Selection Criteria

The following process will apply in the evaluation and selection of the applicants. Eligibility check for TG1 will be conducted by the home/sending HEI while that of TG2 will be conducted by the SCIFSA Secretariat. The criteria for eligibility will include:

1. Proof that the candidate is from a legible country
2. The candidate fulfills the Target Group requirements
3. The application deadline is respected
4. The right application form is used
5. All required supporting documents are provided and are legible
6. The application is in English

   Weighting for Applications
    

   Criteria	Maximum Points
   Good Academic record	30
   Quality of the Motivation Letter	05
   Being an academic staff/research fellow of the university or has potential to be hired by the university during or after the program /priority	15
   Having work experience related to discipline that is being applied for	10
   Evidence of academic growth (e.g presentation of a paper at a conference, publication etc)	20
   Relevance of  previous academic qualifications to the program applied for	10
   Evidence of leadership quality and service to society (certification)	5
   Affirmative action for female  candidates or candidates with disability	5