Discussion Panelists

Proposals reviewed by the Discussion panels are subject to a two-stage review process: 1) asynchronous preliminary grading; and 2) the virtual review meeting.

Discussion panelists will read and grade all proposals that they are assigned, and write feedback comments for a subset of those. They also advise their Panel Chair and Vice Chair on a subset of the Large, Treasury, and Legacy proposals assigned for review to the Executive Committee.

NOTE: STScI will have a full power outage starting ~noon EDT Friday April 12 through Sunday April 14. During this time, you will not be able to access SPIRIT or this website during this time, and STScI staff will not be contactable via email.

Prep Work & General Info

Preliminary Grading

Pre-Meeting

Discussion Meeting

Post-Meeting

Before April 10, 2024.

April 10 - May 14, 2024

May 15-27, 2024

May 28-31, 2024

June 1-3, 2023

Before getting started, familiarise yourself with the review process, Hubble and its instruments, the types of proposals you will be reviewing, and who to ask for help!

During this phase, you will:

Be assigned as Primary Reviewer, Secondary Reviewer or Grader for a subset of the proposals assigned to your panel.
Read all of your assigned proposals.
Enter numerical scores as preliminary grades for all of your assigned proposals.

Each proposal will receive 6 grades. STScI will use the grades to rank and triage the panel so that only the top proposals are discussed in the panel meeting.

During this phase, you will:

Prepare for the panel meeting.
Review all proposals listed for discussion, especially those you did not read for preliminary grading.
Consider whether you wish to raise a triaged proposal for discussion.

We strongly encourage you to use the SPIRIT tool to enter notes summarizing the strengths and weaknesses for your primary/secondary assignments.

The panel meets for 3 days. During this phase, you will:

Discuss proposals in turn and enter numerical scores as grades after each discussion.
Assess the final ranking of proposals for science balance.
Discuss (but not grade) a subset of Large, Treasury, and Legacy programs to provide feedback to your panel Chair and Vice Chair.

During this phase, you will:

Write comments for every primary assignment (including triaged proposals).
Assist the primary reviewer with comments for every secondary assignment.

Please remember to remove review materials from your computer after the review.

Learn more about:

Useful topics from previous phases:

Learn more about:

Useful topics from previous phases:

Learn more about:

Useful topics from previous phases:

Learn more about:

Proposal Feedback Comments

Useful topics from previous phases: