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1     Introduction

As a reviewer, your service is very important to the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (SC) and to the research community. We know that you are very busy, and we appreciate the time it takes to participate in the review process.

The purpose of this document is to provide step-by-step instructions for users to follow to complete a Presubmission Review task.

2     Prerequisites

Before a Presubmission Review task can be completed, the following criteria must be met:

  • The user has an active external PAMS Account
  • The user has a Presubmission Review Task

3     Completing a Presubmission Review

Use the following steps to access and complete a Presubmission Review.

3.1   Locating a Presubmission Review Task

1. Log in to the PAMS External website at: https://pamspublic.science.energy.gov/webpamsepsexternal/login.aspx (Figure 1)

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Figure 5. Presubmission Review

3.2   Accepting/Rejecting a Presubmission Review Task


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  • If you have not accepted a Review, you may accept or decline it. PAMS displays all accepted Reviews in the Presubmission Assignments Accepted section. You may work on, save, and submit these Reviews.
  • When a Review is finalized, it moves to the Presubmission Assignments Finalized section and becomes visible to the Presubmission Review Group staff. These Reviews can no longer be edited.
  • When a Review is accepted or finalized, you may view the comments and score given for each Review.
  • A Conflict of Interest (COI) may be declared at any time.


1. Locate the Presubmission Assignments waiting to be Accepted section. Browse the list or use the filters to find the Presubmission Review you would like to accept or reject. Once you have found the Review, click Accept/Reject Assignment in the Options column. (Figure 5)

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Figure 9. Presubmission Review – "I do not wish to review”


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You may include any comments of 2000 characters or less in the Comments section at the bottom of the page.


3.3  Completing the Review

Upon selecting I have no Conflict of Interest in reviewing the Presubmission and clicking Save and Continue, PAMS will navigate to the Presubmission Review – Instructions to Reviewers page, which provides links to the Preproposal/LOI and Solicitation PDFs and Instructions to Reviewers. (Figure 9)


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The Preproposal/LOI PDF will be available on the following page, as well.


1. Review the Instructions to Reviewers and click Continue in the bottom right corner.

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