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Selection Panels

The Maybach Foundation assembles selection panels tailored to individual project areas to ensure that panel members are able to evaluate the qualifications of each nominee.

Selection panel members are volunteers. If you are a specialist in one of MF's five disciplines and would like to volunteer as a selection panel member, please contact us by email or telephone at +1 (415) 571-8810. 

To protect the integrity and impartiality of the selection process, selection panel composition remains confidential until after final selections are made.

The Wilhelm & Karl Maybach Foundation invests in the select few who have the skill, the potential and the vision to help the many. For a select few protégés from across the globe who face adversity in realizing their true potential, we provide mentorships with leaders in their discipline, meaningful stipends, leadership training, and exclusive introductions to the very decision-makers who can open doors for them worldwide.

Selection Criteria

About Our Nominations Process

Projects may be nominated by sponsors, mentors, protégés or MF itself. All projects must meet MF's project selection criteria. Projects must be collaborative, measurable, and  high-impact, as well as unique to the field. Additionally, projects must fit MF's current balance of discipline and geographic areas. Further details are available from MF by email or phone at +1 (415) 571-8810.

Nominating a Protégé

Protégés must be nominated by an approved MF partner organization. Nomination criteria include the following:

• Age at time of selection must be between 18 and 30 years old;
• Exceptional personal integrity and character;
• Demonstrated excellence and potential in the candidate’s chosen academic and professional field;
• Demonstrated intellect, substantiated by academic performance, references, and/or exceptional achievement;
• Need, particularly in respect to candidates who have overcome adversity;
• Compatibility of personal leadership goals with MFF mission, values, and vision;
• Expected ability of the MFF to make a difference in achieving the candidate’s goals and thereby realize his or her potential;
• Quality of recommendation;
• Perceived importance of candidate’s individual goals to the betterment of his or her home country, paired with willingness to stay in his or her home country to resolve critical problems or meet key needs;
• Willingness and ability to participate in a volunteer fellowship as part of the Maybach Institute;
• Criteria that will not be considered include color, race, caste, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or religion, except to welcome diversity.

Nominating a Mentor

Mentors may be nominated by an MF parter organization or individual, or may self-nominate.

To qualify, mentor candidates must provide external references and will be assessed according to the following set of criteria:

• Proven success in an area of expertise matching MFF’s focus areas;
• Ability to provide guidance, answers, ideas, and possibly networking contacts to MFF finalists and protégés through the Maybach Institute’s online forum at least twice per year, either directly or with the assistance of a facilitator or MFF staff;
• Ability and willingness to provide either in-kind or direct financial support to the overall program or the individual project;
• Excellent character and integrity: Able to serve as a good role model;
• Compatibility of personal mentorship goals with MFF mission, values, and vision;

Mentors who will be paired with a protégé for one-on-one mentoring also must meet additional criteria:

• Ability to mentor, teach, and motivate a protégé (these may be identifiably potential abilities that participation in the EML program will further develop) through one-on-one mentoring;
• Appropriate time commitment (may vary by project);
• Willingness to provide appropriate references.
• If the protégé is under age 18, the mentor must be willing to undergo a background investigation;
• For mentors not yet paired with a protégé, ability to participate in nominee application reviews;
• Ability to cover nominal costs of attending meetings, trainings, etc. (some subsidy will be available for demonstrated need);
• Willingness to follow EML program policies and practices, including working with the support and guidance of an EML project officer; and
• Willingness to make a commitment to a protégé for the duration of a project and possibly beyond.

Downloads

Nomination forms and frequently asked questions will be available for download shortly. In the meantime, please contact MF by email or phone at +1 (415) 571-8810 for further information.