Concept Development Award Ranking Form

APPLICATION NUMBER

REVIEWER NUMBER

A.	OVERALL MERIT SCORE

OVERALL RANK /

Please use the following scale to assign an overall merit score to the application and also assign each application a rank out of the total number of applications reviewed.

Merit Score	Descriptor	Additional Guidance on Strengths/Weaknesses

1	Exceptional	Exceptionally strong with essentially no weaknesses

2	Outstanding	Extremely strong with negligible weaknesses

3	Excellent	Very strong with only some minor weaknesses

4	Very Good	Strong but with numerous minor weaknesses

5	Good	Strong but with at least one moderate weakness

6	Satisfactory	Some strengths but also some moderate weaknesses

7	Fair	Some strengths but with at least one major weakness

8	Marginal	A few strengths and a few major weaknesses

9	Poor	Very few strengths and numerous major weaknesses

Minor Weakness:	An easily addressable weakness that does not substantially lessen impact

Moderate Weakness:	A weakness that lessens impact

Major weakness:	A weakness that severely limits impact

B.	CRITIQUE

Please address each of the following areas, and consider them in assigning the overall score.

Strengths

Weaknesses (indicate minor, moderate, or major)

Overall Recommendations