

(This item appears in the APT form only for AR and Theory proposals)

Please indicate the scale of the budget request for this program. For planning purposes only, proposers should identify their proposals as SMALL if the expected budget is less than $60,000, and MEDIUM if the expected budget lies between $60,000 and $120,000. Proposals that require higher funding levels should be submitted as Legacy AR proposals. See Chapter 12 for details on Grant Policies and allowable costs. Do not provide a specific figure for your expected budget. This entry will be used by the TAC and the review panels as a guide to the likely required resources. Successful programs will be required to submit a detailed budget for review by the Financial Review Committee.

It is advised that investigators work with the appropriate office at their institution for budget preparation to ensure that all components of the budget are properly accounted for within their estimate. This should be the same office the investigators work with when submitting the final budget.