7 CFR § 1734.26 - Criteria for scoring grant applications.

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title: "7 CFR § 1734.26 - Criteria for scoring grant applications."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "1734.26"
section_name: "Criteria for scoring grant applications."
chapter_name: "RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "1734"
part_name: "DISTANCE LEARNING AND TELEMEDICINE LOAN AND GRANT PROGRAMS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "7 U.S.C. 901  and 950aaa"
regulatory_source: "82 FR 55925, Nov. 27, 2017, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1734.26 Criteria for scoring grant applications.

The criteria by which applications will be scored will be published in the RUS DLT Program application guide and/or the RUS DLT Program Web site and in the funding opportunity posted on *www.Grants.gov* Web site on an annual basis. The criteria will be used to determine and evaluate: Rurality; economic need; service need and benefit; and special considerations as determined by the Administrator