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• The Hyperledger TOC reviews proposals and select projects with technical (code, research, or documentation) focus, and the Hyperledger Foundation staff will review and select projects with business research focus. 
• General selection criteria are:
  • The selected proposals have clearly scoped learning objectives and outcomes that could serve as a springboard to onboard new contributors.
  • The selected proposals can be accomplished, under the guidance of the mentors, by a new developer, researcher, or contributor within established program dates for mentee/mentor working period of 6 months when a mentee contributes on a part-time basis ~15-20 hours a week (for 2023 program year, the working period is from June to November).  
    
  • The selected proposals should have a direct connection or relevance to an existing Hyperledger project or lab or ecosystem.
  • The selected proposals will further increase the contributor or maintainer base of the related Hyperledger Project or Lab or ecosystem.
  • The selected proposals have the potential to maximize the diversity of the projects, mentors, and mentees.
  • The mentors of the selected proposals will represent a nice mix of experienced and new mentors.