; and (C) use all existing authorities of the Director to hire administrative, financial, and clerical staff as necessary to carry out this subsection and pay such staff in accordance with the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates. (2) Program managers (A) In general The Advanced Development Commissioner, with the approval of and in collaboration with the Director, shall designate staff appointed or hired under subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1), respectively, to serve as program managers for the Advanced Development Center. (B) Duties A program manager shall be responsible for— (i) establishing research and development goals for an applicable program, including by developing and hosting workshops and consulting with outside experts; (ii) publicizing such goals; (iii) soliciting applications from eligible entities for projects that advance such goals and contribute to making rapid advances in teaching and learning, to be submitted by such entities at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the program manager, in conjunction with the Advanced Development Commissioner, may require; (iv) selecting, on a competitive basis, such projects to be supported under an applicable program, taking into consideration— (I) the novelty and scientific and technical merit of a proposed project; (II) the demonstrated capabilities of the eligible entity to successfully carry out such proposed project; (III) the extent to which the eligible entity considered, as part of the application submitted under clause (iii), future commercial applications of a proposed project to increase the likelihood of scalability of such project; and (IV) such other criteria as the program manager, in conjunction with the Advanced Development Commissioner, may require; (v) terminating such projects, as applicable