02/23/2018 - Double-blind HST proposal review
Keren will present on Gender bias in the HST proposal: heading towards a double-blind process. Please come to listen and join the discussion.
The slides are compiled from the following public presentation, all in the public domain, accessible through the HST STUC page and the HST Peer Review pages.
http://www.stsci.edu/institute/stuc/fall-2017/HSTReview.pdf
http://www.stsci.edu/institute/stuc/commitee-reports/stuc-nov17-report.pdf
http://www.stsci.edu/institute/stuc/may-2017/sciencepolicies.pdf
http://www.stsci.edu/hst/proposing/panel/Peer-Review-Bias.pdf
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NASA's Great Observatories are open to science proposals from anyone in the worldwide astronomical community. Maintaining equity and a level playing field for access is a high priority for the Director and staff at STScI. In support of that goal, a number of changes have been made to the format of HST proposals. Following discussion with the Space Telescope Users Committee, the Director has established a Working Group to explore options for further anonymizing the proposal format and developing appropriate guidelines for proposers and reviewers. The rationale behind this approach is summarized in a FAQ linked from these pages https://outerspace.stsci.edu/display/APRWG/Anonymizing+Proposal+Reviews+Working+Group+Home, which also provide links to other associated materials.
At this juncture we are soliciting input from the community. Please send comments and feedback to hstanon@stsci.edu. The closing date for submissions is March 7 2018.