The Evaluation Committee, appointed by the Coordinating Committee of the Postgraduate Program in Agricultural Microbiology and composed by professors Marisa Vieira de Queiroz, Mateus Ferreira Santana and Olinto Liparini Pereira, considered candidate Thiago Oliveira Condé (the only applicant) to be approved. The candidate completed all the stages of the selection process and obtained a final mark of 97.