Selection and ranking criteria for the DP-PMI Scholarships
The DP-PMI Governing Board will handle the applications and the selection of the candidates for the DP-PMI Scholarships.
The DP-PMI involves a two-stage selection procedure. In the first stage, the Governing Board will select and rank the candidates according to the following criteria (equally weighted):
1. quality of the candidate's scientific record (i.e. potential articles, contributions to conferences, etc.);
2. quality of the candidate's academic record (i.e. marks in the Masters and previous university degrees, quality of the respective institutions and programmes, etc.);
3. motivation letter describing the reasons to join the DP-PMI and potential research plans/directions;
4. relevance and adequacy of the previous training to joining the DP-PMI.
The submitted documentation, including the reference letters, will be used to assess these four criteria. The candidates with the adequate scientific background, presenting the necessary high-quality academic track record and high-level scientific potential, will be invited for the second stage of the selection procedure, consisting of an interview, realized in person or via video-conference, or similar. The objective of this interview if for the Governing Board to evaluate the applicant's fluency in English, as well as to obtain further details on the points 1-4 described above, but specially point 3, and accordingly fine tune the selection of the candidates, whose applications will be ranked taking into account their excellence in each of these criteria.
The DP-PMI involves a two-stage selection procedure. In the first stage, the Governing Board will select and rank the candidates according to the following criteria (equally weighted):
1. quality of the candidate's scientific record (i.e. potential articles, contributions to conferences, etc.);
2. quality of the candidate's academic record (i.e. marks in the Masters and previous university degrees, quality of the respective institutions and programmes, etc.);
3. motivation letter describing the reasons to join the DP-PMI and potential research plans/directions;
4. relevance and adequacy of the previous training to joining the DP-PMI.
The submitted documentation, including the reference letters, will be used to assess these four criteria. The candidates with the adequate scientific background, presenting the necessary high-quality academic track record and high-level scientific potential, will be invited for the second stage of the selection procedure, consisting of an interview, realized in person or via video-conference, or similar. The objective of this interview if for the Governing Board to evaluate the applicant's fluency in English, as well as to obtain further details on the points 1-4 described above, but specially point 3, and accordingly fine tune the selection of the candidates, whose applications will be ranked taking into account their excellence in each of these criteria.
