Sample Grant Budget Proposal (Page 3 of 6) in pdf

Budget-Example 2:

Category

Requested

Justification

Amount

We will be offering a $150 e-gift certificate to those who successfully complete each of

Participant

$25,500

the 10 surveys and $50 to those who complete 7 of the 10 surveys. Participants will be

Incentives

offered the option of forgoing the certificate to donate the money back into the research

project. Calculation: $150 x 175 participants and $50 x 75 participants - 15% anticipated

donation back to the project.

This incentive level may appear to be high. However, this is a very rigorous study

requiring participation over a consecutive nine month period of time. A large incentive is

imperative if we are to achieve adequate participation and response to a study involving

ten surveys. The PI has experience conducting repeated measures studies, most recently

completing a sixteen-wave longitudinal study of job-search behavior over time. This

experience has helped us to frame the study in a way that appeals to participants. Having

a large incentive for participants, however, is critical for the necessary participation rates.

This is a comprehensive study including 10 time-waves, requiring significant effort in

Personnel

$14,739.24

data administration including the management of a voluminous data set and combining

– Research

data from multiple survey assessments. Invitations and surveys need to be sent monthly

Assistant

(includes fringe

for each cohort on varying days throughout the month because not all expatriates leave on

and tuition

the same date. This process will span eighteen months. Furthermore, the data analysis

benefits)

for this dynamic project will be complex, requiring the use of advanced forms of

hierarchical linear modeling. Significant time has already been invested in conducting

the extensive literature review and survey design; continued part-time availability of a

RA on this project is critical. Calculations are for 20 hour/week funding for the summer

and half time (10 hours per week) for the 08-09 academic year. This funding would go to

a RA who has already invested substantial personal time into this project and release her

from other responsibilities during the most time-intensive period of this project.

Other

$400

Survey Monkey annual subscription fees for 2008 and 2009. This is an on-line survey

tool. We administer our surveys through Survey Monkey.

Direct

Expenses

Subtotal

$40,639.24

Indirect --

$6,096

Indirect costs on total direct costs calculated at sponsor rate of 15%. The University of

Minnesota requires overhead expenses be covered in grant proposal requests.

Overhead

Total

$46,735.13

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