---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 C.F.R. § 1206.50"
title: "36"
number: "1206.50"
heading: "What types of funding and cost sharing arrangements does the Commission make?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/36/1206.50"
---

# §1206.50. What types of funding and cost sharing arrangements does the Commission make?

- (a) **Types of grants.**
  - (1) **Matching grant.** A matching grant is a Federal grant awarded only after the applicant raises its share of non-Federal support for a project. We will match only funds raised from non-Federal sources, either monies provided by the applicant's own institution specifically for the project or from a non-Federal third-party source. The Commission does not ordinarily make matching grants.
  - (2) **Outright grant.** Outright grants are those awards we make without any matching requirement. However, outright grants usually include a cost-sharing requirement.
- (b) **Cost sharing.**
  - (1) **Cost sharing consists of the applicant's contribution to the cost of the project.** The Commission ordinarily expects the applicant to provide cost sharing in an amount equal to the amount of the Federal grant award. Exceptions to the one-to-one cost sharing requirement may be set by the Commission in specific grant opportunity announcements.
  - (2) Cost sharing may include cash or in-kind contributions provided by the applicant or by a non-Federal third party.
  - (3) As indicated in [2 CFR part 2600](/cfr/2/part2600.md), we do not pay indirect costs from grant funds, but allow indirect costs to be used for cost sharing.

## Notes

### Amendments

[71 FR 27624, May 12, 2006, as amended at 75 FR 66318, Oct. 28, 2010; 79 FR 76080, Dec. 19, 2014]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 44 U.S.C. 2104(a); 44 U.S.C. 2501-2506; 2 CFR 200, and as noted in specific sections.

### Source

Source: 71 FR 27624, May 12, 2006, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[71 FR 27624, May 12, 2006, as amended at 75 FR 66318, Oct. 28, 2010; 79 FR 76080, Dec. 19, 2014]