Electronic submission of proposal information (name, institution, targets, etc.) as well as the scientific justification is required to reduce the overhead in processing the proposals.
RPS comes in two flavors: a WWW version(but only for browsers that support Forms) and an e-mail server. Either version may be used to submit the proposal forms and justification.
The blue triangles (left side of first RPS page) toggle between a collapsed page (the initial appearance) and an expanded page. If you have several targets, RPS will work faster if you keep only one target at a time expanded. Depending on the speed of your internet connection, you may want to consider using the e-mail version if you have several targets.
Generic help for RPS is available here.
Remember: the WWW version is stateless, which means nothing is done with the entries you have supplied UNTIL you, the user, carry out an action (such as saving the form). Be certain to save your form entries often. You can save the html file to your local disk and reload it either using the browser File->Open capability or the Reload button on the RPS form for older browsers.
General Instructions for WWW RPS:
nnnnnnnn_flast_sj.pdf nnnnnnnn_flast_pc.pdf nnnnnnnn_flast_cv.pdfWhere:
nnnnnnnn = 8 digit proposal number f = initial of first name last = last name sj = science justification pv = previous chandra cv = CV (Curriculum Vitae)
The proposal number is provided in the "Proposal submitted successfully" message that is displayed after the "Submit RPS Form" button has been pressed. It is also displayed on the bottom of the first page of the PDF file of the RPS form that you should create after a successful "Submit". The proposal number can also be found in the Chandra RPS Proposal Receipt that is emailed to the user.
>ftp cxc.harvard.edu Name: anonymous Password: your_email_address ftp> cd /pub/rps ftp> bin ftp> put nnnnnnnn_flast_sj.pdf ftp> quitNote: Users will not be able to see what they have submitted through the FTP port. The permissions have been set so that the anonymous user can only "put" a file. Users do not have permission to overwrite existing files. If you have made an error that you discovered after submission, you can resubmit provided that you use a new name and that you contact the CXC through the HelpDesk link on the main Chandra WWW page (http://cxc.harvard.edu) or through email at cxchelp@head.cfa.harvard.edu .
If you use LaTeX for your PDF scientific justification, we suggest you create a PDF file in one of two ways.
1) Use a latex installation which allows you to create PDF files directly from the .tex file (e.g. pdftex). Some installations of pdftex do not allow you to include postscript figures. In this case you might use method (2).
2) Use ps2pdf (preferably version 1.4) to convert a postscript file to PDF.
latex file.tex dvips -t letter -Ppdf -G0 -o file.ps file.dvi ps2pdf14 file.ps file.pdf
We suggest one of these methods because most proposal reviewers will be reading your Scientific Justification on a computer screen using a PDF viewer. By default, a document produced with LaTeX uses so-called cm fonts, which differ significantly from any of the standard Type1 fonts built-in to PDF. PDF uses low-resolution bitmap images of these fonts to display the document. It prints well, but shows degraded resolution on the screen.
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The response will be an ASCII file of instructions (about 1 page in length) that describes how to construct a mail file to obtain a blank version of the parameter_field_name: answer file, how to obtain a LaTeX version of the proposal forms, how to verify your entered answers, and how to submit the final version of the forms.