---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 664.30"
title: "34"
number: "664.30"
heading: "How does the Secretary evaluate an application?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/664.30"
---

# §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](/cfr/34/664.31.md). 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.

## Notes

### Amendments

[63 FR 46366, Aug. 31, 1998, as amended at 70 FR 13376, Mar. 21, 2005]

### Authority

Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2452(b)(6), unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 63 FR 46366, Aug. 31, 1998, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[63 FR 46366, Aug. 31, 1998, as amended at 70 FR 13376, Mar. 21, 2005]