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Telescope</span></b><span style='color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> </span></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p align="center" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; border: currentColor; border-image: none; text-align: center; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; mso-border-shadow: yes;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style='color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><font size="3">Proposal Call to the
Worldwide Community </font></span></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p align="center" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; border: currentColor; border-image: none; text-align: center; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; mso-border-shadow: yes;"><font size="3"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style='color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>LONG-TERM: 01 June 2020
– 31 May 2022</span></b><span style='color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> </span></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p align="center" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; border: currentColor; border-image: none; text-align: center; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; mso-border-shadow: yes;"><font size="3"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style='color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Cycle 14: 01 June 2020 –
30 November 2020</span></b><span style='color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> </span></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p align="center" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; border: currentColor; border-image: none; text-align: center; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; mso-border-shadow: yes;"><font size="3"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style='color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Submission deadline
Wednesday </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>04<span style="color: black;"> March 2020, 12 UT</span></span></b><span style='color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>
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</font><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; border: currentColor; border-image: none; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; mso-border-shadow: yes;"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><font size="3"> </font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; border: currentColor; border-image: none; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; mso-border-shadow: yes;"><span style='color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><font size="3">Submission only via the
online tool </font></span><a href="https://lofar.astron.nl/proposal"><span style='color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><font size="3">NorthStar</font></span></a><span style='color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><font size="3">. </font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; border: currentColor; border-image: none; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; mso-border-shadow: yes;"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><font size="3"> </font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; border: currentColor; border-image: none; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; mso-border-shadow: yes;"><span style='color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><font size="3">** Proposers must
ensure their justification files adhere to the instructions given in Northstar,
including restrictions on formats and proposal length, repeated online </font></span><a href="https://old.astron.nl/radio-observatory/observing-lofar/observing-proposals/justification-file-instructions/instructions-j"><span style='color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><font size="3">here</font></span></a><span style='color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><font size="3">. ** </font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 14pt 0cm; border: currentColor; border-image: none; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; mso-border-shadow: yes;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style='color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><font size="3">New in this call: </font></span></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 14pt 0cm; border: currentColor; border-image: none; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; mso-border-shadow: yes;"><span style='color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><font size="3">Long-Term proposals:
altered rules. </font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 14pt 0cm; border: currentColor; border-image: none; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; mso-border-shadow: yes;"><span style='color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><font size="3">All proposals: required
support taken into account during allocation.</font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 14pt 0cm; border: currentColor; border-image: none; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; mso-border-shadow: yes;"><span style='color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><font size="3">Priority A and B
allocations.</font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; border: currentColor; border-image: none; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; mso-border-shadow: yes;"><font size="3"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style='color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>LONG-TERM PROPOSALS</span></b><span style='color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>: The Long-Term
observing queue for the period 01 June 2020 to 31 May 2022 will be filled
entirely from proposals in response to this call; no further call is foreseen.
About 5500 hours may be allocated, of which roughly 75% as priority A and 25%
as priority B (explained below). While there are no explicit limits, the
Long-Term queue is intended for proposals that either require a more
substantial amount of observing time than can realistically be allocated within
one semester cycle, or that demonstrate that the observing has an intrinsic
long-term or persistent nature.</span></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; border: currentColor; border-image: none; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; mso-border-shadow: yes;"><font size="3"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style='color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Long-Term projects are restricted to a limited set of observing
modes (available online on 13 February 2020, further notification will follow).</span></u></b><span style='color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> There will be ongoing upgrades to the system, such that certain
observing capabilities are not planned to be available continuously during the
full Long-Term period. The detailed suite of available functionality will be
advertised in each successive proposal call. </span></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; border: currentColor; border-image: none; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; mso-border-shadow: yes;"><span style='color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><font size="3">Projects that do not
qualify for Long-Term status may be proposed successively for each semester
cycle, provided that the appropriate observing functionality has been
advertised.</font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; border: currentColor; border-image: none; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; mso-border-shadow: yes;"><span style='color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><font size="3">In contrast to the
policy for the previous Long-Term period, follow-up proposals concerning
Long-Term science already reviewed may be submitted in principle, so that the
proposers can react to unforeseen technical circumstances by requesting
adjustments or supplements. It must be stressed, however, that the Long-Term queue
is planned to be fully allocated in response to proposals at the upcoming
deadline; any later “adjustment proposals” must be based on strong and specific
argumentation related to specific unforeseen technical circumstances.</font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; border: currentColor; border-image: none; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; mso-border-shadow: yes;"><font size="3"><span style='color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Proposers are strongly
encouraged to seek timely advice in case of questions regarding the eligibility
for Long-Term status of their intended project. </span><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Proposers
can contact the Science Operations and Support group through the </span></font><a href="https://support.astron.nl/rohelpdesk"><span style='color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><font size="3">JIRA helpdesk</font></span></a><span style='color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><font size="3">.</font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; border: currentColor; border-image: none; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; mso-border-shadow: yes;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style='color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><font size="3"> </font></span></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; border: currentColor; border-image: none; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; mso-border-shadow: yes;"><font size="3"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style='color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>SINGLE-CYCLE PROPOSALS</span></b><span style='color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>: In addition, this call
more traditionally covers all of the further observing time that will be
available within the single semester Cycle 14, 01 June – 30 November 2020. It
is expected that about 970 hours may be allocated, roughly evenly split into
priority A and B (explained below). The list of available Cycle 14
functionality, which is more extensive than that for Long-Term time, </span><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>will<span style="color: black;"> be available </span></span></font><a href="http://old.astron.nl/radio-observatory/observing-lofar/observing-proposals/observing-capabilities-lc14-17/availability-ob"><span style='color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><font size="3">online</font></span></a><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><font size="3"> on 13 February (further
notification will follow)<span style="color: black;">.</span></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; border: currentColor; border-image: none; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; mso-border-shadow: yes;"><span style='color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><font size="3"> </font></span></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; border: currentColor; border-image: none; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; mso-border-shadow: yes;"><font size="3"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style='color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>WORLD-WIDE ACCESS</span></b><span style='color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>: Time on the ILT is
available to scientists from the worldwide community. All of the Long-term time
is allocated by the ILT-PC through Open Skies rules and endorsed by the ILT
Board, while the single-cycle time is allocated in tandem between National
Consortia and the ILT-PC. Scientific excellence and breadth as well as the
technical strength of the proposals are taken along in the evaluations. The
ILT-PC will define restricted data access rights (default period 1 year) based
on the specific science goals and arguments in the proposal. Other groups may
be allocated simultaneous access for different science.</span></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; border: currentColor; border-image: none; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; mso-border-shadow: yes;"><span style='color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><font size="3"> </font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; border: currentColor; border-image: none; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; mso-border-shadow: yes;"><font size="3"><b><span style='color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>SUPPORT IS A </span></b><b><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>LIMITED<span style="color: black;"> RESOURCE</span></span></b><span style='color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>: Allocations to
proposers will consist of observing time, as described above and detailed </span><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>available
</span></font><a href="http://old.astron.nl/radio-observatory/astronomers/requesting-observations-and-data/lofar-announcement-opportunities-earl"><span style='color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><font size="3">online</font></span></a><font size="3"><u><span style='color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> </span></u><span style='color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>(</span><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>available on 13 February, further
notification will follow<span style="color: black;">). Henceforth, an </span></span></font><a href="http://old.astron.nl/radio-observatory/observing-lofar/observing-proposals/support-load-instructions/support-load-instruc"><span style='color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><font size="3">online</font></span></a><font size="3"><span style='color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> tool (</span><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>available
on 13 February, further notification will follow<span style="color: black;">)
will show whether a proposal entails a low, medium, or high support load of the
observatory staff. During the allocation process, the ILT-PC will be advised
about the amounts of support effort requested and available, and these will be
used as boundary conditions for proposal allocations; support will be treated
as a scarce resource in the same way as has become customary on LOFAR for
processing and data storage resources. </span></span></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; border: currentColor; border-image: none; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; mso-border-shadow: yes;"><font size="3"><span style='color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>There </span><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>will
be<span style="color: black;"> advice </span>available </span></font><a href="http://old.astron.nl/radio-observatory/observing-lofar/observing-proposals/support-load-instructions/support-load-instruc"><span style='color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><font size="3">online</font></span></a><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><font size="3"> on 13 February (further
notification will follow)<span style="color: black;"> on how proposers can reduce
the support load of their project by a prudent choice of observing mode. The
proposal may also indicate that certain support functions will be carried out
by members of the proposing team; in that case, both the expertise and the work
plan must be carefully argued in the proposal. </span></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; border: currentColor; border-image: none; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; mso-border-shadow: yes;"><font size="3"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style='color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>If a proposing group needs the data to be archived at a specific
LTA site, this should be explicitly requested and justified in the proposal</span></i><span style='color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>.</span></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; border: currentColor; border-image: none; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; mso-border-shadow: yes;"><span style='color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><font size="3"> </font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; border: currentColor; border-image: none; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; mso-border-shadow: yes;"><font size="3"><b><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS</span></b><span style='color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>: For all proposals, the technical case must argue both the
optimal and the minimal required total amount of time and other resources (and
any requirements on cadence or time span). <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>If
the stated minimum time or other requirements cannot be allocated, the proposal
will not be carried out at all.</u></b> When preparing the proposal, please
take into account proper ordering of the target list (</span><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>see
<span style="color: black;">details </span></span></font><a href="http://old.astron.nl/radio-observatory/observing-proposals/target-list-order/target-list-order"><span style='color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><font size="3">online</font></span></a><font size="3"><span style='color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>), checking if </span><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>any<span style="color: black;"> data is already available in the </span></span></font><a href="https://lta.lofar.eu/"><span style='color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><font size="3">LOFAR Long Term
Archive</font></span></a><font size="3"><span style='color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> and the possibility of Co-observing with the
Survey Key Science </span><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Project <span style="color: black;">(see
details </span></span></font><a href="https://old.astron.nl/radio-observatory/observing-proposals/co-observing-surveys-ksp-team/co-observing-surveys-ksp-team"><span style='color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><font size="3">online</font></span></a><span style='color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><font size="3">).</font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; border: currentColor; border-image: none; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; mso-border-shadow: yes;"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><font size="3"> </font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; border: currentColor; border-image: none; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; mso-border-shadow: yes;"><font size="3"><b><span style='color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>PRIORITY CLASSES</span></b><span style='color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>: Due to ongoing upgrade work, system availability and stability
will vary with time. The ILT-PC will classify observing allocations as A and/or
B priority time. Allocations in A priority will have a high likelihood to yield
a successful observation in the period concerned; in case such an observation
suffers substantial failures, it </span><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>will<span style="color: black;"> be
repeated (once) at a later date. Allocations in priority B will likely be
realized partially; they are carried out on a best-efforts basis, where the
total of all priority B allocations requires an optimistic availability
scenario. The priority B queue also allows some flexibility to the ILT-PC in
later cycles; it may consider the scientific merits of advancing priority B
time for some ongoing Long-Term projects versus accommodating a higher fraction
of newly submitted single-cycle proposals.</span></span></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; border: currentColor; border-image: none; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; mso-border-shadow: yes;"><a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a><font size="3"><b><span style='color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>OBTAINING ADVICE</span></b><span style='color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>: In view of the novel
and evolving character of the ILT, proposers are strongly urged to get in
contact with Science Operations & Support at ASTRON </span><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>through
the </span></font><a href="https://support.astron.nl/rohelpdesk"><span style='color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><font size="3">JIRA helpdesk</font></span></a><span style='color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><font size="3"> well ahead of the
deadline. Novice groups may wish to seek or request to be connected to suitable
collaborators, and should also consider keeping the scope of initial projects
modest while they become familiar with the complexities of data handling and
analysis.</font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; border: currentColor; border-image: none; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; mso-border-shadow: yes;"><a name="_heading=h.k8sjbzugc902"></a><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><font size="3"> </font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; border: currentColor; border-image: none; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; mso-border-shadow: yes;"><span style='color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><font size="3">The Observatory will
explore the possibility for a few users unfamiliar with the reduction of LOFAR
data to come to ASTRON for assistance with this by Observatory
personnel. If this is desired, it must be specified in the proposal.
Limited travel subsidies for eligible users can be supported by RadioNet.
Further details are given </font></span><a href="https://old.astron.nl/radio-observatory/observing-proposals/radionet-transnational-access-programme/radionet-transnational"><span style='color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><font size="3">online</font></span></a><span style='color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><font size="3">. </font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin: 14pt 0cm; border: currentColor; border-image: none; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; mso-border-shadow: yes;"><span style='color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><font size="3">R.C. Vermeulen </font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 14pt 0cm; border: currentColor; border-image: none; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; mso-border-shadow: yes;"><span style='color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><font size="3">Director, International
LOFAR Telescope </font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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