For each grant application submitted prior to the grant application deadline established by the Authority under Regulation .04A of this chapter, Authority staff shall review the application and determine if: The applicant is an eligible grantee under Regulation .03A of this chapter; and The activity for which the applicant seeks grant funding is an eligible activity under Regulation .03B of this chapter. For each application that Authority staff determined under §A of this regulation that either the grantee or the project is ineligible for a grant, the Authority shall promptly send written notice of such determination to the grant applicant. For each grant application that Authority staff determines under §A of this regulation is eligible for a grant, staff shall: Evaluate and rank the application competitively with all other eligible applications in accordance with the selection criteria established by the Authority under Regulation .04A of this chapter; Make a funding recommendation based upon the evaluation and ranking; and Forward the funding recommendation to the Authority. After receipt of Authority staff’s recommendations made under §C of this regulation, the Authority shall: Review and consider staff’s recommendations; Approve or disapprove each grant application; and For each grant application approved, authorize an amount of funding for the grant: That is within the limitations established under Regulation .06 of this chapter; and Which may be an amount less than the amount requested by the applicant. Authority staff shall promptly notify each grant applicant of the action taken by the Authority under §D of this regulation. A decision by the Authority made under this regulation on an application for a grant is final and is not a contested case within the meaning of State Government Article, Title 10, Subtitle 2, Annotated Code of Maryland.