We are moving reviews to the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month. Video calls are scheduled for the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month. If you have any questions or objections to this, we can discuss during Tuesday meeting.

Why are we doing this?

Our goal is to make time to work on Jelly. We decided to move from reviewing proposals every week to twice a month to further limit our time devoted to Experiment, so we can focus on building Jelly.

What is changing?

We are switching from reviewing projects weekly to reviewing projects on the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month.

Why didn't we ask Nicole to take over reviews and calls?

We don't have the money needed to support the additional working hours.

What product changes have been made to support the schedule?

/FAQ https://github.com/experiment/experiment-prod/pull/9721

The main FAQ has been updated to reflect the new reviews schedule.

/start FAQ https://github.com/experiment/experiment-prod/pull/9722

Three new questions have been added to the FAQ on the /start page to reflect the new reviews schedule.

Wizard pages https://github.com/experiment/experiment-prod/pull/9723

The submit page on the wizard is updated to reflect the reviews schedule. The project submission success page is updated to reflect the reviews schedule and encourage submitters to schedule a video interview upon submission.

mailers https://github.com/experiment/experiment-prod/pull/9724

The project_submitted just_created_new_project and

reminder_review_feedback _for_idle mailers have been updated to reflect the new reviews schedule and encourage video interview scheduling.

researcher guide https://github.com/experiment/experiment-prod/pull/9725

The project criteria page on the researcher guide has been updated to reflect the new reviews schedule. The guide was also updated to state the review criteria as clarity, scientific accuracy, and feasibility. Copy about IRB and IACUC approval was added. Content about different types of scientists and institutions has been removed.