IRAM has established an ALMA user support center, which forms a node of the European ALMA Regional Center (ARC). The ARC nodes are providing support to the community in the preparation of ALMA observations and in data processing and analysis. More about the IRAM ARC node.

What you can find on this site:

• Users support at IRAM (including face-to-face)
• School & Workshops organized by IRAM
• Useful links, documents & tools available at IRAM (including GILDAS tools for ALMA)

50th Young European Radio Astronomers Conference (YERAC)

Registration is now open for the 50th YERAC - Virtual edition! The event will be hosted by IRAM on 24-27 August 2021. Check the School & Workshops and the IRAM web pages for details.

I-TRAIN online training sessions with the European ARC Network

The European ARC organises a series of virtual, hands-on, training sessions for the ALMA user community, starting December 2020. Check the School & Workshops page for details!

ALMA Cycle 8    (observations from Oct. 2021 to Sep. 2022)

• ALMA Cycle 8 Call for Proposals is now closed (deadline 21 April 2021).
• This Cycle, ALMA is introducing distributed peer review. To optimise the success of this review method, PIs are invited to update their expertise on the ALMA science portal.
• The call for proposals in March 2020 was suspended due to COVID-19.

ALMA Cycle 7    (observations from Oct. 2019 to Sep. 2021)

• Cycle 7 observation april 2021 ststus update.
• ALMA RESUMED SCIENCE OBSERVATIONS ON 17 MARCH 2021. This results from a long process towards the recovery of the array after suspension of observations in March 2020 due to COVID-19.
• Decision regarding the extension of ALMA proprietary times due to COVID-19.
• Follow the ALMA status

Supplementary call for ACA stand-alone proposals:

• link to the documentation

Regular call:

• Quick links to: List of high-priority projects | and some preliminary statistics
• For projects supported by IRAM: IRAM Cycle 7 contact scientists | Users support pages, including local copies of documents

For past ALMA cycles please check here (scroll to the bottom!)

ALMA main site ALMA @ ESO ALMA @ NRAO ALMA @ Japan ALMA @ Taiwan

European ARC @ ESO Nodes: Bologna                     Bonn/Cologne   Leiden   Manchester   Ondrejov   Onsala CoE: Lisbon

Curious about ALMA? Check the webcams at AOS and OSF.

• About the IRAM ARC node
• Visiting program
• Contact