(a) The Secretary evaluates an application on the basis of the criteria in Sec. 425.21.
(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. 425.21.
(c) Subject to paragraph (d) of this section, the maximum possible score for each criterion is indicated in parentheses.
(d) For each competition, as announced in a notice published in the Federal Register, the Secretary may assign the reserved 15 points among the criteria in Sec. 425.21. (Authority: 20 U.S.C. 2420)