ALMA. Credit: Alex Pérez.

Credit: Alex Pérez.

Cycle 12 Call for Proposals

Submission Deadline: 15:00 UTC 24 April 2025
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The Cycle 12 Call for Proposals is now open. The observatory has a few new features, including the following:

  • Full polarization single field interferometry in Band 1 on the 7-m Array.
  • Improvements in the VLBI flux density thresholds for active phasing targets.
  • EHT multi-epoch monitoring spanning March through May.

ALMA is also encouraging the submission of the following types of observing proposals:

  • ACA standalone observations, especially in the LST range of 20h to 1h.
  • High frequency (Band 8, 9, or 10) observations in any configuration.
  • Low frequency (Band 1, 3, or 4) observations at long baselines (C-7 and C-8 configurations).

The deadline for proposal submission is 15:00 UTC on Thursday, 24 April 2025. The observations will be scheduled between 1 October 2025 and 30 September 2026.

 

Proposal Preparation Assistance from the UK ALMA Regional Centre Node

The UK ARC Node is available to assist users with proposal preparation for Cycle 12. This may be as simple as reviewing fully prepared aot files to providing one-on-one support for using the Observing Tool. Even experienced users may benefit from reviews of the technical aspects of their proposals. Please feel free to contact the UK ARC Node using the links below.

 

Register of Interest for UK ALMA Cycle 12 Online Community Event

Survey Link
Submission Deadline: 24 March 2025

The UK ARC Node is currently gauging interest in an online community event for UK ALMA users that would be organized in the week after the Cycle 12 Call for Proposals (26-28 March). This event would include a brief presentation providing updates on ALMA’s capabilities for Cycle 12, an update on the Wideband Sensitivity Upgrade, and a short introduction to ALMA 2040.

To express interest in potentially participating in this event, please fill in the poll at this link. This poll will close at the end of 24 March.

 

UK ALMA Regional Centre Support Information and Contact Details

The UK ALMA Regional Centre Node is available to provide support to people working with or interested in working with ALMA. This may include help with preparatory data analysis, including the use of archival data, proposal and observing preparation, data calibration and imaging, and subsequent data analyses. We can also provide computing facilities for ALMA data processing and training for individuals or groups of people.

If you have any ALMA science results that they want to share with the UK ALMA community, please contact us, and we will endeavour to include those results in our next newsletter and on our website.

For any ALMA-related queries or support requests, please contact the UK ARC Node via the following:

ALMA Helpdesk: help.almascience.org
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Web: www.alma.ac.uk