<![CDATA[Determining recipients of the Kartu Indonesia Pintar (KIP) educational assistance program is a process that requires accuracy in the selection process to ensure that assistance is provided to eligible candidates. The large number of applicants and the various criteria that need to be considered can make the assessment process complex when performed manually. This study aims to implement the Simple Multi Attribute Rating Technique (SMART) method in a Decision Support System (DSS) to assist in determining the priority of KIP assistance recipients in a more objective, structured, and measurable manner. The research method consists of determining candidate alternatives, establishing criteria and weights based on their level of importance, normalizing the weights, determining the utility value of each alternative, calculating the final score, and ranking the alternatives. Candidate data are used as alternatives and assessed based on predetermined eligibility criteria. The results of the SMART method calculation show that each alternative obtains a different final score according to its performance on each criterion. Based on the ranking results, alternative A12 obtained the highest score of 1.107, making it the alternative with the highest priority and recommended as a potential recipient of KIP assistance. The implementation of the SMART method can support a more systematic, transparent, and consistent selection process while providing ranking information that can be used as a consideration by decision makers. Therefore, the SMART method can be applied as an approach to support the determination of KIP assistance recipient priorities based on predetermined eligibility criteria.]]>
