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When is the Cycle 0 proposal deadline and observing period?

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Cycle 0 Early Science proposals must be submitted with the Observing Tool by the deadline date of 30 June 2011. Key dates for Cycle 0 are given in Table 1 of the "Call for Proposals", available at under the "Documents and Tools" tab at www.almascience.org , and reproduced below:

31 March 2011: Release of the Call for Proposals for ALMA Early Science Cycle 0 and release of the Cycle 0 version of the Observing Tool (OT). Proposal submissions are not yet possible.

29 April 2011: Deadline for submission of Notice of Intent.

24 May 2011: Release of Cycle 0 Technical Handbook and intended schedule of compact and extended configuration availability.

1 June 2011 at 1500UT: Opening of the ALMA archive for proposal submission.

30 June 2011 at 1500UT: Proposal submission deadline.

September 2011: Feedback to proposers on the results from the proposal review process.

30 September 2011: Anticipated start of ALMA Cycle 0 observing.

March/April 2012: Expected deadline for proposal submission for Cycle 1

30 June 2012: Anticipated end of ALMA Cycle 0 observing.

As noted in the CfP, changes in circumstances may make it necessary to alter the above dates.