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©2017 University of California Regents, Davis Campus Updated 02/2017

Writing a Proposal Budget: Lab

Exercise Packet

Presented by the Office of Research, Sponsored Programs

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©2017 University of California Regents, Davis Campus Updated 02/2017

Writing Proposal Budget: Lab

Case Study – What Else Could Be Wrong? ......................................................................................... 1

Budget Exercise Overview .................................................................................................................. 2

Tasks for Today’s Exercise ............................................................................................................. 3 - 5

Calendar Examples ............................................................................................................................. 6

UC Davis Composite Fringe Benefit Rates Approved and Projected Rates ........................................ 7

Colleges and Universities Rate Agreement ........................................................................................ 8

Examples of Budget Justification Language ................................................................................ 9 - 14 Appendix (Exercise Worksheets)……………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 15 -16

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Case Study – What Else Could Be Wrong?

Dr. Wrongway just sent you the following budget. How many things can you find wrong?

This is a NIH proposal and my salary is capped so I’ll get the rest of that salary off my Department of Energy grant. Our co-investigator is overworked so I’m asking nothing but additional compensation for his efforts, but he has agreed to waive any associated fringe benefits. We will pay a stipend to my graduate students, but I am only requesting tuition (but no salary) for the undergraduate hourly employees. My department has budget problems, so I am requesting 75% of my administrative assistant’s salary and a new computer for her because hers is 3 years old and she deserves the upgrade. My department chair’s grant just ended so he’ll give me 10% of his Department Chair salary for cost share and we’ll be able to add his name to the grant although most of his time next year will be on sabbatical.

Our fax machine is broken so it is a good time to upgrade to a fax/scanner/printer, which will be useful for my teaching too. We’re going to use this grant to load our office supply cabinets so I won’t have to ask the government for more office supplies for the rest of this year. The other supplies I buy will be for my lab, but I’m not asking for too much because I over-ordered on my last two contracts. I like to get my students to attend lab meetings, so I think about $100 per quarter for pizza and a $500 dinner at Christmas. We’ll go with a cash bar, though.

I’ve got an old microscope that still works pretty well and the undergraduates use it for their experiments. It could use some repairs so I put in $200. I’m going to use the large electron microscope for this grant which was just bought on a DOD contract, but Dr. Wright wants me to give him $50 per month for supplies and maintenance just in case it breaks down.

My family planned a vacation to Switzerland this winter and I know of a conference in Germany that might be interesting which is scheduled at the same time. We just moved and I need to pay my mileage to and from the university since we now live in the next county. Also, I’ll be working from home so I’m going to buy a new telephone and computer which are state of the art. I don’t believe we’ll be mailing anything but just in case, add $50 for postage.

We’ll pay each of the people who work on the grant a participant support stipend ($500) since they will be working hard to get the work done. My wife has agreed to be a consultant for a retainer of $2,000 and $750 per hour. When the award arrives, I’ll use the research F&A rate for that part of the work I think is research and the lower F&A rate for the parts that look like other services. To be safe, I’ll ask for the higher F&A rate in this proposal in case I need some additional funds as a contingency. The department is levying a 2% fee on all proposals submitted so that they can make some extra money. I negotiated it down to 1.5% because NIH is such a big funder.

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Budget Exercise Overview

Professor L.B. “Jeff” Jeffries from Chemistry has asked you to draft a one-year budget for a proposal whose submission deadline is November 1, 2013. He has provided you with the following information:

• The projected start date will be January 1, 2014.

• Professor Jeffries will be the PI and will commit 20% effort on the proposed project

during the academic year and 0% effort during the summer. His current annual salary is $131,000 and he has an approved merit increase effective December 1, 2013.

o Professor Jeffries has a 9 month academic year appointment, and is an Academic Senate faculty member.

• Thomas Doyle, a post-doctoral researcher (post doc) will commit 50% effort on the

proposed project and his current annual salary is $39,990. o Post-docs work on a calendar year schedule, and do not ordinarily receive

retirement benefits.

• A non-resident (out-of-state) graduate student researcher (GSR) III will be hired and will begin working on the start date of the project. The GSR III will be attending classes full time during Winter, Spring, and Fall Quarters. All other time during the academic year will be spent on this project. The GSR will not be attending Summer Session, and will instead work on this project full-time. Current annual salary for a GSR III is $38,748.

o During the academic year, graduate students can work a maximum of 50% effort (http://gradstudies.ucdavis.edu/facstaff/SalaryScale.pdf).

For the purposes of this exercise, assume the following: • Capitalization threshold for equipment is $5,000. • No escalation will be considered for budget line items except Student Fees.

• Student fees should be escalated by 10% for AY 14-15. • When determining F&A rate, this project will be on-campus, organized research. • Round all costs to the nearest dollar.

See Composite Benefit Rate Table (See page 7)

Resident fees $5,642 Nonresident fees $11,179

See Federally Negotiated Rate Agreement (See page 8)

Salary Projections

Benefit Rates Prof. Jeffries’ confirmed academic merit increase 2.0%

Graduate Student Fees – per quarter AY 13-14 (projected)

F&A Rate

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Tasks for Today’s Exercise Task One – Budget Preparation (See Exercise Worksheet 1)

1. Calculate the salary for each member of the project team based on their current annual salary and the number of months they will be working on the project.

2. If there are any merit increases to be considered, calculate the annual pay for each

member of the project team as of the proposed project start date.

3. Record the Composite Benefit Rate for each member of the project team for FY 2013/14 and FY 2014/15 using the provided UC Davis Composite Fringe Benefit Rates. (See page 7)

4. Record the F&A Rate for the 7/1/13-6/30/15 period. (See page 8)

5. Calculate the estimated 2014/15 Student Fees per quarter. (See page 2)

Task Two – Personnel: Salaries/Wages & Benefits (See Exercise Worksheet 2)

Task 2a:

1. Enter the annual salary and percentage of effort for each member of the project team.

2. Calculate the annual salary by the percentage of effort, times the number of months, divided by the number months of the appointment for the salary for each member of the project team.

Example: $133,620 x .20 x (6/9) = $17,816

3. Enter the fringe benefit rate for each project member.

4. Calculate salary x benefit rate, and then add your salary + benefits to equal the total requested salary and benefits for each member of the project team.

Example: $17,816 x .333 = $5,993

$17,816 + 5,993 = $23,749

Task 2b:

1. Calculate the Effort (Person Months) by multiplying the % effort x the number of appointment months.

Example: .20 x 6 = 1.2

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Task Three – Consultants & Equipment Section (See Exercise Worksheet 2)

There are no consultants included in this proposal.

Professor Jeffries asks you to include the following Fisher Scientific equipment in the proposal:

• Bio-Tek Precision 2000 Automated Microplate Pipetting System (Catalog list price of $16,000)

You have obtained a quote from Fisher Scientific (CA Company). For the purposes of this exercise, calculate shipping, handling, and sales tax at 20% of the catalog list price.

The equipment will be purchased at the start of the project. Include equipment costs in the appropriate section of the budget.

Task Four – Supplies Section (See Exercise Worksheet 2)

You and Professor Jeffries have reviewed the past patterns of purchases for his research projects and looked at the anticipated needs for this project. Together, you have determined the following supplies will be needed during the budget period:

• Thermo Spectronic 20 Genesys Spectrophotometer (*Catalog list price of $2,025)

*(For the purposes of this exercise, calculate shipping, handling, and sales tax at 20% of the catalog list price.)

• Glassware $5,000 • Chemicals and Reagents $10,000 • Lab Supplies $2,500

For the purposes of this exercise, assume that shipping, handling, and sales tax is included in the above estimates.

Estimate the supply costs for the budget period and include in the appropriate section of the budget.

Task Five – Travel Section (See Exercise Worksheet 2)

Professor Jeffries and Post Doc Doyle will travel to one national scientific meeting in Washington D.C. In addition, Professor Jeffries will travel abroad for one international meeting to present research results. Based on historical costs for similar projects, you have estimated the costs to be $1,500 per person for the domestic trip and $2,500 for the international trip.

Estimate the travel costs for both budget periods and include in the appropriate section of the budget.

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Task Six – Other Direct Costs Section (Student Fees) (See Exercise Worksheet 2)

Calculate the fees for the entire project period using the applicable rates for the budget period and enter in the Other Direct Costs section of the budget.

Make sure you escalate the fees for AY 14-15 by 10%. (See page 2)

Task Seven – Subawards Section (See Exercise Worksheet 2)

Professor Jeffries informs you that this project will include two collaborators:

Stanford University, under the direction of Professor Lars Thorwald, will perform a portion of the project at a cost of $100,000.

UCLA will perform a separate portion of the project, under the direction of Professor Lisa Fremont, at a cost of $20,000.

Estimate the subaward costs for the budget period and include in the appropriate section of the budget.

Task Eight - F&A (Indirect) Costs Section (See Exercise Worksheet 2)

Calculate the Total Direct Costs by adding up the totals for each category. Calculate the Modified Total Direct Costs using the space provided. (See page 8) Reminder: To find the MTDC, deduct equipment, capital expenditures, patient care, tuition remission, rental costs, scholarships, fellowships, and the portion of each subgrant which exceeds $25,000. No IDC at all is applied to sister campuses.

Estimate the F&A costs for the budget periods and include in the appropriate section of the budget.

Task 9 - Cumulative Budget (See Exercise Worksheet 2)

Calculate the Total Budget Period Costs.

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Calendar Examples

Calendar Year (CY) 13 January 1, 2013 – December 31, 2013

Calendar Year (CY) 14 January 1, 2014 – December 31, 2014

Calendar Year (CY) 15 January 1, 2015 – December 31, 2015

Fiscal Year (FY) 14 July 1, 2013 – June 30, 2014

Fiscal Year (FY) 15 July 1, 2014 – June 30, 2015

Academic Year (AY) 2013-14 Fall Qtr. (Sept.-Dec.) Winter Qtr. (Jan.-Mar.)

Spring Qtr. (Mar.-Jun.)

Academic Year (AY) 2014-15 Fall Qtr. (Sept.-Dec.) Winter Qtr. (Jan.-Mar.)

Spring Qtr. (Mar.-Jun.)

Summer Partial June, July, August, Partial

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UC Davis Composite Fringe Benefit Rates Approved and Projected Rates As of November 1, 2011

FY 14 FY 15 FY 16 FY 17 Retirement Eligible

Federally Approved FY 2011-12

Rate

Federally Approved FY 2012-13

Rate

* Projected FY 2013-14

Rate

* Projected FY 2014-15

Rate

* Projected FY 2015-16

Rate

* Projected FY 2016-17

Rate A Healthcomp Faculty over $200K

B Healthcomp Faculty, Physicians, Physician Assistants, LAW and GSM Academic Senate &

Nurses

C Academic Senate, MSP, Academic Assistant and Associate Researchers, Other Academic

Appointments (99), Ag Experiment Station, Fire and Police

D All Other Employees

E Service Professionals Non-Retirement Eligible

14.7%

23.5%

27.0%

40.2%

54.1%

16.6%

26.4%

30.3%

44.2%

58.6%

18.4%

29.1%

33.3%

48.0%

63.0%

19.7%

31.2%

35.7%

51.1%

66.8%

21.1%

33.3%

37.4%

54.2%

70.6%

22.5%

35.5%

39.7%

56.7%

74.5%

F Postdoc Employees

G Grad & Undergrad Students

H Research Allied Professionals, Clerical, Research Support, Service and Technical

I All Other Employees Other Rates

19.5%

1.3%

9.1%

2.9%

20.1%

1.3%

9.5%

2.9%

20.7%

1.3%

10.0%

2.9%

21.2%

1.3%

10.4%

3.0%

21.8%

1.3%

10.9%

3.0%

22.5%

1.3%

11.4%

3.0%

J Healthcomp Bonus Payments 4.1% 4.1% 4.1% 4.1% 4.1% 4.1%

* Projected rates are for budgeting purposes only. The rates will be adjusted and approved by the federal government on an annual basis.

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COLLEGES AND UNIVIVERSITIES RATE AGREEMENT

EIN: ORGANIZATION: University of California {UCD) Davis campus

DATE:06/27/20ll FILING REF.: The preceding agreement was dated 08/29/2008

Davis, CA

The rate approved in this agreement are for use on grants, contracts and other agreements with the Federal Government, subject to the conditions in Section III.

SI!IC'I'%0N II INDIRECT COST RATIS · RATE 'l'YPES: PIXED FINAL PROV. (PROVISIONAL) PRED, (PREDETERMINED)

Effective Period

TYPE FROM TO RATE (%) LOCATION APPLICABLE TO PRED.' 07/0l/2008 06/30/2009 52.00 On-Campus Organized Res. PRED. 07/01/2009 06/30/2011 53. 00 On-Campus Organized Res. PRED. 07/01/20ll 06/30/2012 53.5o on-campus Organized Res. PRED. 07/01/2012 06/30/2013 54. 00 On-Campus Organized Res. PRED. 07/01/2008 06/30/2013 26.oo Off-Campus Organized Res. PREO. 07/01/2008 06/30/2009 34. oo On-campus Other Spons Act PRED. 07/01/2008 06/30/2009 22.oo Off-Campus Other Spons Act PRED. 07/01/2009 06/30/2011 35.00 On-Campus Other spons Act fRED. 07/01/2009 06/30/2011 22.50 Off-Campus Other Spons Act fRED. 07/01/2011 06/30/2012 35.so On-Campus Other Spans Act PRllD. 07/01/2011 06/30/2012 23.00 Oft·Campl,lS Other Spons Act PRI!D. 07/0l/2012 06/30/2013 36.00 On-Campus Other Spons Act PRED. 07/0l/2012 06/30/2013 23.50 Off-Campus other Spons Act PRED. 07/01/2008 06/30/2013 47.00 On-Campus Instruction PRED. 07/01/2008 06/30/2013 2 .oo Off-Campus Instruction PRED. 07/01/2008 06/30/2013 21.00 Primate Ctr core Grant (1) PRED. 07/01/2008 06/30/2013 S3.30Primate ctr Non-Core Fed(1) PRED. 07/01/2008 06/30/2013 7.30 Off-Campus IPA (2) PROV. 07/01/2013 06/30/2015 53.50 On-campus Organized Res. PROV. 07/01/2013 0 /30/2015 26.oo Off-Campus organized Res.

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Examples of Budget Justification Language

Personnel Costs

Senior/Key personnel

• Name of Researcher, PhD (1 summer months effort; 1 academic month effort) o Dr. Researcher, an associate professor of X and an expert in A and B, will lead this project, providing

oversight and management, designing and conducting the research, and ensuring success.

• PI Researcher o 0.25 summer months support per year are requested to support the PI’s effort toward the program,

providing general management and oversight, and leading the research efforts.

• Co-PI Researcher o 0.25 summer months support per year is budgeted to support Co-PI Researcher in directing the

education and training components of the program.

• Senior Participant Researcher o Dr. Researcher is a soft-funded professional researcher; we request 2.0 months support-

commensurate with his/her effort toward the program- to enable his/her work on remote collaboration and related outreach activities through soft-funded program.

• Name of Researcher DVM, MPVM PhD. (Principal Investigator, Deputy Director, 80%) o Expertise: Area of expertise and large scale program administration. o Role: As Principal Investigator and Deputy Director, Dr. Researcher will work hand-in-hand with the

Director (Dr. Researcher) to manage and administer the overall program. He/she will supervise the administrative support staff at UC Davis, and oversee all UC Davis activities and work related to Objectives 1-5.

Postdoctoral researchers

• Postdoctoral Researchers (2.25 calendar months effort) o Postdoctoral researchers will be funded for up to 2.25 calendar months per year to supplement their

independent research effort (which is funded from other sources) with project-specific activities and training and interdisciplinary collaboration. Providing multiple postdocs with a few months of funding will allow the program to have a broader reach, influencing a greater number of postdocs by exposing them to cybertraining, interdisciplinary career paths, and team-projects. Postdocs will also have the opportunity to assist on rapid response activities as they occur.

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Personnel Costs

Graduate Student Researchers

• 3 graduate student researchers (GSRs) will be employed in year 1, and 1 GSR will be employed in year 2. All three will work 50% time during the academic year and 100% time in the summer. In year 1, the GSRs will assist with data coding, cleaning, reliability testing, and preparation of the database for data analysis; during the second year, the GSR will assist with data analysis and manuscript preparation.

• Graduate Student Researchers (4 FTE @ 7.5 calendar months effort each)

o We request support for graduate student researchers, who will work 50% time in the academic year and 100% time in the summer. The graduate students, anticipated from Dept. A, Dept. B, and the Dept. C will participate on interdisciplinary research teams, developing visualization tools, software frameworks, and their career skills. It is anticipated that several students will each be supported with these funds for an academic quarter at a time in order to maximize the project’s reach and broaden its impact. The remainder of the participating students’ effort will go toward complementary projects with independent funding, providing year-round support and a robust training program for all students.

Undergraduate researchers

• Undergraduate Student Researchers (500 hours per year) o Funds are budgeted to allow undergraduate researchers from a variety of disciplines to fully participate

in the project, including contributing to the specific visualization modules of the project, exploring cyberinfastructure tools, and entering and manipulating data. Undergraduate researchers on the project will be strongly encouraged to present their work as a poster or talk at the UC Davis annual undergraduate research conference, which is modeled after professional research conferences.

Fringe Benefits

• Fringe Benefits o Fringe Benefits are calculated using the UC Davis composite rates developed by the UC Davis Costing

and Policy office as required per institutional policy. Rates are applied by title code and fiscal year.

• Fringe Benefits o Fringe benefits are calculated using UC Davis’s composite rates, which were developed under the

requirements of OMB Uniform Guidance, and are applied by employee group and fiscal year.

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Travel

Domestic Travel

• Travel funds for domestic travel in the amount of $9,500 per year are requested for travel to Center workshops, clinics, pilot courses, meetings at collaborating intuitions, meetings with industrial and other partners, and engineering education technical meetings.

• External Advisory Board Travel o $2,000 per year will allow the external advisory board to meet in person for planning, decision

making, and advising.

• Domestic - Administrative o Name of staff – 2 trips per year from Davis to Name of location to coordinate with Technical Advisor

and Director; airfare @ $600, hotel @ $300/day for 5 days = $1500, per diem at $50/day for 5 days = $250, ground transportation @ $50/day for 5 days = $250; 2 trips @ $2,600 = $5,200/yr; (total of 5 years $5,200/yr = $26,000).

• Objective Team Meetings o An annual 3-day meeting will be scheduled to coordinate and plan activities for each of the 5 objectives.

Five participants from key partner institutions will travel to UC Davis or Name of location for each of the 5 yearly meetings. Objective Team meetings will be scheduled to coincide with other senior management meetings as a cost efficiency. Cost per meeting includes airfare @ $600, hotel @ $200/day for 3 days = $600, per diem at $50/day for 3 days = $150, ground transportation @ $50/day for 3 days = $150; 5 trips/meeting @ $1,500 = $7,500; 5 meetings/yr @ $7,500 = $37,500/yr (total of 5 years $37,500/yr = $187,500).

Foreign Travel

• International - Administrative o Name of staff – 4 foreign trips per year from Davis to 4 surveillance hotspot regions in name of

countries to conduct site visits and coordination/facilitation with country coordinators and partners; as a cost efficiency one of these trips will correspond to the Annual Meeting each year; airfare @ $2,500, hotel @ $150/day for 10 days = $1500, per diem at $50/day for 10 days = $500, ground transportation @ $50/day for 10 days = $500; 4 trips @ $5,000 = $20,000/yr; (5 years @ $20,000/yr = $100,000)

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Travel

Conferences

• Professional Conferences – Funds in the amount of $1,500 per domestic trip and $3,000 per international trip are requested to enable the principal investigator to attend 4 related professional conferences in year 1, and 2 in year 2, to disseminate the results of the study. Planned conferences are as follows:

o American Sociological Association, Denver, Colorado, August 2012 o American Psychological Association, Orlando, Florida, August 2012 o International Sociological Association, Research Committee on Social Stratification (RC28), Hong

Kong, May 2012 o Association for the Study of Higher Education, Las Vegas, Nevada, November, 2012 o American Sociological Association, New York City, New York, August 2013 o American Psychological Association, Honolulu, Hawai`i, August 2013

Materials and Supplies

Computer software

• In year 1, $1,145 is requested to purchase a Stata/SE license with PDF documentation, which will be used to conduct the statistical analysis necessary for completion of the study. $650 is also requested in year 1 to purchase NVivo, a qualitative data analysis program that will be used for the coding and qualitative analysis of the content of the evaluation reports. Both licenses will remain valid for the 2 years of the project.

Laboratory Supplies • Laboratory supplies are requested for evaluating and validating diagnostic tests used for wildlife

surveillance (PCR reagents @ $100/sample x 3000 samples = 30,000/yr; 5 year total = $150,000)

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Instructors/Speakers

Payment for instructors

• Instructor/Course Director Payments o Funds are requested to provide payments for instructors and guest speakers, and the course

directors involved in the institute. None of the instructors or guest speakers will be key personnel on the project. Specifically, funds are requested to provide payments to 5 course directors: $3,000 each for the two primary course directors, who will manage the day-to-day activities and scheduling of the summer institute each year, and will be expending 3 weeks effort each; $1,500 each for 3 additional course directors who will be assisting the primary course directors with the day-to-day operations of the institute. $350 per year is requested for each of the 30 instructors/speakers participating in the institute. Total payments are therefore estimated at $21,000 per year.

Other Direct Costs

Subsistence costs

• Funds are requested to defray the cost of food and lodging for institute participants. In years 1 through 4, costs for the 2 week program are estimated at $1,500 per each of the 70 anticipated participants for a total yearly cost of $105,000. In year 5, the institute’s venue will change from Location A to Location B to enable 25 participants- the best and brightest of the Institute’s alumni- to distill the concepts and discoveries presented in the prior four years’ topics into a book. Due to this change in venue, subsistence costs increase to $3,780 per participant for a 3 week stay. Total year 5 costs are therefore estimated at $94,500.

Program evaluation costs

• The Center for Education and Evaluation Services (CEES) at the University of California at Davis, which provides program evaluation services for both campus and off-campus partners on a recharge basis, will develop appropriate tools, protocols, and data analysis approaches to evaluate the impact of the Summer Institute. Costs are based on estimated time for needed services and range between $6,000 and $7,000 per year (approx. X hours).

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Indirect Costs

Indirect Cost Rate (ICR)

Option 1:

• Indirect costs are budgeted in accordance with UC Davis’ indirect cost rate agreement dated June 21, 2016 at the on-campus research rate of 57%.

Option 2:

• Indirect costs are budgeted in accordance with UC Davis’ indirect cost rate agreement dated June 21, 2016 at the on-campus research rate of 57%. Per UC Davis’ rate agreement, this indirect cost rate is applied on a Modified Total Direct Cost basis, which includes all salaries and wages, fringe benefits, materials and supplies, services, travel, and the first $25,000 of each subgrant and subcontract. Excluded from the modified total direct costs are equipment; capital expenditures; charges for patient care and tuition remission; rental costs; scholarships and fellowships; as well as the portion of each subgrant and subcontract in excess of $25,000.

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Exercise Worksheet 1: Budget Preparation

Period of Performance: 1/1/2014 – 12/31/2014

Annual Salary PI Post Doc GSR III

START OF PROJECT

PI Post Doc GSR III

Multiply by Merit

Equals Revised Annual Rate

Composite Benefit Rate

PI Post Doc GSR III

FY 2013/14

FY 2014/15

F&A Rate

Student Fee Escalation

AY 2013/14 Fees (per quarter)

Multiply by escalation

Equals Est. AY 2014/15 fees (per quarter)

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Exercise Worksheet 2: Budget Spreadsheet

Principal Investigator: Jeff Jeffries Effective Dates: 1/1/2014 to 12/31/2014

Effort (Person Months) Requested Personnel

Annual Salary

Effort (%)

# of Months of Apt.

AY

CY

Summer

Salary

Benefit Rate

Benefits

Total

Task 1 & 2

Professor Jeffries (FY 2014) $ 133,620 20% 6/9 1.2

$ 17,816 33.3% $ 5,933 $ 23,749

Professor Jeffries (FY 2015) $ % 3/9 $ $ $ Doyle (Post Doc) (FY 2014) $ % 6/12 $ $ $ Doyle (Post Doc) (FY 2015) $ % 6/12 $ $ $ TBN (GSR III) - (AY) $ % 9/12 $ $ $ TBN (GSR III) - (Summer) $ % 3/12 $ $ $

Subtotal Personnel $ $ $

Task 3

Consultants

$ Total Consultants $

Equipment

$ Total Equipment $

Task 4

Supplies

$

$

$ $

Total Supplies $

Task 5

Travel Domestic

$ $

Foreign Total Travel $

Task 6

Other Direct Costs

Student Fees/Tuition AY 13-14 $ Student Fees/Tuition AY 14-15 $

Total Other Direct Costs $

Task 7

Subawards

$

$ Total Subawards $

Task 9

Total Direct Costs $

F & A Costs @ % of MTDC Base $ $

*(Calculate the MTDC in the workspace below) Total Budget Period Costs $

*MTDC

Task 8

TDC $

Less

Equipment

$

Student Fees/Tuition $

Subawards $

Plus

Subawards - Stanford

$

MTDC Base $