---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 67.16"
title: "42"
number: "67.16"
heading: "Evaluation and disposition of application."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/67.16"
---

# §67.16. Evaluation and disposition of application.

- (a) **Evaluation.** After appropriate peer review in accordance with [§ 67.15](/cfr/42/67.15.md), the Administrator will evaluate applications recommended for further consideration, taking into account, among other factors:
  - (1) The degree to which the purposes of Title IX of the PHS Act and section 1142 of the Social Security Act, as applicable, are being addressed;
  - (2) Recommendations made by reviewers pursuant to [§ 67.15](/cfr/42/67.15.md);
  - (3) Any recommendations made by the National Advisory Council for Health Care Policy, Research, and Evaluation, as applicable;
  - (4) The appropriateness of the budget;
  - (5) The extent to which the research proposal and the fiscal plan provide assurance that effective use will be made of grant funds;
  - (6) The demonstrated business management capability of the applicant;
  - (7) The demonstrated competence and skill of the staff, especially the senior personnel, in light of the scope of the project;
  - (8) The probable usefulness of the results of the project for dealing with national health care issues, policies, and programs; and
  - (9) **The degree to which AHCPR-announced priorities or purposes are being addressed.**
- (b) **Disposition.** On the basis of the evaluation of the application as provided in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, the Administrator shall: give consideration for funding, defer for a later decision, pending receipt of additional information, or give no further consideration for funding, to any application for a grant under this subpart; except that the Administrator may not fund an application which has not been recommended for further consideration as a result of peer review in accordance with [§ 67.15](/cfr/42/67.15.md). A recommendation against further consideration shall not preclude reconsideration, if the application is revised, responding to issues and questions raised during the review, and resubmitted for peer review at a later date.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Pub. L. 103-43, 107 Stat. 214-215, Pub. L. 102-410, 106 Stat. 2094-2101 and sec. 6103, Pub. L. 101-239, 103 Stat. 2189-2208, Title IX of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 299-299c-6); and sec. 1142, Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b-12).

### Source

Source: 62 FR 12908, Mar. 18, 1997, unless otherwise noted.