National Aeronautics and Space Administration

The HEASARC's Remote Proposal System (RPS) is an automated service providing investigators from around the world an easy-to-use facility for submitting proposals in response to NASA Research Announcements. Scientists can conveniently submit proposals using either e-mail or a Web interface.

RPS:

• verifies proposal data for completeness and consistency,

• enables scientists to store proposal information from session to session before making the final submission,

• makes duplicating existing target information easy, and

• generates LaTeX versions of the proposal forms.

RPS/WWW Proposal Forms are available for the following missions:

• XTE

  • XTE Proposal Submission

  • XTE Request for Observations (TOOs)

  • XTE Request for Observations of NRA Accepted Target (TOOs)

• INTEGRAL (via ARK)

  • NOTE: This is only for budget purposes.
    

• Suzaku (via ARK)

  • NOTE: This is only for budget purposes.
    

• Swift (via ARK)

  • NOTE: This is only for proposals with targets.
    

• XMM (via ARK)

  • NOTE: This is only for budget purposes. XMM stage 1 proposal submission is not supported by the HEASARC.
    

RPS by E-mail

You can receive instructions for using the e-mail server by sending a blank message to rps@legacy.gsfc.nasa.gov. This is only applicable to Requests for Observation of XTE TOOs. All other missions have been integrated into the HEASARC's Astrophysics Research Knowledgebase (ARK).

Other Information

• Generic Help for Using RPS

• List of Institutions Recognized by RPS

Interested in establishing RPS at your location?

The RPS Processor is essential for establishing both the e-mail and WWW versions at your site. An Installation Guide is available. It includes detailed instructions on how to build the RPS executables.

RPS/WWW Introduction: Information about setting up your own Web-based RPS, including an install guide and customizing instructions. Includes a table of supported platforms and browsers.

For additional information about using RPS, please contact the RPS Team Leader, Edward J. Sabol (ADNET), via e-mail.

Meet the RPS Team.