INFRARED SPACE OBSERVATORY
SUPPLEMENTAL
CALL FOR OBSERVING PROPOSALS:
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

SAI/96-169/Dc
Version 3.0
1 August 1996

Prepared by the ISO Science Operations Team

• Contents
• Purpose and Schedule of this Call for Observing Proposals
• Introduction
• Observing Time
  • Guaranteed Time
  • Open Time
    • Scope and Restrictions of Open Time
    • Large Projects
    • Targets of Opportunity
  • Discretionary Time
• Overview of Supplemental Call for Observing Proposals
  • Overview of Documentation
  • Overall Proposal Process
  • Specific Supplemental Call Issues
    • Relations to Existing Programmes
    • Duplication and Reserved Observations
    • Unreleased Observing Modes
    • Concatenated and Linked Observations
    • Estimating Observing Times
    • Proposal Length and Figures
• Proposal Submission Procedure - Phase 1
  • Proposers
  • ISO Helpdesk
  • Submission
• Proposal Evaluation and Selection
  • Proposal Handling at the Science Operations Centre
  • Scientific Review
    • Observing Time Allocation Committee
    • Review Process and Selection Criteria
• Proposal Data Entry Centre - Phase 2
• Post-Phase 2 Modifications to Observing Programme
• Data Products
• Data Rights and Publication
• Acronyms
• Glossary
• List of Documentation