; (II) a rural area; or (III) an area lacking sufficient entrepreneurial development resources, as determined by the Administrator; and (ii) whether the proposed project demonstrates a commitment to partner with core stakeholders working with small business concerns in the relevant area, including— (I) investment and lending organizations; (II) nongovernmental organizations; (III) programs of State and local governments that are concerned with aiding small business concerns; (IV) Federal agencies; and (V) for-profit organizations with an expertise in small business innovation; (B) make publicly available, including on the website of the Administration, and state in each solicitation for applications for cooperative agreements under this section the selection criteria and ranking established under subparagraph (A); and (C) evaluate and rank applicants for cooperative agreements under this section in accordance with the selection criteria and ranking established under subparagraph (A). (2) Contents The criteria established under paragraph (1)(A)— (A) for eligible entities that have in operation an accelerator, incubator, or other small business innovation-focused project shall include the record of the eligible entity in assisting growing, newly established, and startup small business concerns, including, for each of the 3 full years before the date on which the eligible entity applies for a cooperative agreement under this section, or if the accelerator, incubator, or other small business innovation-focused project has been in operation for less than 3 years, for the most recent full year the accelerator, incubator, or other small business innovation-focused project was in operation— (i) the number and retention rate of growing, newly established, and startup business concerns in the program of the eligible entity; (ii) the average period of participation by growing, newly established, and startup small business concerns in the program of the eligible entity