ALMA Eligibility Requirements to Qualify for Chilean Partner Time

Only sponsors of visitors, students, and postdocs should submit the CRC form.

All proposals are evaluated on the basis of scientific merit by a distributed peer review system or by a panel-based proposal review system. Submitted proposals will qualify for Chilean eligibility status based on the following requirements:

1.- The PI must be affiliated with a Chilean Institution and reside in Chile. Residency will be determined following the rules laid out by Sociedad Chilena de Astronomia (SOCHIAS) and specifically by comparing the list of proposers against the "Lista de Acceso a Tiempo Chileno (LATC)" maintained by SOCHIAS. Proposers must ensure that their department head puts them on this list before the Cycle 13 proposal deadline.

2.- Each proposal must have at least one permanent Chilean faculty member among the proposers (PI or co-I). This faculty member will act as sponsor and ultimately may be responsible for reporting progress on accepted programs if the PI does not submit a proposal in future cycles (including this one) or leaves Chile. Support confirmation is required via the CRC form.

3.- Student-led proposals require a support confirmation from faculty supervisor via the CRC form. The student should be included in the SOCHIAS LATC.

ALMA has indicated that proposals that are submitted through Chilean time and, based on reasons related to the rules above, are found not to be compliant will not be further considered in the Review Process and will not be eligible for the International Time.

Only sponsors of visitors, students, and postdocs should submit the CRC form. All supporting information (CRC form) must be submitted by Wednesday, April 29, 2026 at 6pm CLT to alma_crc@das.uchile.cl. If questions remain after reading the above and compiling the form, these can be directed to alma_crc@das.uchile.cl

CRC FORM: For Cycle 13, the CRC submission will occur via this LaTeX form.

It should be noted that for ALMA Cycle-13, the review process will be under the dual anonymous scheme. To not affect the anonymity of the review process, the Chilean proposal eligibility (see above) of a given proposal will be checked by a Chilean representative(s) who does not participate in its review process.

Important Deadlines for 2026 :

- April 23, 2026: Cycle 13 Proposal Deadline
- October 2026: Start of ALMA Cycle 13 observations.
- September 2027: End of ALMA Cycle 13 observations.

ALMA CRC Panelists:

Cycle 10, 11, 12, 13 - Manuel Aravena (Chair), TBD.
Cycle 9 - Manuel Aravena (Chair), Thomas Puzia (APRC member), Rodrigo Herrera-Camus, Viviana Guzman, others to be confirmed.
Cycle 8 - Manuel Aravena (Chair), Thomas Puzia (APRC member), Rodrigo Herrera-Camus, Viviana Guzman.
Cycle 7 - Matthias Schreiber (Chair), others to be confirmed.
Cycle 6 - Matthias Schreiber (Chair), Manuel Aravena, Roberto Assef, Mederic Boquien, Claudio Caceres, Lucas Cieza, Tanio Diaz-Santos, Cristobal Espinoza, Jorge Gonzalez Lopez, Eduardo Ibar, Fabien Louvet, Neil Nagar, Sebastian Perez, Jose Luis Prieto, Monica Rubio.
Cycle 5 - Franz Bauer (Chair), Manuel Aravena, Roberto Assef, Mederic Boquien, Claudio Caceres, Tanio Diaz-Santos, Eduardo Ibar, Stefan Kimeswenger, Diego Mardones, Laura Perez, Sebastian Perez, Jaime Pineda, Jose Luis Prieto, Amy Stutz.
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.