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Kepler Guest Observer Program

Guest Observer Proposal Preparation - Submission

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION

The Kepler proposal submission page will be open at the NSPIRES website on or before Dec 18, 2012. Investigators are required to submit proposals to the NSPIRES website by 23:59 EST Jan 18, 2013. All proposers need to register with NSPIRES in order to submit their proposal.

Submission of a proposal through NSPIRES:
  1. Log in to the NSPIRES system using your member username and password.
  2. If you are not currently affiliated to your host institution within the NSPIRES system, click the Account Mgmt tab and then choose Affiliations followed by Add Affiliation. Do this well in advance of the proposal deadline. Non-US investigators please take not of the special instructions at the bottom of this page.
  3. Click the Proposals URL.
  4. Click the Create proposal tab.
  5. Click the continue tab.
  6. If an NOI has been submitted:
    • Choose the NOI button and click on the continue tab.
    • Follow the online instructions.
  7. else:
    • Choose the Solicitation button and click on the continue tab.
    • Choose the Kepler Guest Observer - Cycle 4 button and click on the continue tab.
    • Follow the online instructions.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR NON-US PIs

During the NSPIRES submission process, non-US PI-led proposals will need to be affiliated to a submitting organization. Do this by clicking on the "Account Mgmt" tab at the top of the NSPIRES page and follow the instructions. All non-US proposals should use the "Kepler Guest Observer Office" as your affiliation within NSPIRES. This is simply a fudge, albeit a required fudge, so that non-US PIs spend no more effort than this over the institutional endorsements that are madatory for US investigators.

When completing the proposal, there are a few obscure boxes on the standard form that need your attention. The organization name is "Kepler Guest Observer Office", doing business as the "Kepler Guest Observer Office". The DUNS number is "999999954" and the cage code is "ZZZ54". These details will make sense to you when you see the NSPIRES submission form.

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