CFR > Title 34 - Education > SUBTITLE B—Regulations of the Offices of the Department of Education > CHAPTER IV—OFFICE OF VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (parts 400 to 491) > PART 477—STATE PROGRAM ANALYSIS ASSISTANCE AND POLICY STUDIES PROGRAM > SUBPART C—How Does the Secretary Make an Award? (§477.20 to §477.22) > 477.20—How does the Secretary evaluate an application?

477.20—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 § 477.21.
(b) The Secretary may award up to 100 points, including a reserved 15 points to be distributed in accordance with paragraph (d) of this section, based on the criteria in § 477.21.
(c) Subject to paragraph (d) of this section, the maximum possible score for each criterion is indicated in parentheses.
(d) For each competition as announced through a notice published in the Federal Register, the Secretary may assign the reserved points among the criteria in § 477.21.

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(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1213b(a) )