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Learn to craft compelling budget justifications for research proposals. Understand budget categories, allowable expenses, and aligning your budget with the proposal. Exercise included for revising budgets. Presented at RTUGeoEd by Jeff Ryan and Jill Singer.
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RTUGeoEd: Writing More Effective TUES Proposals Jeff Ryan, University of South Florida Jill Singer, SUNY Buffalo State USF -Tampa Bay March 14-17, 2013 www.buffalostate.edu/rtugeoed
Budget and Budget Justification • What you need to ask for: salary, instruments, evaluation, students, travel, and more • Budget categories and allowable expenses • Academic year support versus summer salary • Instrument contracts and maintenance • How do you justify your request • How does your budget align with what you are saying in the proposal • Key elements of the budget justification
Budget Exercise: Thinking About Your Proposed Project • Use the index card provided to identify the major budget categories for your proposed project • Specifically consider what categories you have left out and what categories you under-estimated and what categories are not allowed • Use your index card to revise your budget and budget justification • Add specific budget issues to your punch list