[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR647.20]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
 CHAPTER VI--OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 647_RONALD E. MCNAIR POSTBACCALAUREATE ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM
--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart C_How Does the Secretary Make a Grant?
 
Sec. 647.20  How does the Secretary decide which new grants to make?


    (a) The Secretary evaluates an application for a new grant as 
follows:
    (1)(i) The Secretary evaluates an application on the basis of the 
selection criteria in Sec. 647.21.
    (ii) The maximum score for all the criteria in Sec. 647.21 is 100 
points. The maximum score for each criterion is indicated in parentheses 
with the criterion.
    (2)(i) For an application from an applicant who has carried out a 
McNair project in the fiscal year immediately preceding the fiscal year 
for which the applicant is applying, the Secretary evaluates the 
applicant's prior experience on the basis of the criteria in Sec. 
647.22.
    (ii) The maximum score for all the criteria in Sec. 647.22 is 
fifteen (15) points. The maximum score for each criterion

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is indicated in parentheses with the criterion.
    (iii) If an applicant described in paragraph (a)(2)(i) of this 
section applies for more than one new grant in the same fiscal year, the 
Secretary applies the criteria in Sec. 647.22 to a project that seeks 
to continue support for an existing McNair project on that campus.
    (b) The Secretary makes new grants in rank order on the basis of the 
total scores received by applications under paragraphs (a)(1) through 
(a)(3) of this section.
    (c)(1) If the total scores of two or more applications are the same 
and there are insufficient funds for these applications after the 
approval of higher-ranked applications, the Secretary uses the remaining 
funds to achieve an equitable geographic distribution of all new 
projects.
    (2) In making an equitable geographic distribution of new projects, 
the Secretary considers only the locations of new projects.
    (d) The Secretary may decline to make a grant to an applicant that 
carried out a Federal TRIO Program project that involved the fraudulent 
use of funds.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a-11 and 1070a-15)