Rules for Long Term Applications to AATAC
All applicants for observing time on the AAT are encouraged to consider requesting "Long Term" status from the Anglo-Australian Time Assignment Committee (AATAC) for their proposals. Successful Long Term applications will be awarded time in the upcoming semester, and a provisional time allocation for future semesters. In addition, they will not be required to lodge a full proposal submission for semesters in which they have already been pre-allocated time. However, a progress report should be e-mailed to the AATAC Technical Secretary (aatac -@- aao.gov.au) prior to the deadline for each semester in which a provisional allocation has been made. A current Long Term proposal may be re-submitted in full, should the applicants require an additional allocation over and above that awarded previously. AATAC reserves the right to withdraw Long Term status if for any reason they are unsatisfied with the progress of the program.
Note that the concept of Long Term status does not apply solely to programs which may run over the course of several years; rather, the intention is to see that more programs get all the time they need in order to meet their scientific goals, and to improve the efficiency of the time allocation meetings by not having to review these same proposals every semester. For example, a program which requires observing time in only two consecutive semesters (e.g., to observe a complete sample of targets) may be awarded Long Term status. A proposal which fails to get Long Term status may still be re-submitted in the normal way each semester.
If you wish your proposal to be considered for Long Term status, please indicate this on the cover sheet (Question 4 of the AATAC form), and then detail your time requirements in this and future semesters in your technical justification.
Extended Science Case
The conditions under which an expanded (up to 5 pages) science case may be submitted in support of a Long Term proposal to AATAC are detailed in Section 8 of the latest AATAC Guidelines (June 2008). In all such cases, the Principal Investigator must first seek permission from the AATAC Secretary, Ms Helen Woods (hmw -@- aao.gov.au) before the proposal deadline.
Current Long Term programs
The following programs have Long Term status from AATAC:
| Program ID | PI | Allocation |
|---|---|---|
| AATAC/06A/30 | Tinney | 16B in 06A-08B |
| AATAC/06B/19 | Drinkwater | 195n in 07A-09B |
| AATAC/07A/33 | Webster | 4 x 2 hrs in 07A-09B |
| AATAC/07B/3 | Driver | 22n in each of 08A, 09A, 10A |
Heath Jones, aatac -@- aao.gov.au