ESO is pleased to announce the Call for Proposals for development studies for ALMA upgrades, with a deadline for proposal submission on 24 January 2023 at 20:00 CET. Interested parties are encouraged to visit this page to request the proposal submission package. Studies can cover a wide range of topics. Proposals following the scientific priorities outlined in the ALMA 2030 roadmap are particularly encouraged, such as upgrades of the Intermediate Frequency (IF) bandwidth by a factor up to 4 compared to the current system. Proposals for new advanced data products are also solicited in this call.
Call for Proposals for development studies
An overview of development studies from the past four calls, including reports from the outcomes of the studies, can be found here. For more information on the development studies, please contact the coordinator of the ESO ALMA development studies Carlos De Breuck.
This CfP is issued on a three year-cycle and is open to all ESO member state institutes. Interested parties are encouraged to visit this page for further programmatic and contractual information regarding this CfP and to request the proposal submission package.
ESO intends to hold an information day at its premises in Garching on 7th December 2022. Representatives of interested institutes are invited to join either in person or remotely via Teams. In the first case (presence in Garching), you are kindly requested to contact Elena Zuffanelli before Monday 28 November.
Timeline:
Date |
Milestone |
28 October 2022 |
Release of the 2022 CfP |
7 December 2022 |
Information meeting at ESO HQ (remote participation possible) |
24 January 2023 |
Deadline for proposal submission |
May 2023 |
Communication to proposers of the outcome |