Guidelines for completion of PATT T & S form

The form should be completed for all PATT and non-PATT allocated applications. A fully completed Je-SRP1(PPARC) grant application form and proof of the telescope time allocation must accompany it.

Section 1 - PATT/Other reference

Please state full PATT or other reference number.

Section 2 - Telescope to be visited

Please identify the telescope being visited. Where two observing runs have been awarded at either the same or adjacent telescopes in a close time span and you intend to complete both observations in the one journey please give full details of the second award.

Section 3 - Observer

The STFC can normally only provide funding for persons who are employed within an eligible UK Higher Education Institution. Usually only one experienced observer (defined as any individual, including students (if a bona fide observer and not observing for the purposes of their PhD project), who has used the telescope on two or more occasions) will be funded for common user instruments.

Section 4 - Nights at telescope site

Please state how many nights' subsistence you will require in total, at the telescope site and any additional nights required elsewhere, with dates. The normal number of nights at each location is as set out below. Full justification must be given for any additional nights required at Section 7. Lodge accommodation is available at the WHT, INT, JKT, JCMT, UKIRT and the AAT Observatories and at other locations and should be used whenever possible.

WHT, INT & JKT

1 night each way to transfer Tenerife to La Palma and return.

2 nights total in La Palma for time in transit, discussions and transfer of data.

Lodge accommodation for observing run as specified in Section 2.

JCMT & UKIRT

1 night each way in transit at Chicago, LAX/SFO or Honolulu.

2 nights total in Hilo for travelling time, discussions and transfer of data.

1 night acclimatisation Hale Pohaku

Hale Pohaku lodge accommodation as specified in Section 2.

AAT

1 night each way in transit at Sydney.

2 nights total at Epping.

2 nights total for additional discussions and data transfer at telescope.

Telescope lodge accommodation as specified in Section 2.

Chile

1 night each way in transit.

3 nights total in Santiago for time in transit, discussions and data transfer.

Telescope lodge/local accommodation as specified in Section 2.

Section 5 - Freight

Any request for freight must be justified at Section 7, which will be referred to the Chairman of PATT for consideration. Freight costs should be as quoted or estimated by the carrier.

Section 6 - Funds requested

Guideline travel and subsistence costs are detailed in the table below. Any cost in excess of the guideline rate should be justified at Section 7 e.g. airfare exceeding guideline travel rate due to time of year.

Section 7 - Case for support of increased travel costs

Justification must be given for any costs above the guideline rate.

STFC Telescopes - Guideline travel and subsistence rates

Location	Telescope	Travel	Subsistence - Site	- Elsewhere
Australia	AAT	£1,200	£40	£120
Chile	Gemini	£1,000	TBD	£110
Spain, La Palma	WHT, INT	£500	£36	£90
USA, Hawaii	JCMT & UKIRT	£800	PPARC	£120

PATT approved telescopes

Location	Telescope	Travel	Subsistence - Site	- Elsewhere
Australia	ATNF, ATCA	£1,200	£40	£120
Chile	Calar Alto CTIO	£1,000	£20 £50	£110
European (including Canary Islands)	Carlos Sanchez (TCS) IRAM MPI, Bonn NOT Westerbork	£300	£35 £20 £90 £36 £90	£90
Mexico	ARECIBO	£600	£120	£120
Japan	Nobeyama	£800	£140	£140
USA - mainland	Apache Point Kitt Peak (KPNO) NRAO Palomar	£600	£90 £90 £90 £90	£90
USA - Hawaii	CFHT IRTF Keck	£800	£50 50 £40	£120
S.Africa	SALT	£800	£25	£90

8. Case for Support of observing visit(s) to non-STFC telescope(s)

Justification must be given for any visit(s) to a non-PATT telescope(s).