WIYN observing proposals contune to be due on regular dates for each
semester. These will be one week after the NOAO proposal cycle:

  Spring semester:	~7 Oct WIYN proposal deadline
  Fall semester		~7 Apr WIYN proposal deadline

Because 7 Apr falls on a Monday, the WIYN deadline for this coming
semester (Spring 2008A) will be: **** 5 PM Monday 7 Apr 2008. ****

Proposal submission will be electronic, in pdf format only, and must
adhere to format and length requirements. 


The following information can be found below:

o Submission instructions
o Updated proposal form  and annoucements
o Detailed proposal instructions
  Graduate thesis application instructions: 
  please note instructions on reporting past allocations

The following information will be available soon:

o UW available time in 08B


Finally, the faculty look forward to the resurrection of the Grad
Observing Queue.


for the WIYN TAC,

Matt


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1. Submission will be electronic, in pdf format only, via email to:

	wiynprop@astro.wisc.edu

2. This announcement and the updated proposal form are posted on

	www.astro.wisc.edu/wiyn/wiyn.html

3. Proposal instructions:  

a. Scientific Justification

Give a concise summary of your scientific justification and brief
explanation of the calculation of exposure times on the next page. NO
MORE THAN 1 PAGE FOR THIS MATERIAL.

If you are requesting observing time for an ONGOING project, please
summarize progress to date, and explain why more data are needed. How
many nights have been allocated and how many were useful? Also discuss
how much time you think will be needed to complete or reach the next
major milestone for your project.

If this is the first request for a NEW observing project, the TAC is
also interested in how much observing time this project will take and
what other telescopes or resources are being used.

b. Recent results

The last page first allows you to briefly tell us what you've recently
accomplished with WIYN.

If this is an ongoing project, use this section to show progress and
publications. If it is a new project but you have had previous WIYN
allocations, briefly summarize what happened with the data.

   *** Graduate thesis applicants please note! ***

If you are a graduate student requesting thesis observations, please
summarize all time allocated to the project to date, success of past
allocations, and status of data acquired. Indicate your total expected
request and timeline. Explain and justify departures from your your
thesis proposal. You may take up to an extra half-page if necessary.


4. Information on available instruments can be found here:

   http://www.noao.edu/kpno/instruments.html
   http://www.noao.edu/wiyn/   (pull down INSTRUMENTATION)