§ 428.20 - How does the Secretary evaluate an application?  


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  • § 428.20 How does the Secretary evaluate an application?

    (a) The Secretary evaluates an application for a grant or cooperative agreement on the basis of the criteria in § 428.21.

    (b) The Secretary may award up to 100 points, including a reserved 15 points to be distributed in accordance with paragraph (d) or this section, based on the criteria in § 428.21.

    (c) Subject to paragraph (d) of this section, the maximum possible points for each criterion is indicated in parentheses after the heading for each criterion.

    (d) For each competition, in a notice published in the Federal Register, the Secretary may assign the reserved 15 points among the criteria in § 428.21.