# Ask for more budget or award quota

> Select Request Budget on your budget card, or Request Quota on your quota card, and fill in the form. It's sent to an admin by email; there's no status to track in the app.

- Product: Recognition › Lead your team
- Who can do this: Budget holders, Approvers with award quotas
- Plan: Recognition
- Where: Vantage Circle web app
- Last checked: 15 Oct 2026
- Web page: https://www.vantagecircle.com/en/help/recognition/lead-your-team/ask-for-more-budget-or-quota/

## Ask for more budget

**Request Budget** is at the bottom of your budget card, in the left panel of your Recognition home page. If it isn't there, your company has turned budget requests off.

1. Select **Request Budget**. The **Request Additional Budget** form opens.
2. Under **I would like to request points for**, choose the budget, such as **Rewards**.
3. Under **Select country**, choose the country the points are for.
4. Under **Budget request raised to**, choose who gets the request. The list shows the HR admins for your department who can allocate budgets. If there aren't any, it shows your company's super admins.
5. Enter **Points Requested**, up to 8 digits. Underneath, you'll see what that's worth in the country's currency, for example "5000 points = 50 USD".
6. Select **Confirm**.

You'll see "The request has been successfully sent." The person you chose gets an email titled "Request for budget allocation" with your name, the budget, the country and the points.

## Ask for more award quota

A quota card shows how many of each award you can still give or approve. It's titled **Nomination Quota Available** or **Approval Quota Available**, and you see it if you approve nominations and your company uses quotas.

1. Select **Request Quota** on the card. The **Request Additional Quota** form opens.
2. Choose the award under **Select Award**.
3. Choose how many under **Quota Required**, from 1 to 10.
4. Choose who gets it under **Quota request raised to**.
5. Write a **Justification**. You can't confirm without one.
6. Select **Confirm**.

The person you chose gets an email titled "Request for additional award quota".

## What happens next

Requests go by email only. The app doesn't show whether yours was approved. If the admin adds points, they appear under **Available Budget** on your budget card. Added quota shows on your quota card. Admins add budget in Rewards Hub. See [Budgets](/en/help/rewards-hub/budgets/).

## If something goes wrong

**"The request has not been successfully sent.Please Try Again"** The request wasn't saved. Try again in a few minutes. If it keeps failing, email the admin directly.

**The person you need isn't in the list.** The list comes from your department's HR admins. Ask your HR team to check who's set as HR admin for your department.