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The job of the reviewers is to evaluate the scientific merit of the proposals, and issue a recommendation to the director on whether or not the proposed program is a worthwhile use of our most finite resource: observing time on HST. The funding of accepted proposals will remain, as it has always been, a separate part of the process, completely independent of the review panels and the TAC. Budget proposals will be reviewed by the Financial Review Committee, and will not be anonymous.

How will this affect Archival, Theory, Treasury, and Large Proposals?

All proposals will be subject to this change and should be anonymized. For archival and theory proposals, the analysis plan, describing the tools and techniques that will be used to complete the proposed analysis, should remain in the PDF attachment, but should be anonymized in accordance with the proposer guidelines. The management plan, which describes the personnel responsible for the proposed study, should be removed from the proposal. For accepted proposals, the management plan should be included in the budget proposal.

What will the implementation process be?

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