Budget and Justification Section

Budget:

Please request only the funds necessary (up to a maximum of $10,000) to complete the project. The Faculty Small Grants Program does not fund graduate assistantships, publication costs, general-purpose equipment, travel to conferences, summer salary, or salary for post-doctoral students. Items such as short-term hourly student wages, general operations, supplies, musical scores, art supplies, travel (if an integral part of the project objectives), and specialized research equipment pertaining to the project will be considered.

List budget request amounts in boxes provided in the Application Form. All boxes must be completed; if the subcategories provided do not apply to your project, please insert a “0”. If there are budget items for which no category is listed, please enter the total amount in the box titled “Other.”

Budget Category Boxes:

Wages & ERE (Enter total amount of student wages & ERE. ERE is 4.1% of the amount budgeted for student wages. Funds cannot be used for summer salary, graduate assistantships, or salary for postdocs. This category applies to short-term student wages + ERE only and needs to be itemized in the Budget Justification area).

Travel (Enter total amount of travel costs. Travel must be an integral part of the project. Faculty Small Grants Program funds cannot be used for presentation of papers, travel to conferences, etc.)

Capital Equipment (Equipment specific to the project and in excess of $10,000).

Operations Supplies/Materials (Enter total amount needed for Operations. Amount requested must be itemized in the Budget Justification below. General purpose equipment such as computers, printers, and other items normally provided to an investigator by his/her department are not covered by the Faculty Small Grants Program).

Consultant Fees (If consultants are required, enter total amount to be paid to consultants. This category must be itemized in the Budget Justification area, giving name of consultant, for what purpose, fee amount, and number of consultations).

Subject Payments (If project requires the use of human subjects, enter total amount to be paid to subjects. Itemized breakdown must be entered in the Budget Justification area, e.g., 20 subjects to complete survey @ $30/subject = $600).

Other (Enter the amount budgeted for all other purposes not listed in the budget categories provided. The total amount must be itemized in the Budget Justification area).

 

Budget Justification:

If your department will provide a match to the Faculty Small Grant, please indicate that information in the "Budget Justification" text area. Also in this area, briefly itemize the budgeted amount requested in each Budget Category Box. Budget Justification should not exceed 300 words. To help reviewers understand your budget needs, you may wish to provide subcategories, especially if they represent a large part of your expenses. Example: If you are asking for $4,642 for supplies, you might itemize as follows (Note that you should use plain text; table formatting will not transfer).

No support is requested for Wages & ERE or Travel. Capital Equipment support for an incubator is requested @ $5,100. The following suppliesand materials are requested, for an Operations total of $4,642.

Supplies/Materials:
- Fertile chicken eggs ($9.00/dozen, 6 dozen/week for 48 weeks) $ 2,592
- Cell culture supplies (Basal media, serum, tissue culture plates, pipets, etc.) $ 650
- Dissecting instruments (Forceps, iris scissors, tungsten needles) $ 550
- Immunocytochemical reagents (Primary and secondary antibodies: CFSE) $ 850

The entire budget request in this example is $9,742 (Capital Equipment and Operations).