25 CFR § 1187.20 - How will OIED evaluate each application?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t25/s1187.20"
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title: "25 CFR § 1187.20 - How will OIED evaluate each application?"
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "1187.20"
section_name: "How will OIED evaluate each application?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY, INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
part_number: "1187"
part_name: "INDIAN BUSINESS INCUBATORS PROGRAM"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "25 U.S.C. 2, 9; 25 U.S.C. 5801"
regulatory_source: "86 FR 50257, Sept. 8, 2021, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1187.20 How will OIED evaluate each application?

In evaluating each application, OIED will consider:

(a) The ability of the eligible applicant to:

(1) Operate a business incubator that effectively imparts entrepreneurship and business skills to Native businesses and Native entrepreneurs, as demonstrated by the experience and qualifications of the eligible applicant;

(2) Commence providing services within three months; and

(3) Provide quality incubation services to a significant number of Native businesses and Native entrepreneurs or provide such services at geographically remote locations where quality business guidance and counseling is difficult to obtain;

(b) The experience of the eligible applicant in providing services in Native American communities, including in the one or more reservation communities described in the application;

(c) The proposed location of the business incubator; and

(d) The extent to which a grant award will enable an entity that is already providing business incubation services to appreciably enhance those services.