The 'Investigators' page defines the Principal Investigator (PI) and Co-Investigators (Co-I) on the observing proposal. The names, address, phone and fax numbers, mailing addresses etc of all applicants are input in this page.
The 'Investigators' page is split into two sections, the left side of the page allows the selection and display (in the right side of the page) of either the Team, PI or Co-I information. The right side of the page shows the actual details of the individual investigator.
Upon entry to the Investigators page for the first time, the left side of the page contains two entries, 'Team' and 'Principal Investigator'. Highlighting 'Team', by left-clicking on it, displays the Team information on the right side of the page. Until the PI section is defined, the 'Team' information displays "No Name", "No Phone", "No Fax" and "No E-Mail", hence, the 'Team' information is generated from the PI details and is not defined explicitly by the user. Left-clicking on the 'Principal Investigator' entry in the left side list displays the PI's details. Again, these are blank until defined by the PI.
Above the right side white list area are three buttons labeled 'New Co-I' 'Copy' and 'Remove'. When 'Team' is highlighted only the 'New Co-I' button is active (i.e. in bold face). When 'Principal Investigator' is highlighted, both 'New Co-I' and 'Copy' are active. When a Co-Investigator entry (created by the 'Co-I' button) is highlighted all three buttons are active. The use of these buttons is described below.
To complete the Investigators Page you must complete the PI fields as well as separate mini-pages for each co-investigator.
First, the PI must define his/her own information. Highlight the 'Principal Investigator' entry in the left side list by clicking on it. Enter the requested information (e.g. "First Name", "Last Name", "Phone", "Fax", "E-Mail" etc). You can navigate between the different entries using the mouse (left-click in the white area associated with the entry) or by hitting the Tab key on the keyboard. The Tab key takes you to the next entry. Beware that after the "Last Name" entry, Tab takes you to the "Observer" check-box which must be selected using the mouse (left-click on the square box if the PI is going to be a visiting, classically-scheduled, observer) or by hitting the space bar. The PI's home Institution is define either from selecting an Institute from the drop-down menu list of Institutes in the partner countries, or by entering the Institute in the white text area next to the 'Institute' entry heading. In addition to the logistical information, the PI must also specify his/her 'Professional Status' by highlighting one of the four entries available (via check-boxes), specifically, "PhD", "Grad Thesis", "Grad No Thesis" and "Other". If the PI has previously obtained his/her PhD then select "PhD". If the PI is a Graduate Student working on his/her thesis and the proposed observations are part of that thesis then select "Grad Thesis". If the PI is a Graduate Student but the observations proposed do not form part of a thesis then select "Grad No Thesis". If none of the previous three entries defines your status then select "Other".
For each of the Co-Investigators the PI should add a Co-I entry to the left side list by clicking the 'New Co-I' button. One click of this button adds one new co-investigator. Once added to the left side list, the Co-I entry should be completed. Highlight the Co-I entry in the left side list and complete the entries that appear on the right side of the page. Note that there is considerably less information required about the Co-I's on the proposal.
To help in reducing multiple entries for Co-I's with the same information, use the 'Copy' button to copy the currently highlighted (in the left side list) entry to a new entry. All information in the entry to be copied is retained in the new version created which can then be manually edited.