34 C.F.R. § 647.20 How does the Secretary decide which new grants to make?
Title 34 - Education
(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 §647.21. (ii) The maximum score for all the criteria in §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 §647.22. (ii) The maximum score for all the criteria in §647.22 is fifteen (15) points. The maximum score for each criterion 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 §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)
Title 34: Education
PART 647—RONALD E. MCNAIR POSTBACCALAUREATE ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM
Subpart C—How Does the Secretary Make a Grant?
§ 647.20 How does the Secretary decide which new grants to make?
