Below, you will find a very subjective and honest feedback from a few successful SOFIA PIs of different background and experience.
Please do not judge the answers!
If you are planning to submit your first SOFIA proposals, read them carefully - they may tell you something very obvious but sometimes forgotten, and it also may be something that nobody ever told you before.
my subjective experience with SOFIA as a successful PI
(example topis and questions):
1. about proposal writing
a. how I would describe my experience level at the time I started to work on my SOFIA proposal
b. what I liked and disliked about SOFIA and its procedure in general
c. what was difficult
d. what could be changed/improved
e. what kind of knowledge was needed/helpful in proposal writing
f. did I need/get any help from the SOFIA help desk or instrument team
g. my take home message
2. about data reduction/working with data
a. how I would describe my experience level at the time I started to work with the SOFIA data
b. what I liked and disliked about data I got (format, quality)
c. could I use any known software to analyse data
d. what was difficult
e. what could be changed/improved
f. did I need/get any help from the SOFIA help desk or instrument team
g. my take home message
