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 previous cycles, proposers will still enter the names and affiliations of all investigators into the APT system. APT will not include these names in the documents that the reviewers will see.

However, it is also necessary for proposers to take additional steps to anonymize their PDF attachment before it is uploaded to APT. Below are some guidelines to follow to do this: