NSF Budget Justification Template

(when used don’t forget to update all sections as needed for each specific proposal, i.e. faculty names, dollar amounts, fringe rates, supplies description, etc.)

Budget Justification

Senior Personnel
The senior personnel for this project consist of Dr. John Smith and Dr. Bob Jones. Dr. Smith requests one summer month of support at $9,113 and Dr. Jones also requests one summer month of support at $7,789. The total request for Senior Personnel is $16,902.

For the purposes of NSF’s limitation on salary compensation, BYU defines “year” the same as the academic year, September 1 through August 31.

Other Personnel
The other personnel include one Post-doctoral Researcher at $45,000, one Graduate Research Assistant (GRA) at $20,000, and one undergraduate student at $3,000. The total request for Other Personnel is $68,000.

Fringe Benefits
BYU Fringe Benefits for faculty spring/summer salary are ***% and ***% for a Post-doctoral Researcher.

Equipment
$7,414 is requested to purchase an XYZ Brand Model 159 (quote attached).

 Travel
Domestic Travel – $6,000 is requested for travel for the project. The travel funds allow the PI and/or students to attend conferences to present papers and the results of the proposed research.

Foreign Travel – $4,000 is requested for foreign travel for the project. The travel funds will be used by the PI and Co-PI to attend international conferences to present papers and the results of the proposed research.

Participant Support Costs
None

 
Other Direct Costs
Materials and Supplies – $6,750 is requested for wafers, chemical reagents, and other consumable lab materials.

Publication Costs – $1,000 is requested to cover page charges and presentation poster costs.

Subaward – $75,000 is requested for a subaward to The University of Tennessee for their contribution to the project. A separate budget justification is provided for them.

Tuition is requested at $13,500.

Total Direct Costs – $224,633

 
Indirect Costs (F&A)
BYU’s DHHS federally negotiated indirect cost rate is 51.5% MTDC. These categories do not incur indirect costs at BYU: Tuition, participant support costs, capital equipment, and subawards after the initial $25,000 for each. The indirect costs on this project are $75,337.
 

Total Direct and Indirect Costs
The amount requested for this project is $300,000.