ALMA Eligibility Requirements to Qualify for Chilean Partner Time

Roughly 10% of the overall ARP composition is made up of astronomers from Chile, with ~1 Chilean member per panel. Membership details for each Cycle can be found below. Together, the Chilean ARP members also make up the Chilean Review Committee (CRC), who are tasked with identifying which submitted proposals will qualify for Chilean eligibility status and reporting their findings to ALMA prior to the actual ARP meeting. ALMA has indicated that proposals which are submitted through Chilean time and, based on reasons related to the rules below, are found not to be compliant with the rules that the CRC has defined, will not be further considered in the Review Process and will not be eligible for the International Time. Eligibility requirements are as follows:

1.- The PI must be affiliated with a Chilean Institution and reside in Chile. This residency should substantially overlap (≳ 6 months) with the observing period of ALMA cycle 4. Residency will be determined by comparing the list of proposers against the "Lista Blanca" maintained by the Sociedad Chilena de Astronomia (SOCHIAS). Proposers must ensure that their department head puts them on this list before the Cycle 4 proposal deadline.

2.- The proposal must have at least one permanent Chilean faculty member among the proposers (PI or co-I).

3.- Student-led proposals require a support letter provided by their supervisor.

4.- The PI must submit a single report on past ALMA usage through the Chilean partner time, summarizing the analysis and publication status from all previously observed ALMA programs as PI, with emphasis on Chilean participation. The rough expectation is that PIs should publish at least one Chilean-led (faculty, postdoc, or student) paper associated with roughly 50% of their completed projects for which the data have been public for >1 year (max. 1/2 page). If the PI has no past usage through the Chilean partner time, then leave this section blank.

5.- The PI must submit a single work plan highlighting, for each submitted proposal, who will do what with respect to reduction, analysis, and paper writing, with particular emphasis on the role of the Chilean PI and co-Is. The rough expectation is that the Chilean PI/co-Is should have a strong role within the project and contribute to the growth of submm/mm astronomy within the Chilean community (max. 1/2 page for each proposal).

6.- If the proposal is rejected on any of the above grounds, the PI will be notified and given the opportunity to appeal the CRC decision within the next 7 days (inclusive). Please note that this an opportunity to dispute misinterpretations of submitted documents, and not a second chance to provide missing documents.

All supporting documents must be sent directly to the ALMA Chilean Review Committee (CRC) alma_crc@das.uchile.cl by 12:00hr on April 22, 2016. The submitted materials should be sent as one PDF labeled 'LastName_CRC.pdf' (where LastName refers to PI).

Important Deadlines for 2016:

- March 22, 2016: Cycle 4 Call for Proposals and Observer Tool released
- April 21, 2016: Cycle 4 Proposal Deadline
- April 22, 2016: Cycle 4 CRC Document Deadline
- May 6, 2016: Cycle 4 CRC Rejection Notices
- May 6-13, 2016: Cycle 4 CRC Appeal Process
- August 2016: Result of the proposal review process sent to PIs.
- October 2016 Start of ALMA Cycle 4 observations.
- September 2017: End of ALMA Cycle 4 observations.

ALMA CRC Forms and Style files:

Tarball containing LaTeX style files and template for Work Plan, Past Usage, and Student Support.

ALMA CRC Panelists:

Cycle 4 - Franz Bauer (Chair), Manuel Aravena, Amelia Bayo, Roberto Assef, Simon Casassus, Lucas Cieza, Eduardo Ibar, Stefan Kimeswenger, Paulina Lira, Diego Mardones, Laura Perez, Jaime Pineda, Jose Luis Prieto, Ezequiel Treister.
Cycle 3 - Franz Bauer (Chair), Felipe Barrientos, Amelia Bayo, Simon Casassus, Lucas Cieza, Stefan Kimeswenger, Paulina Lira, Diego Mardones, Thomas Puzia, Ezequiel Treister.
Cycle 2 - Andres Jordan (Chair), Felipe Barrientos, Leonardo Bronfman, Guido Garay, Neil Nagar, Thomas Puzia, Ezequiel Treister.
Cycle 1 - Guido Garay (Chair), Felipe Barrientos, Leonardo Bronfman, Gaspar Galaz, Andrés Jordán, Neil Nagar, Thomas Puzia, Matthias Schreiber.
Cycle 0 - Guido Garay (Chair), Leonardo Bronfman, Gaspar Galaz, Paulina Lira, Neil Nagar.