[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: 34CFR413.20]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
  CHAPTER IV--OFFICE OF VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                                EDUCATION
 
PART 413--NATIONAL CENTER OR CENTERS FOR RESEARCH IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart C--How Does the Secretary Make an Award?
 
Sec. 413.20  How does the Secretary evaluate an application?


    (a) The Secretary evaluates an application on the basis of the 
criteria in Secs. 413.21 and 413.22.
    (b) The Secretary may award up to 100 points to each set of criteria 
in Secs. 413.21 and 413.22, including a reserved 10 points for each set 
of criteria to be distributed in accordance with paragraph (d) of this 
section.
    (c) Subject to paragraph (d) of this section, the maximum possible 
score for each criterion is indicated in parentheses after the heading 
for each criterion.
    (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 Secs. 413.21 and 413.22.
    (e) The Secretary may hold two separate competitions, with the same 
closing date, for the National Center or Centers. One competition will 
be held for research and development activities and the second 
competition will be held for dissemination and training activities. An 
institution of higher education or consortium of higher education 
institutions may submit a research and development application; a 
dissemination and training application; or both as separate applications 
under separate covers.
    (f) The Secretary evaluates applications for the research and 
development center and the dissemination and training center 
independently against the criteria in Secs. 413.21 and 413.22 whether an 
institution or consortium of institutions is competing for either or 
both sets of activities.
    (g) In accordance with section 404(a)(5) of the Act, the Secretary 
will give preference in grant selection to institutions or consortia of 
institutions that demonstrate the ability to carry out both the research 
and development and the dissemination and training activities 
effectively, either directly or by contract.
    (h) An institution or consortium of institutions that has submitted 
two applications and applied for a single grant for the purpose of 
carrying out both activities and that has earned 80 points or higher on 
each of its two applications, will be deemed by the Secretary to have 
demonstrated the ability to carry out both activities effectively.
    (i) The Secretary will award a single grant to an institution or 
consortium of institutions that has both--
    (1) Demonstrated the ability to carry out both program activities 
effectively, in accordance with paragraph (h) of this section; and
    (2) Earned the highest combined score among those institutions or 
consortia of institutions that have demonstrated the ability to carry 
out both activities effectively.
    (j) If no institution or consortium of institutions is selected for 
a single grant award, the institution or consortia of institutions 
ranking highest in each of the two competitions will each receive a 
grant award.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 2404)