; grantees Grants under this subsection shall be awarded on a competitive basis to units of general local government. The Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of Transportation in evaluating applications for such grants. (d) Plan The Secretary may not award any grant under subsection (b) or (c) before the Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of Transportation, submits to the Congress a plan establishing grant criteria and performance measures by which to measure the success of grantees in achieving the goals of the grants, which plan shall be based on the requirements under the Department of Housing and Urban Development Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for Fiscal Year 2010 Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant Program [Docket No. FR–5396–03]. (e) Research and evaluation The Secretary and the Secretary of Transportation shall conduct a joint research effort to evaluate the grant programs under subsections (b) and (c) to quantify the benefits and costs of such programs. Amounts made available for activities under this subsection may be used to improve the technical capacities of regional organizations, local jurisdictions, community-based organizations, developers, and private sector lenders to carry out eligible activities under the grant programs under subsections (b) and (c). (f) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $150,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 and 2021, of which for each such fiscal year— (1) $100,000,000 shall be for Regional Integrated Planning Grants under subsection (b) and of which not less than $25,000,000 for each such fiscal year shall be only for such grants for metropolitan areas having populations of fewer than 500,000 persons; (2) $40,000,000 shall be for Community Challenge Planning Grants under subsection (c); and (3) up to $10,000,000 shall be for carrying out activities under subsection (e).