Applicants must be citizens of an Arab League country; refugees or stateless people from Arab countries residing in the Arab region; researchers outside the region who hold Arab citizenship or are refugees or stateless people from the Arab region; or people outside the region with a non-Arab passport who are originally from an Arab country. Scholars must hold a completed PhD in the social sciences or humanities. Activists must hold a completed Master's degree in those fields and have more than five years of relevant work experience.