---
kind: "section"
citation: "32 C.F.R. § 37.415"
title: "32"
number: "37.415"
heading: "Should I address cost sharing in the announcement or solicitation?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/32/37.415"
---

# §37.415. Should I address cost sharing in the announcement or solicitation?


To help ensure a competitive process that is fair and equitable to all potential proposers, you should state clearly in the solicitation:

- (a) That, to the maximum extent practicable, the non-Federal parties carrying out a research project under a TIA are to provide at least half of the costs of the project (see [§ 37.215(b)](/cfr/32/37.215.md?p=b)).
- (b) The types of cost sharing that are acceptable;
- (c) How any in-kind contributions will be valued, in accordance with [§§ 37.530 through 37.555](/cfr/32/37.530..37.555.md); and
- (d) Whether you will give any consideration to alternative approaches a proposer may offer to demonstrate its strong commitment to and self-interest in the project's success, in accordance with [§ 37.215](/cfr/32/37.215.md).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301 and 10 U.S.C. 113.

### Source

Source: 68 FR 47160, Aug. 7, 2003, unless otherwise noted.