32 CFR § 37.415 - Should I address cost sharing in the announcement or solicitation?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t32/s37.415"
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title: "32 CFR § 37.415 - Should I address cost sharing in the announcement or solicitation?"
title_number: 32
title_name: "National Defense"
section_number: "37.415"
section_name: "Should I address cost sharing in the announcement or solicitation?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "DoD GRANT AND AGREEMENT REGULATIONS"
part_number: "37"
part_name: "TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT AGREEMENTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 301 and 10 U.S.C. 113."
regulatory_source: "68 FR 47160, Aug. 7, 2003, unless otherwise noted."
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# 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)).
(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; 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.