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                <h1 class="title font-weight-normal mb-3">Anonymous Selection Process</h1>
                <p class="mb-5">In order to ensure that our choice of recipient is fair, unbiased, and anonymous, we've developed the following selection process. Please <a href="/index.html#section-contact">contact us</a> if you have any questions or concerns. Critical feedback is much appreciated!</p>
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                            <p>Applications are submitted to a secure repository that reviewers do not have access to.</p>
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                            <p>All applications go through a strict anonymization process to eliminate any identifying information from the submitted material.</p>
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                            <p>Reviewers are required to attend a reducing bias and application review training before viewing any applications.</p>
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                            <p>Reviewers agree to maintain applicant’s confidentiality and each reviewer signs a confidentiality agreement.</p>
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                            <p>Reviewers are required to disclose any potential conflicts of interest including connections to current SEBS students.</p>
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                            <p>Reviewers read all submitted applications in order to ensure fair scoring and to familiarize themselves with the pool of applicants.</p>
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                            <p>Reviewers score a subset of applications independently. Each application is reviewed and scored by a minimum of three individual reviewers.</p>
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                            <p>Each applicant’s scores are added to create a single aggregate score. Aggregate scores are then ranked from highest to lowest.</p>
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                            <p>Reviewers meet in a seminar to vote on the aggregated score ranking. If a two-thirds majority is not achieved, reviewers revisit each application and adjust ranking until a two-thirds majority is reached.</p>
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