A. All ladder rank faculty and ladder rank emeritus in residence of the University of California are eligible to apply on a competitive basis for observing time on the Lick Observatory 3-m Shane Telescope.

B. Non-faculty UC scientists holding research appointments with titles such as "research astronomer" or "research physicist" (and the like) are also eligible to compete for time on an equal basis with ladder faculty. The title "Adjunct Professor" in itself does not give eligibility to apply for time.

C. Postdoctoral fellows (including special fellowships such as Hubble and Miller Fellows) and temporary visitors to UC holding official university appointments are also eligible to apply for 3-m observing time.

D. Graduate students are eligible to apply for 3-m observing time, but the following conditions apply. Graduate student time will only be awarded for a Ph.D. thesis project, and the first proposal for the project must describe in detail the scientific goals of the project, the specifics of the observational approach and plans for data reduction and analysis, and a realistic assessment of the number of nights that will be required for the entire project. All proposals must be accompanied by a letter of support from the thesis advisor. Furthermore, it is expected that this research will be in a field closely related to the interests and experience of the advisor, and that the advisor will normally be present on all nights unless approved in advance by the Director. While there are no absolutely fixed limits to the amount of time any one person can be assigned, there are a large number of potential applicants with excellent proposals compared to the number of nights available. It is highly unusual for any one observer to receive more than 10 nights a semester. Graduate student thesis time shall be considered part of the advisor's time in an accounting of how much time is awarded to individual observers.

E. After the schedule is made out, it is the responsibility of any observers who wish to trade nights to arrange the trades themselves. However, all proposed trades must be approved by the Director in advance of the nights involved.

Note: Please also see Shane 3.0-m Policy for Telescope Time Changes