Dr. Firstname Lastname, Put Your Proposal’s Short Title Here
[ NOTE: Comments to assist proposers have been put inside brackets. Please remove all bracketed comments before submitting your document. Text in your document should be of font size 11. References and figure captions can be as small as font size 10. Page limits for each section are indicated below. Total page limits are: 8 pages for Standard or Snap observing proposals, 10 pages for Legacy proposals, and 6 pages for Archival proposals (including figures, tables and references).]
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Scientific Justification [ up to 3 pages (Legacy 5) allowed, including figures ]
[Fully describe the scientific objectives of the proposed investigation, clearly stating its goals, its significance to astronomy, why GALEX data are essential to the investigation, and the relevance to NASA goals. The page limit includes all text, figures, tables, and references for this Section. The proposed scientific investigation should not duplicate GALEX primary science investigations or accepted GI programs (http://galexgi.gsfc.nasa.gov/science); any cases where overlap might be perceived should be clearly justified. GI investigations may be proposed for targets or fields observed by the GALEX science team or by other GI programs, as long as the science goals of the investigation are clearly different. The Scientific Justification is limited to three pages for Standard, Snap, and Archival proposals and five pages for Legacy proposals, including figures, tables, and/or references. ]
Description of the Observations [ up to 1 page – not needed for archival.]
[Describe the desired observations. All observing constraints (e.g., Time-Critical (coordinated observations, phase coverage, contiguous orbits, specific cadence, etc.), Target of Opportunity, Low Zodiacal Light, Moving Target), and/or Special Requirements (non-standard data products, FUV-only observations, brightness waivers, specified grism orientation, etc.) must be explained and justified. Triggering events for Targets of Opportunity should be defined clearly. Actual ephemeris data for Solar System targets are not required for this phase of the proposal process, but a discussion of when and where should be provided (Proposers wishing to observe moving targets should be aware that they will need to request receive time-tagged photon data and will need to reconstruct these into images themselves). Requests for special co-adds should be explained here. Any "strategy issues" on how the observations should be performed, including explanation of special scheduling issues or other non-standard requirements should be addressed in this section. Justify any observations of previously observed targets (e.g. need to go deeper, need particular timing, etc.) See Phase 1 Instructions document at: http://galexgi.gsfc.nasa.gov/propforms/index.html for more information.]
Feasibility and Safety Considerations [ up to 1 page – not needed for archival.]
[Discuss the target availability in terms of the spacecraft observing constraints. Discuss in detail your signal-to-noise calculations, sensitivity requirements, and resolution requirements for your proposed observations. Describe the quality of your flux estimates and explain how you arrived at them. Describe explicitly any targets or situations that may create concerns for instrument safety. Describe your method of estimating the necessary exposure times for your targets with sufficient information for technical reviewers to reproduce your results. If your targets are expected to be near the bright limits for a single object or for the field, or if you are requesting FUV-only observations, explain why these observations do not pose a safety risk to the instrument. If you are proposing observations that exceed the brightness limits, you must make a convincing case for obtaining a waiver and explain why the proposed observations will not damage the instrument. See the discussion of brightness limits on our website. Legacy proposals should discuss ancillary data or high level data products to be provided or other benefits to community. ]
Additional Information [up to 2 pages.]
[A data analysis plan is required for Archival proposals or for mixed New/Archival proposals otherwise optional. Describe anything else about your proposed program that is relevant or that the review panel should know (such as data analysis plans, existence of corollary data, justification for any coordinated observations, willingness to forgo proprietary time, etc.). ]
Investigator Information [up to 1 page, not required.]
[Provide the status of any previous GALEX programs. If desired, provide a short biographical sketch for the PI, including recent publications relevant to this proposal. Relevant information about co-investigators may also be included here at the proposer's discretion, but the total length of this section must not exceed 1 page when formatted.]
[Cover and Target forms are now submitted through AKBAR. Please do not submit a LATEX target file from an earlier cycle. Instead, proposers are required to submit their target lists and Cover Page information through AKBAR. Please see http://galexgi.gsfc.nasa.gov/propforms/index.html or http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/AKBAR for additional information. ]