[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR411.23]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
  CHAPTER IV--OFFICE OF VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                                EDUCATION
 
PART 411--VOCATIONAL EDUCATION RESEARCH PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart C--How Does the Secretary Make a Grant?
 
Sec. 411.23  How does the Secretary evaluate unsolicited applications?

    (a) At any time during a fiscal year, the Secretary may accept and 
consider for funding an unsolicited application that has not been 
submitted under a competition announced in the Federal Register for that 
fiscal year, if the project proposes activities described in Sec. 411.3.
    (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of 34 CFR 75.100, the Secretary 
may fund an unsolicited application without publishing an application 
notice in the Federal Register.
    (c) The Secretary may select an unsolicited application for funding 
in accordance with the procedures in Secs. 411.20(e) and 411.24.
    (d) The Secretary assigns the 15 points reserved under 
Sec. 411.20(b) as follows:
    (1) Ten points to the selection criterion in Sec. 411.21(a)--
national need.
    (2) Five points to the selection criterion in Sec. 411.21(b)--plan 
of operation.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 2402)