Publicly funded students receive top priority because their funds will inevitably be cut if they participate in democratic activism; self-funded students have the lowest priority because their economic resources are not greatly affected.
至於支助的優先順序，以中共公費留學生為第一優先，因為他們一旦參加反共活動，必然會遭到中共斷絕經濟來源；其次則以中共機構派赴國外研究的留學生或學人為主，至於中共自費留學生因經濟來源不致遭到太大影響而被列為第三優先。