34 CFR § 664.30 - How does the Secretary evaluate an application?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t34/s664.30"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "34 CFR § 664.30 - How does the Secretary evaluate an application?"
title_number: 34
title_name: "Education"
section_number: "664.30"
section_name: "How does the Secretary evaluate an application?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION"
part_number: "664"
part_name: "FULBRIGHT-HAYS GROUP PROJECTS ABROAD PROGRAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "22 U.S.C. 2452(b)(6), unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "63 FR 46366, Aug. 31, 1998, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "664"
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# 664.30 How does the Secretary evaluate an application?
(a) The Secretary evaluates an application for a Group Project Abroad on the basis of the criteria in § 664.31. The Secretary informs applicants of the maximum possible score for each criterion in the application package or in a notice published in the *Federal Register*.
(b) All selections by the Secretary are subject to review and final approval by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
(c) The Secretary does not recommend a project to the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board if the applicant proposes to carry it out in a country in which the United States does not have diplomatic representation.
(Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2452(b)(6), 2456)
[63 FR 46366, Aug. 31, 1998, as amended at 70 FR 13376, Mar. 21, 2005]