; and (II) other types of business training relating to technology and innovation; (iii) facilitate access to capital for those small business concerns; (iv) refer those small business concerns to other assistance programs, as appropriate; and (v) provide those small business concerns with assistance in preparing applications with respect to the Small Business Innovation Research Program and other similar programs. (C) Evaluations (i) In general The Office shall evaluate the success of each collaborative established under subparagraph (A) by analyzing, for the 2-fiscal year period described in subparagraph (A)(i)— (I) the number of small business concerns assisted by the collaborative; (II) the number of small business concerns assisted by the collaborative that submitted proposals under the Small Business Innovation Research Program, the Small Business Technology Transfer Program, and other similar programs; (III) the rates of hiring by small business concerns assisted by the collaborative; (IV) the amount of capital provided to small business concerns assisted by the collaborative; (V) the percentage of small business concerns assisted by the collaborative that operate in rural areas; (VI) the degree to which the services provided by the collaborative are geographically dispersed; (VII) the number of small business concerns created as a result of the activities carried out by the collaborative; and (VIII) any additional metric that the Office determines to be appropriate. (ii) Factor weighting The Office shall— (I) in performing evaluations under clause (i), determine how much weight should be given to each metric described in subclauses (I) through (VIII) of that clause