General Criteria for Evaluation

1. The applicant department and/or the proposed doctoral program must be located in a country where anthropology, or any of its major sub-disciplines, is underrepresented and where there are limited resources to support academic development.
2. The Institutional Development Grant can be used for any purpose appropriate to the development goals of the applicant department. The application will be judged on the degree to which the stated development goals will enhance the academic environment of the department and enable the department to provide a world-class level of training for doctoral students in academic anthropology.
3. The development goals must be realistic and achievable within the time-period of the Institutional Development Grant and with the resources available.
4. The applicant is expected to have partnership arrangements in place with one or more established internationally respected doctoral programs in anthropology that can assist the applicant department to acheive its development goals. The partnership collaboration will be evaluated in terms of how appropriate it is in relation to the applicant's goals. Please be clear as to:
   • The specific role(s) the partner(s) will play in the department's development: and
   • The mechanisms that will be established to ensure that the partner(s) will be able to effectively provide support to the department.
5. There must be a clear and realistic strategy for continued maintenance and viability of the department and of the doctoral program after the end of the International Development Grant period.

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