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Sample Proposal Budget

With rare exception, every proposal to an external sponsor requires some type of budget, displaying the intended use of funds sought. Below is a typical budget format with cost categories often required by our largest sponsors.


BUDGET
June 1, 2002 - May 31, 2003
 
A. Salaries and Wages Amount

1. Principal Investigator, Henry Brown

 

100% effort, 2 mos. summer

10,400

2. Postdoctoral Associates

 

Larry Hendricks, 100% effort, 12 mos.

20,800

 

Martin Locke, 100% effort, 12 mos.

18,720

3. Lab Technician

 

James Hernandez, Laboratory Technician, 25% effort, 12 mos.

4,160

Total Salaries and Wages

$54,080

 
B. Fringe Benefits  

1. 27.5% of Item A.1.

2,860

2. 28.5% of Item A.2

11,263

3. 20.5% of Item A.3

853

Total Fringe Benefits

$14,976

 
C. Capital Equipment  

1. Magnet and Microwave Source

5,000

Total Capital Equipment

$5,000

 
D. Materials and Supplies  

1. Glassware & general lab. supplies

6,000

2. Animal Purchase

1,000

Total Materials and Supplies

$7,000

 
E. Travel  

1. Domestic Travel to California Institute of Technology,
    Pasadena, CA - July 2002 - airfare, ground transport

2,800

2. Foreign International Conference for the Advancement of Science,
    London, England - February 2004 - airfare, per diem

2,600

Total Travel

$5,400

 
F. Other Direct Costs  

1. Subcontracts to Edison Laboratories

43,118

2. Consultant Services

12,000

3. Long Distance Phone Calls

500

Total Other Direct Costs

$55,618

 
G. Total Direct Costs $142,074
 
H. Indirect Costs  

1. 63% MTDC (base)

93,956

Total Indirect Costs

$59,192

 
I. Total Project Budget $201,266
 

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