Quickstart guide to GMRT proposal submission
This guide is designed to quickly walk you step by step through the process of
creating and submitting a GMRT proposal. It was last updated for Cycle 20.
All proposals are to be submitted by the PI only. The PI and all co-Is must be registered users of our system.
Please also read the FAQ page on proposal submission.
Create logins for yourself and your co-Is if needed
Anyone who was a PI/co-I on a proposal for Cycles 15 throught 19, is
already a registered user of the NAPS system and should not
attempt to register again. If you fall into this category, but have
forgotten your user ID or password, you should click on the Forgot
User ID/Password link on the NAPS site at http://naps.ncra.tifr.res.in.
If you are not already registered, you will need to create an account
at the NAPS site. You will have to fill in at least the mandatory
fields (marked with an asterisk). We encourage to fill in as many
fields as possible. That will save you some typing later.
ALL your co-Is on the proposal will need to register separately with
the system. Only after they have registered, can you add their
names to your proposal. Your co-Is can view/print (but not modify)
your draft proposal, as it develops.
Create a new proposal
Once you register, you will be automatically logged in into the
system. You will see two tabs one titled Home and the other titled
Proposer. Select the Proposer tab. Then click on "Create
Proposal". You are permitted to create proposals for the currently
open cycle or for a DDT proposal. Click to create a regular Cycle 20
proposal. You should see several tabs titled Synopsis, Observation
details etc. You will be filling in each tab in turn, until you reach
the submit tab. At any stage, if you wish to logout, please remember
to click the "Save Draft" link at the bottom of the page to ensure
that the fields you have typed in for the current tab are saved.
Synopsis tab
In the table of proposers, your name should appear
automatically. Since you are the PI, you are not permitted to delete
your name. In the list of institutions, we have listed about two
hundred institutions from where we have received proposals in the
past. If your co-Is are not from one of these institutions, please add
the institution to the list (you will need to come up with a suitable
acronym/short form for the institution) and then add their name.
Indicate whether you or any of your co-Is are Phd students. All Phd
students in the proposers tab are automatically added to the Phd
students table. Enter Phd title and likely year of completion.
Save draft and then click on Observation Details tab at the top of the page.
Observation details tab
Add sources to the list. For blind surveys or for short runs on large
(>20) number of sources (commonly encountered in pulsar observations),
please specify only the desired LST range(s) by adding only one
source per LST range. You need to set the observation type for each
source. Additional configuration options available to you, depend on
what you choose in "observation type". Once you are done adding
sources, please save draft and move on to the attachments tab.
Attachments tab
Attach your scientific justification and upto 3
preprints/reprints. Please ensure that you are submitting all these in
PDF format only. The PDF documents you attached are automatically
parsed and validated. You are free to delete the scientific
justification and attach a newer version, at any time before you
submit the proposal.
You are almost done. Move to the Submit tab.
Submit tab
All the previous tabs are checked for missing mandatory fields. You
cannot submit the proposal until these mandatory fields are filled
in. Please jump to the relevant tabs and fill in any missing
information.
After this, please click the preview button. You should print out and
also save a copy of the proposal PDF on local disk and make sure that all data
have been entered correctly. Then hit submit. Note down the proposal
number for future reference. You are done.
For email support write to: proposal [at]
ncra.tifr.res.in. For urgent enquiries please call Yogesh +91-20-25719238 or
Jayaram +91-20-25719248.