fellowships

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Main Criteria
  • Potential for sustainable benefit to an underserved community (direct benefit or through a community organization or non-profit organization)
  • Potential for the Fellow's growth/educational value convincingly explained
  • Evidence of strong motivation to carry out the project
  • Potential for effective supervisor-student relationship
  • Application materials explain how the project matches the community's needs
  • Project seems realistic and feasible: scope matches student qualifications, time frame, supervisor expertise and input, etc.

Other Assets
  • Evidence that community service is a central value for the student (or is likely to become a stronger value through the project)
  • Potential future partnership with the chosen community (for the student or for MIT)
  • Application contains sufficient information and makes a good case: complete packet, good proposal, strong recommendation, qualifications apparent from resume, etc.

Possible discounts
  • Evidence of issues or problems: e.g. recommendations are neutral or negative; application materials are poorly written or say questionable things; we know of past problems or issues with the project, applicant, or community partner