(a) The Secretary evaluates an application on the basis of the criteria in Sec. 410.21.
(b) The Secretary may award up to 100 points, including a reserved 15 points to be distributed in accordance with paragraph (d) of this section, based on the criteria in Sec. 410.21.
(c) Subject to paragraph (d) of this section, the maximum possible score for each criterion in Sec. 410.21 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. 410.21. (Authority: 20 U.S.C. 2397-2397h)