Section 870-RICR-30-00-1.8 - Fellowship Committee ReviewA. The Corporation shall review each Application received to confirm compliance with the Act and these Rules, and the Corporation's staff shall allow revision or supplementation of any Application prior to review and consideration consistent with the applicable deadline. The Corporation's staff may reject any incomplete Application but shall allow resubmission of an Application rejected as being incomplete consistent with the applicable deadline.B. The Corporation shall forward all completed Applications submitted within the applicable deadline period to the Fellowship Committee for review. The Fellowship Committee shall review, as set forth herein, eligible STEM/Design Applicants and their Applications for an Award as well as Eligible Healthcare Applicants and their Applications for an Award.C. The Fellowship Committee shall review Applications on a name-blind and employer-blind basis whereby the Applications and other supporting documents received or reviewed by the Fellowship Committee shall be redacted of the Applicant's name, street address, and other personally identifying information as well as the Applicant's employer's name, street address, and other employer-identifying information.D. A quorum of those Fellowship Committee members present at a meeting conducted pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws sect; 42-46-3 shall select recipients for Awards using a competitive, merit-based process and shall submit to the Board for approval a selection process applicable to the consideration and granting of Awards. In selecting recipients for Awards, the Fellowship Committee shall give priority to: 1. Applicants who demonstrate direct value to Rhode Island's advanced economy or healthcare system, as evidenced by, for example, their position's scarcity, value-add, employer type, geography, populations served, and other factors;2. Applicants who work in those fields critical to Rhode Island's economy, as identified from time-to-time by the Corporation and published on the Corporation's website or Rhode Island's health system priorities, as identified by EOHHS and published on the Corporation's website;3. Applicants with demonstrated past career and or/academic success;4. Applicants for whom the Award is likely to play a substantial role in bringing them to or keeping them in Rhode Island, as evidenced by, for example, out-of-state offer letters or existing out-of-state employment;5. Applicants for whom an Award would represent "last dollar" loan assistance, meaning that the Applicant will have taken advantage of other reasonably available loan assistance and loan forgiveness programs.E. In the event that an Applicant has an out-of-state offer letter or other time-sensitive consideration, the Fellowship Committee may determine to take Early Action and review the Application prior to determination of the full Cohort.F. The Fellowship Committee shall reserve seventy percent (70%) of the Awards hereunder issued in a calendar year to Applicants who are permanent residents of the State or who attended an institution of higher education located in the State when they incurred the Eligible Expenses to be repaid.G. Any Applicant who is not selected for an Award shall be notified by the Fellowship Committee in writing of such decision.H. The Fellowship Committee may establish a wait list procedure in the event an Applicant declines an Award.870 R.I. Code R. 870-RICR-30-00-1.8
Amended effective 12/19/2018
Amended effective 4/11/2023