- (a) Voluntary cost sharing means cost sharing that an entity pledges voluntarily in its application (i.e., not due to a stated cost-sharing requirement in the notice of funding opportunity to which the entity's application responds).
- (b) Voluntary committed cost sharing means voluntary cost sharing that a DoD Component accepts through inclusion in the approved budget for the project or program and as a binding requirement of the terms and conditions of the award made to the entity in response to its application.
- (c) Voluntary uncommitted cost sharing means voluntary cost sharing that does not meet the criteria in paragraph (b) of this section.