ORP (Opticon Radionet Pilot) funding remains available till the end of 2024 for travel to one of the European ALMA Regional Centre nodes in Europe, for ALMA users who need face-to-face support for their ALMA projects. Users wishing to apply for ORP funding should fill out the form in addition to submitting a Helpdesk ticket that is required to arrange the ARC node visit. Face-to-face visits to ARC nodes can be arranged for assistance with data calibration and analysis, proposal preparation, and archive research projects.

This announcement provides updated information regarding the Cycle 11 Call for Proposals (CfP) deadline submission issues experienced by some ALMA users. 

Since the start of ALMA operations, the Nordic ARC node has enthusiastically organised annual events to support the ALMA user community with their proposal preparations. Over the past couple of years, the node has also arranged an annual event to foster collaboration and engagement among ALMA users in Sweden and other Nordic countries, which has now started to be called "The Nordic ALMA Day". One of the main aims of this event is to bring together astronomers and researchers to share insights and discuss topics relevant to the ALMA user community.

A new ALMA development study to automatically extract spectral line sources from ALMA data cubes and derive advanced data products from them had its kick-off meeting on 3 June 2024 in Gothenburg (Sweden).

A detailed report of the Cycle 11 Proposal Submission Statistics is now available. The report provides a summary of items such as the number of submitted proposals and time requested, subscription rates, and comparisons with the number of hours requested in previous Cycles.