---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 1734.26"
title: "7"
number: "1734.26"
heading: "Criteria for scoring grant applications."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/1734.26"
---

# §1734.26. Criteria for scoring grant applications.


The criteria by which applications will be scored will be published in the RUS DLT Program application guide and/or the RUS DLT Program Web site and in the funding opportunity posted on www.Grants.gov Web site on an annual basis. The criteria will be used to determine and evaluate: Rurality; economic need; service need and benefit; and special considerations as determined by the Administrator


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 901 et seq. and 950aaa et seq.

### Source

Source: 82 FR 55925, Nov. 27, 2017, unless otherwise noted.