Compliance in Proposal Preparation
Proposals that are not in compliance with Observatory policies may be rejected or be reduced in scheduling priority. The following is a non-exhaustive review of common cases of non-compliance.
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A Regular proposal that is determined to be incorrectly submitted as a Triggered proposal.
- A Triggered proposal that is incorrectly submitted as a Regular proposal.
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A Scientific Justification that is not compliant with the formatting requirements described above.
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Relevant information is missing from the Technical Justification. This includes the additional materials such as the output of the sensitivity calculator or mapping calculator.
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The information in the output of the sensitivity calculator, mapping calculator, spectral line configuration, etc. is incomplete or incorrect.
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Proposals that intentionally propose for inaccurate source coordinates with the purpose of obscuring the true positions of the sources.
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A Large proposal that fails to provide a data management and data release plan.
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