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

Justification

Item

Category

Sub-Totals

Totals

Direct Expenses

This part of funding will be used

Survey Supplies and Expense

to cover direct out-of-pocket

$75

Letterhead (1,500 pages at $.05 per page)

expenses, including

#10 Envelopes (3,000 pieces at $.06 per piece

$180

questionnaire production,

for three surveys)

printing, distribution, and

10"

13" Envelopes (1,500 pieces at $.10 per

$150

collection

piece for three surveys)

12" Business Reply Envelopes (1,500

$135

pieces at $.09 per piece for three surveys)

Questionnaire Printing (1,500 copies at $.46

$690

per copy for three surveys)

$1,230

Sub-total

Mailing Expenses

Questionnaire, Cover Letter, and Return

$1,230

Envelope (1,500 packages at $.82 first-class

postage for three surveys)

Reminder letters (assuming 500 pieces for three

$205

surveys at $.41 per letter)

Questionnaire Returns in Business Reply

$533

Envelopes (assuming 1,300 pieces $.41 per

package for three surveys)

$1,968

Sub-total

Participant Incentives

High rates of participation are

$10 gift card for participants who completes

needed across all three waves of

each

study over a six-month period.

of the three surveys (assuming an initial 600

Prior research suggests that these

$13,000

participants who complete Time 1 survey, 400

kinds of incentives are effective

participants who complete Time 2 survey, and

at eliciting participation.

300

participants who complete Time 3 survey)

one $500 lottery and five $100 lotteries for

$1,000

participants who complete all three surveys

Sub-total

$14,000

Personnel – Research Assistant

This comprehensive study

Half of the tuition for the 2009-2010 academic

requires significant effort in

$3,828.51

year

survey administration (e.g.,

Wages and fringe for the 2009-2010 academic

distribution and collection), data

year

$6,492.50

management (e.g., data input and

(10 hour/week)

analysis), and feedback report

Sub-total

$10,321.01

writing. Significant time has

already been invested in

conducting the extensive

literature review and survey

design.

Total direct expense

$27,519.01

$4,127.85

Overhead (15% of total direct expense)

$31,646.86

TOTAL PROJECT EXPENSES

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