[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 34, Volume 3]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

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 Sec. Sec. 413.21 and 413.22.

    (b) The Secretary may award up to 100 points to each set of criteria 

in Sec. Sec. 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 Sec. Sec. 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 Sec. Sec. 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)