; selection of grant recipients (1) Grant applications (A) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, qualified entities desiring a grant under subsection (a) shall submit to the Secretary an application in such manner and containing such information as the Secretary may require, including a description of— (i) how the qualified entity will work with small- and medium-sized manufacturers to assess the most promising opportunities for energy efficiency improvements; (ii) how the qualified entity will work with small- and medium-sized manufacturers and, if appropriate, licensed engineers to establish an energy management plan for the small- or medium-sized manufacturer to carry out a project; (iii) the methods and cost-sharing plans the qualified entity will use to distribute funds to small- and medium-sized manufacturers to subsidize the costs of carrying out a project; (iv) the standards by which the qualified entity will set energy efficiency goals for a project that will result in meaningful reductions in electricity or natural gas use by the small- or medium-sized manufacturer carrying out the project; (v) how the qualified entity will provide support to the small- or medium-sized manufacturer carrying out a project during the implementation of the energy management plan; (vi) (I) any history of the qualified entity of working collaboratively with the regional technical assistance programs of the Department of Energy; and (II) how the qualified entity plans to involve the regional technical assistance programs in the activities to be funded by a grant; and (vii) how the qualified entity will collect measurements throughout the implementation of the energy management plan— (I) to demonstrate how energy efficiency improvements are being achieved