Submitting Critiques and Preliminary Scores for a Reviewer

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Meeting administrators have the ability to submit critiques and preliminary scores on behalf of their Reviewers during all phases of the meeting. This is helpful for Reviewers who are absent or do not have access to IAR. Critiques and scores are submitted using the Submit Critique and Preliminary Score screen, which is accessed via one of the available submit links on the list of applications screens.

Meeting administrators can view and delete submitted scores as well. Those topics are covered in Refer to Deleting Critiques and Scores and Refer to Viewing Critiques and Scores.

IMPORTANT: To prevent scores from being overwritten while Reviewers are completing their final score sheets, IAR prevents meeting administrators from modifying scores (including submitting, editing, and deleting) during the time-frame of final scoring (i.e., the dates entered in the Control Center for Final Scores Submission Duration) when the Allow Final Scoring Submission option is set to Yes. During final scoring, meeting administrators will no longer see the [submit], [delete], or Submit Critique for Unassigned Reviewer links.

Submitting for an Assigned Reviewer

Meeting administrators can use the Submit Critique action under the three-dot ellipses icon to access the Submit Critique and Preliminary Scores screen for an assigned Reviewer. This link is available on the following screens:

• List of Applications (By Application)
• List of Applications (By Reviewer)
• List of Applications for Reviewer
• List of Applications for PI

To submit critiques and preliminary scores for an assigned Reviewer:

1. Locate the application and Reviewer from the list of applications and select the [Submit Critique] link from the three-dot ellipses icon menu.

   

   The Submit Critique and Preliminary Score screen displays for the Reviewer and application. Use the Back to List of Applications link if you wish to exit the screen without making changes.

2. Enter scores: Select a score from the drop-down list for each criterion and Preliminary Overall/Impact.

   TIP: If re-entering scores, you can use the Reset button to first clear the criterion fields.

3. Top 5: If Top 5 scoring is used for the meeting, the Top 5 checkbox will appear next to the Preliminary Overall/Impact score field and can be selected, or left unchecked, as appropriate. Refer to Refer to Allow Top 5 Designation for more information on setting up meetings to use Top 5.
4. Upload critique: Select the Choose File button to search for and select a critique for uploading.

   NOTE: If an uploaded critique already exists, the View Existing Critique link displays under the Choose File button.

5. Select the Submit button.

   

   The screen updates to display read-only scores and critique file. This serves as a confirmation to submit the scores and critique. Selecting Cancel at this point will cancel the submission.

6. Select the Confirm button to continue submitting.

   

   If successful, the screen updates to display the message The following information has been successfully submitted: with the read-only scores and critique file information below it. The View this submitted critique link displays next to the Critique File field.

   NOTE: In the event that scores have changed, the preliminary Review Summary is deleted and must be regenerated to reflect this.

7. Select the Back to List of Applications link at the top of the screen to exit.

   The Reviewer information is updated for the application. The action options accessed via the three-dot ellipses icon for the application update in the list of applications showing the [Submit Critique], [View Critique] (only if critique exists, and in either word or PDF format), and [Delete Critique] links.

   

Submitting for an Unassigned Reviewer

SROs can use the Submit Critique for Unassigned Reviewer link to access the Submit Critique and Preliminary Scores screen and submit the critique and scores for an assigned Reviewer. This link is available in the Application Number column on the following screens:

• List of All Applications (By Application)
• List of Applications for PI

To submit critiques and preliminary scores for an unassigned Reviewer:

1. Locate the application from the list of applications and select the Submit Critique for Unassigned Reviewer link from the three-dot ellipses icon in the Application Number column.

   

   The Submit Critique and Preliminary Score screen displays for the application.

2. Select a unassigned Reviewer from the Reviewer Name drop-down list. Only those Reviewers who are not assigned to or do not have a conflict with the application display in the list.
3. Enter scores: Select a score from the drop-down list for each criterion.
4. Top 5: If Top 5 scoring is used for the meeting, the Top 5 checkbox will appear next to the Preliminary Overall/Impact score field and can be selected, or left unchecked, as appropriate. Refer to Refer to Allow Top 5 Designation for more information on setting up meetings to use Top 5.
5. Upload critique: Select the Choose File button to search for and select a critique for uploading.
6. Select the Submit button.

   

   The screen updates to display read-only scores and critique file. This serves as a confirmation to submit the scores and critique. Selecting Cancel at this point will cancel the submission.

7. Select the Confirm button.

   

   If successful, the screen updates to display the message The following information has been successfully submitted: with the read-only scores and critique file information below it. The View this submitted critique link displays next to the Critique File field.

8. Select the Back to List of Applications link at the top of the screen to exit.

   The Reviewer is added to the list of applications for the application with the Role of Unassigned. The corresponding action options under the three-dot ellipses icon for the unassigned reviewer include the [Submit Critique], [View Critique] in Word or PDF format (only if critique exists), and [Delete Critique] links.