Only a very few proposals will be chosen to illustrate each new capability, and participation in this call carries no implication of future priority or claim- staking for an idea, project, or area of research. Further calls for proposals aimed at a wider audience will be made in 2001 as significant classes of capabilities are fully commissioned, and all proposals will be considered on an equal basis at that time. This call offers the opportunity for very early results from the GBT, but carries with it a number of important conditions. As the proposals will be executed at the earliest possible time during the commissioning process, observing systems will not be mature. The observations may require a lengthy on-site visit by the observing team, and will require a high degree of participation by the staff.
Observations are likely to be interspersed with commissioning tasks.
Proposals for this call may be for frequencies up to 50 GHz and may include spectroscopy, continuum, pulsar, and bi-static radar reception observations. Unique VLBI proposals will be entertained and will be forwarded for consideration within the VLBA system at the appropriate deadline. All proposals will be refereed by a peer-review panel, evaluated by a scheduling committee, and selected on the basis of appropriateness, feasibility, scientific merit, and experience of the observing team. A description of the observing capabilities of the GBT and a proposal preparation guide may be found here . All proposals must be submitted using the NRAO Proposal Submission Tool .