(a) The Secretary evaluates an application on the basis of the criteria in Sec. 472.22.
(b) The Secretary may award up to 100 points, including a reserved 10 points to be distributed in accordance with paragraph (d) of this section, based on the criteria in Sec. 472.22.
(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 through a notice published in the Federal Register, the Secretary may assign the reserved points among the criteria in Sec. 472.22.
(e) In addition to the points to be awarded based on the criteria in Sec. 472.22, the Secretary awards five points to applications from partnerships that include as a partner a small business that has signed the partnership agreement. (Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1211(a)) [54 FR 34418, Aug. 18, 1989. Redesignated at 57 FR 24091, June 5, 1992, and amended at 59 FR 1443, Jan. 10, 1994]