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=NITARP proposals due March 21!=

We have finally picked a due date for your NITARP proposals! They will
be due into us by *****noon Pacific time on Monday, March 21.*****

= Short summary =

Your team should submit one proposal addressing the research you are
going to conduct. Your proposal will be reviewed by a committee
consisting of astronomers and educators. You will get comments back,
and you will be given an opportunity to revise the proposal before it
gets posted on the web.

= Instructions =

The instructions for writing this proposal are relatively open-ended.
In general, good proposals should have:

* '''Abstract'''. This in particular will be posted on the web.

* '''Science Introduction and Context'''. Background on subject. What
target(s). How you picked the target(s) and why. What is known in the
literature about the target(s). Educated guesses on what you expect
to find. (Your readers are both astronomers and educators, so don't
assume they know the astronomy basics.)

* '''Analysis plan'''. Detailed information on what data are available,
and what you plan to do with them (e.g. more than "I'm sure Spitzer
observed this at some point"). How you are going to reduce the data.
Kind of analysis planned. Tools you will use.

* '''Educational/Outreach plan'''. What your team plans to do,
individually or as a group. No need to link to standards or describe
this in great detail. Most of your work should go into the science
portion of the proposal; this is mostly to make sure that you have
started thinking about the educational aspects of this program.

You don't have page limits, but nor do you want the review committee
annoyed because you made them read a book.... or tiny fonts. A
professor in grad school always used to annoy me with broad essay
questions followed by the instruction "Be brief but specific." But
he's right ...

= Examples =

Want to see some examples?? All of the previous proposals are online,
linked from the teams' individual Cool Cosmos pages. Here are
direct links to the proposals from last year:
*http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/teacher_research/r4-cg4/cg4Proposal.pdf
*http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/teacher_research/r4-ldmagn/ldmProposal.pdf
*http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/teacher_research/r4-variab/variabProposal.pdf
*http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/teacher_research/r4-sed/sedProposal.pdf
You can see they vary a lot in style and content! :)

= Suggested path from here =

We suggest that you appoint one person as the lead for coordinating
the proposal, and that you appoint the other people to assemble
initial drafts of various proposal sections. We recommend that you do
not submit your proposal until your scientist has read it, given you
comments, and you have addressed these comments in your proposal. If
you don't, almost certainly these same comments will reappear in your
proposal feedback!

(NB: In a real proposal call, there will typically be between 3 and 5
times as many proposals as can be supported, and the review committee
decides which 20-30% of the proposals get funded or get observing
time. In our case, no one is getting rejected. The opportunity to
rewrite your proposal in response to referee comments is more akin to
writing a scientific article. Anyway.)

We also recommend that you establish regular communication among your
team during this process. Telecons (weekly? bi-weekly), email, and the
wiki will all be helpful in this. When you are ready with a team
nickname, I will set up your wiki area. Just let me know!

Questions? Ask your mentor teacher, your scientist, or Luisa! :)

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−	~~'''Science Introductions and Context'''~~
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−	The role of Bright Rimmed Clouds (BRC’s) in star-formation processes makes them a topic of ongoing interest. Whether external ionization shocks compress the neutral gas into compact globules or bright rims, the boundary between neutral gas and gas ionized by incident photons is thought to be rich in potential sites for star formation. Drawn from the lists of Sugitani, Fukui, and Ogura (1991), Allen and Peterson (2010?) imaged 32 bright-rimmed clouds located at estimated distances d < 1.2 kpc, finding young stellar objects in 75% of the clouds they studied.
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−	We propose to conduct further examinations of BRC 27 and BRC 34 to search for additional young stellar objects. BRC 27 is located in the molecular cloud Canis Majoris R1. BRC 34 has a variety of features worthy of deeper examination; dark nebulae, molecular and IC clouds, emission stars, and IR sources. Allen and Peterson (2010?) found one Class I protostar in BRC 27 and 34. Far more Class II T-Tauri stars were found in the same BRC's. Beyond that, these two BRC’s have not been well studied. We believe there is more to find in these BRC’s using Spitzer Space Telescope wavelengths.
−	~~--[[User:Sartore\|Sartore]] 18:05, 22 February 2011 (PST)~~
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−	(help me out here...Am I citing work correctly? This is a first effort, and I feel like it isn't anywhere near enough content. Finding out anything about these two BRC's was a major effort. I've got more details, but do not know whether I would be stepping on other parts of the proposal. - Diane)

	= Examples =		= Examples =

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 '''Science Introductions and Context'''
 The role of Bright Rimmed Clouds (BRC’s) in star-formation processes makes them a topic of ongoing interest.  Whether external ionization shocks compress the neutral gas into compact globules or bright rims, the boundary between neutral gas and gas ionized by incident photons is thought to be rich in potential sites for star formation.  Drawn from the lists of Sugitani, Fukui, and Ogura (1991), Allen and Peterson (2010?) imaged 32 bright-rimmed clouds located at estimated distances d < 1.2 kpc, finding young stellar objects in 75% of the clouds they studied.
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 --[[User:Sartore|Sartore]] 18:05, 22 February 2011 (PST)
-(help me out here...Am I citing work correctly?  Finding out anything about these two BRC's was a major effort.  I've got more details, but do not know whether I would be stepping on other parts of the proposal. - Diane)
+(help me out here...Am I citing work correctly?  This is a first effort, and I feel like it isn't anywhere near enough content.  Finding out anything about these two BRC's was a major effort.  I've got more details, but do not know whether I would be stepping on other parts of the proposal. - Diane)
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 '''Science Introductions and Context'''
 The role of Bright Rimmed Clouds (BRC’s) in star-formation processes makes them a topic of ongoing interest.  Whether external ionization shocks compress the neutral gas into compact globules or bright rims, the boundary between neutral gas and gas ionized by incident photons is thought to be rich in potential sites for star formation.  Drawn from the lists of Sugitani, Fukui, and Ogura (1991), Allen and Peterson (2010?) imaged 32 bright-rimmed clouds located at estimated distances d < 1.2 kpc, finding young stellar objects in 75% of the clouds they studied.
-We propose to conduct further examinations of BRC 27 and BRC 34 to search for additional young stellar objects.  BRC 27 is located in the molecular cloud Canis Majoris R1.  BRC 34 has a variety of features worthy of deeper examination; dark nebulae, molecular and IC clouds, emission stars, and IR sources.  Allen and Peterson found one Class I protostar and far more Class II T-Tauri stars in BRC’s 27 and 34.  Beyond that, these two BRC’s have not been well studied.  We believe there is more to find in these BRC’s using Spitzer Space Telescope wavelengths.
+We propose to conduct further examinations of BRC 27 and BRC 34 to search for additional young stellar objects.  BRC 27 is located in the molecular cloud Canis Majoris R1.  BRC 34 has a variety of features worthy of deeper examination; dark nebulae, molecular and IC clouds, emission stars, and IR sources.  Allen and Peterson (2010?) found one Class I protostar in BRC 27 and 34.  Far more Class II T-Tauri stars were found in the same BRC's.  Beyond that, these two BRC’s have not been well studied.  We believe there is more to find in these BRC’s using Spitzer Space Telescope wavelengths.
 --[[User:Sartore|Sartore]] 18:05, 22 February 2011 (PST)
 (help me out here...Am I citing work correctly?  Finding out anything about these two BRC's was a major effort.  I've got more details, but do not know whether I would be stepping on other parts of the proposal. - Diane)

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		+	'''Science Introductions and Context'''
		+	The role of Bright Rimmed Clouds (BRC’s) in star-formation processes makes them a topic of ongoing interest. Whether external ionization shocks compress the neutral gas into compact globules or bright rims, the boundary between neutral gas and gas ionized by incident photons is thought to be rich in potential sites for star formation. Drawn from the lists of Sugitani, Fukui, and Ogura (1991), Allen and Peterson (2010?) imaged 32 bright-rimmed clouds located at estimated distances d < 1.2 kpc, finding young stellar objects in 75% of the clouds they studied.
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		+	We propose to conduct further examinations of BRC 27 and BRC 34 to search for additional young stellar objects. BRC 27 is located in the molecular cloud Canis Majoris R1. BRC 34 has a variety of features worthy of deeper examination; dark nebulae, molecular and IC clouds, emission stars, and IR sources. Allen and Peterson found one Class I protostar and far more Class II T-Tauri stars in BRC’s 27 and 34. Beyond that, these two BRC’s have not been well studied. We believe there is more to find in these BRC’s using Spitzer Space Telescope wavelengths.
		+	--[[User:Sartore\|Sartore]] 18:05, 22 February 2011 (PST)
		+	(help me out here...Am I citing work correctly? Finding out anything about these two BRC's was a major effort. I've got more details, but do not know whether I would be stepping on other parts of the proposal. - Diane)

	= Examples =		= Examples =

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 Want to see some examples?? All of the previous proposals are online,
-linked from the teams' individual Cool Cosmos pages. Here are
+linked from the teams' individual pages, linked from http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/teams/
 You can see they vary a lot in style and content! :)

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 * '''Abstract'''. This in particular will be posted on the web.
-* '''Science Introduction and Context'''. Background on subject. What
+* '''Science Introduction and Context'''. Background on subject. What target(s).  How you picked the target(s) and why. What is known in the literature about the target(s).  Educated guesses on what you expect to find. (Your readers are both astronomers and educators, so don't assume they know the astronomy basics.)
-* '''Analysis plan'''. Detailed information on what data are available,
+* '''Analysis plan'''. Detailed information on what data are available, and what you plan to do with them (e.g. more than "I'm sure Spitzer observed this at some point").  How you are going to reduce the data. Kind of analysis planned.  Tools you will use.
-* '''Educational/Outreach plan'''.  What your team plans to do,
+* '''Educational/Outreach plan'''.  What your team plans to do, individually or as a group. No need to link to standards or describe this in great detail. Most of your work should go into the science portion of the proposal; this is mostly to make sure that you have started thinking about the educational aspects of this program.
-You don't have page limits, but nor do you want the review committee
+You don't have page limits, but nor do you want the review committee annoyed because you made them read a book.... or tiny fonts.  A professor in grad school always used to annoy me with broad essay questions followed by the instruction "Be brief but specific."  But he's right ...
 = Examples =

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Rebull: Created page with '=NITARP proposals due March 21!= We have finally picked a due date for your NITARP proposals! They will be due into us by *****noon Pacific time on Monday, March 21.***** = Sh…'

Rebull: Created page with '=NITARP proposals due March 21!= We have finally picked a due date for your NITARP proposals! They will be due into us by noon Pacific time on Monday, March 21. = Sh…'