NA ALMA Development - Cycle 4 Study Proposals

The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) invites interested parties in the North American ALMA partnership to submit proposals for "Development Studies of Upgrades for the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA)."

Questions about this Call for Proposals

Questions related to this Call for Proposals should be submitted via email.

A Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page is available, and will be updated as questions are received and answered.

Coordination Meeting - March 09, 2016

Coordination Meeting Page

Submitting a Notice of Intent (NOI)

Proposers are requested to submit a Study Proposal NOI by March 15, 2016. This will ensure that all Proposers are included in the Cycle 4 mailing list. A NOI is non-binding. Please submit your Notice of Intent HERE.

Preparing a Cycle 4 Study Proposal

Details regarding the preparation of a Cycle 4 Study Proposal can be found in the following documents:

NRAO Employees must submit a New Ideas Notification Form (CLOSED) and receive authorization from the Director's Office before proceeding with preparation of a formal Study Proposal.

Submitting a Cycle 4 Study Proposal

Please submit your Cycle 4 Study Proposal HERE (CLOSED).

Call for Cycle 4 Study Proposals Schedule

Post Award Documents

Cycle 4 Study Important Dates

Cycle 4 Study Proposals received by 5:00pm EDT, 02 May 2016 will receive full consideration.  Multiple proposals may be submitted by individual organizations and institutions.  Each proposal, however, must comply fully with all of the applicable requirements, including content and submission by the deadline.

The completed Studies will be used, together with similar studies from the other ALMA partners, to augment and implement the ALMA Development Plan.  Please see documents developed by the ALMA Scientific Advisory Committee at the Call website describing development priorities.

Supporting Documents & Links

ALMA Development Studies History

Cycle 1

The first call for ALMA Development Studies (Cycle 1) was reported in eNews

https://science.nrao.edu/enews/5.6/index.shtml#almadev.
77 investigators associated with 26 institutions responded to the Call with a total of 21 Study Proposals, of which the following 8 were funded.

Cycle 2

The second call for ALMA Development Studies (Cycle 2) was reported in eNews Feb 2014:
https://science.nrao.edu/enews/7.3/index.shtml
9 submissions were received from 8 PIs with teams totaling 41 investigators from 17 institutions; 6 were funded.

Cycle 3

Results from the third call for ALMA Development Studies (Cycle 3) were reported in eNews Dec 2015:
https://science.nrao.edu/enews/8.11/index.shtml
15 submissions were received from 15 PIs with teams totaling 53 investigators from 19 institutions; 7 were funded.

Note: the due date for Reports for Cycle 3 Studies has not yet occurred.