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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" citation="COMAR 14.26.02.05" title_num="14" subtitle_num="26" chapter_num="02" heading="Funding Opportunity Application and Review.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The Administration shall review each complete application received using any method described in the FOA.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>After review of a complete application, the Administration may take any of the following actions:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Offer a grant;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Offer a partial grant;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Hold the application for further consideration during the same fiscal year;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Hold the application for further consideration in a succeeding fiscal year; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Reject the application.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The Administration may reject an application if:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The application is not a complete application;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The application is inconsistent with law;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>For a competitive funding opportunity, the Administration has not selected the application for a grant;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>The Administration determines that sufficient funding is not available; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>The Director of the Administration determines that offering a grant is not in the best interest of the State.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The Administration shall provide written notice of the action taken under §B of this regulation within 30 days, and, if the application is rejected, the basis for the action taken under §C of this regulation.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>For reconsideration of an action by the Administration under §B or C of this regulation, the applicant shall submit a written request to the Administration within 14 business days of receiving the written notice under §D of this regulation.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>The written decision by the Director, or the Director’s designee, on the request for reconsideration shall be the final decision of the Administration.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>