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The HST peer review process for Cycle 26 has moved to a double-anonymous review process, in which authors’ identities are concealed from both review panel members and TAC members. See the FAQ on Anonymizing Proposal Reviews for more general information on this change.

As in with previous cycles, proposers will still enter the names and affiliations of all investigators into the APT system. APT will not include these names or affiliations in the documents that the reviewers will see.However, it versions generated for the reviews. While this will largely obscure the proposing teams identities, it is also necessary for proposers to take additional steps to further anonymize their PDF attachment before it is uploaded to APT. Below are some guidelines to follow to do this:

• Do not include author names or affiliations anywhere in the manuscript, including the page headers and footers.PDF attachment. This includes, but is not limited to, page headers, footers, diagrams, figures, or watermarks. This does not include references to past work, which should be included whenever relevant (see below).
• Referencing is an essential part of demonstrating knowledge of the field and progress. When citing references within the proposal, use third person neutral wording when possible. This applies to self-referencing as well. For example, replace phrases like “as we have shown in our previous work (Doe et al. 2010)” with “as Doe et al. (2010) showed...”
  If self-referencing is essential, cite papers published by the author also in the third person. [–delete as [author(s) et al. 2010] in the text. In the reference list, delete the citation, and use the placeholder [author(s) et al. 2010]. --] Do not refer to previous campaigns using HST or other observatories in an identifying fashion. For instance, rather than write "we observed another cluster, similar to the one we are proposing for here, in 2014 under HST program #XXXXX," instead write "HST program #XXXXX has observed this target in the past..."
• Self-referencing can be essential. Do not avoid references to your own (or your team's) pertinent work. 
• Do not include acknowledgements, or the source of any grant funding.

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