KeckCriteria

• Keck's programmatic criteria from their program guidelines:
  • Significant programs and projects that:
    • focus on emerging areas of research at the forefront of science, engineering and medicine, or have the potential to lead to breakthrough technologies in these areas; or
    • establish new directions and utilize creative approaches in education and research for the liberal arts and sciences at predominantly undergraduate institutions
    • Programs that respond to a compelling need and have the potential to create a significant and long-lasting impact
    • Programs and projects that are consistent with the Foundation's stated fields of interest
    • Programs and projects that demonstrate that the chances of success would be seriously impaired but for the assistance of private philanthropy generally, and the W.M. Keck Foundation in particular
    • Programs and projects that encourage self-sufficiency rather than continuing dependence on W.M. Keck Foundation support