---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 1187.20"
title: "25"
number: "1187.20"
heading: "How will OIED evaluate each application?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/1187.20"
---

# §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.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 25 U.S.C. 2, 9; 25 U.S.C. 5801 et seq.

### Source

Source: 86 FR 50257, Sept. 8, 2021, unless otherwise noted.