---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 86.44"
title: "50"
number: "86.44"
heading: "What if I need more than the maximum Federal share and required match to complete my BIG-funded project?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/86.44"
---

# §86.44. What if I need more than the maximum Federal share and required match to complete my BIG-funded project?

- (a) If you plan a BIG project that you cannot complete with the recommended maximum Federal award and the required match, you may:
  - (1) Find other sources of non-Federal funds to complete the project;
  - (2) Divide your larger project into smaller, distinct, stand-alone projects and apply for more than one BIG grant, either in the same year or in different years. One project cannot depend on the anticipated completion of another; or
  - (3) **Combine your BIG Tier 1—** State and BIG Tier 2—National funding to complete a project at a single location.
- (b) If you are awarded a grant and find you cannot complete a BIG project with the Federal funds and required match, you may:
  - (1) **Find other sources of non-Federal funds to complete the project.**
  - (2) **Consider if BIG Tier 1—** State funds are available to help complete the project. This is not a guaranteed option.
  - (3) **Ask for approval to revise the grant by following the requirements at subpart H of this part.**
- (c) **For BIG Tier 2—** National grants, we review and rank each application individually, and each must compete with other applications for the same award year.
- (d) If you receive a BIG grant for one of your applications, we do not give preference to other applications you submit.
- (e) If you do not complete your project, we may take one or more of the remedies for noncompliance found at [2 CFR 200.338](/cfr/2/200.338.md), and any other regulations that apply.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 777c, g, and g-1.

### Source

Source: 80 FR 26161, May 6, 2015, unless otherwise noted.