Submitting an application is a two-step process: on-line creation of a proposal cover sheet and uploading a pdf-format file with the Scientific Justification and other support materials.
Step 1: Create a proposal cover sheet and be assigned a Proposal ID#. Go to the web page below, enter the information required for the form, submit the form and note the assigned proposal ID#, which is required in Step 2.
https://spg.ucolick.org/cgi-bin/time_apps/APF/
Proposal Information
1. The first page must include an abstract
2. Select Cadence for queue observing on the cover sheet
3. Pure classical nights must be justified
4. Assume 10 hours per night for calculating total requested time
6. Proposal ranking will determine queue ranking
7. Time critical observations will be given higher queue ranking but must be justified
8. TOO programs can submit targets during the night starting in 2021A
For the 2021A semester, 800 hours of the time the 1000 clear hours available on the APF will be open for UC proposals for February 2020 through the end of July 2020.The time will be scheduled in two different modes at the request of the observers.
The observer can (1) ask for their targets to be inserted into the queue operated by the University of California Observatories (Cadence), or (2) ask for specific nights and conduct observations as they wish (Classical). Classical requests need to be justified.All time requests should be in hours. The cover sheet should list the request in nights, assuming 10 hours per night, with fractional nights as appropriate. The TAC will allocate grades to the proposals and those grades (A, B, C) will determine the relative priority on any given night, with guaranteed or purchased time being granted A time.The queue will be run on all nights, except for the whole or half nights allocated to specific classical programs. The queue software is capable of handling multiple programs per night. The target list and the data files for a given observer will be private to the PI unless otherwise requested. A given program can be executed on any given night the queue is running, with the balance of observing time monitored over the course of the semester to match the allocated amount. Simple cadence requirements, ranging from multiple times a night, to once a month can be met and the total observations can easily be supported.
