NASA’s Dual-Anonymous Peer Review (DAPR) ensures fair and equitable proposal evaluations by keeping the identities of proposers and reviewers anonymous until after the review process. This method aims to reduce implicit bias and has shown improvements in the diversity of awardees, especially increasing the success rates for women and early-career investigators. The review guidelines emphasize anonymizing references to team members, institutions, and past work, while a separate document provides details about team expertise and resources. DAPR has expanded across many NASA programs, with clear instructions on how to prepare proposals for this review process.
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