The budget justification explains why items are essential in relation to the aims and methodology of the grant, including accomplishing the goals of the project. Each line item should be explained. Detail each expense.
Use the Budget Justification to provide the additional information requested in each budget category identified below and any other information. If you have a quote(s), you may include it here (information in the quote may be not used to supplement information provided in page-limited sections of the application, such as the Research Strategy). The following budget categories must be justified, where applicable:
How To: | Introduction to Budget Justification You can add a small paragraph describing the collaborations. NARRATIVE BUDGET JUSTIFICATION This project involves a collaboration of the Johns Hopkins University (JHU), Kennedy Krieger Institute (KKI) and University of Maryland (UMD). A full justification of the costs and personnel are located in separate justifications for each subaward. The Johns Hopkins University component of the grant includes the University’s negotiated indirect cost rate of 63.75%, because the non-subcontracted activities are primarily on campus. The proposed project is a multiple PI project between Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the University of Maryland. A. Senior/Key Person Jane Doe, Ph.D., Principal Investigator (effort = 2.4 calendar months - 20%). Dr. Doe holds a master’s and doctorate in School Psychology from the University of Florida. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mental Health at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health (JHSPH) and is affiliated with the Center for Global Health. She is an early-career, first-time applicant for NIH R01 funding. You can also add relevant information about your research area and your other grants Dr. Doe will be responsible for the overall coordination and supervision of all aspects of the study. This includes hiring, training, and supervising staff/students; recruiting study participants; coordinating treatment and assessment components; scheduling and staff assignments; and data management. In addition, she will conduct the orientation sessions, assist with statistical analyses, and be responsible for reporting the study’s findings. John Doe, Ph.D., Co-Investigator (effort = 1.2 calendar months - 10%). Dr. Doe will be responsible for the collection and analyses of the genetic data. He will also assist in manuscript preparation. B. Other Personnel Research Associate, will devote 10% (1.2 months) in each of Years 1-5 of the project. Ms. TBN is a Research Associate in the Department of Mental Health. She has a master’s degree in Computational Analysis from the University of Maryland. She will contribute to overseeing the simulation studies, including working with the graduate student, and assisting with literature reviews and dissemination products, particularly statistical code and websites. Data Manager, will devote 5% (0.6 months) in each of Years 1-5 of the project. Mr. Data is a Data Manager in the Department of Mental Health. He will devote effort in all years to the supervision of cleaning and management of the data and creating data sets for use by the PI and his Co-PIs and investigators. He has over thirty years of experience in working with longitudinal data sets. He has successfully managed large, ongoing research projects and training grants at Bloomberg and has co-authored six peer-reviewed journal articles. TBN, Graduate Student, will devote 50% (6 months) in each of Years 1-4 of the project. The project will hire a PhD student with quantitative training (e.g., from the Department of Biostatistics) to do data analyses and conduct the simulation studies. As much as possible, the graduate research assistant's work will be tailored to be applicable to his or her dissertation research. C. Equipment Description Funds are requested to purchase three Biologs ($7,150 each). These are ambulatory physiological data recorders with multiple channels that will be used to record mothers' heart rate (RSA), activity level, and electrodermal activity (e.g., skin conductance). Recorded data is compactly stored on a removable memory card. When recording is complete, the card is inserted into a card reader which is connected to a PC through a serial port. The affiliated Downloading and Plotting Software ($1,100 under supplies) which operates on the PC supervises the downloading of data to the PC and ensures data is recorded according to the needs specified by the researchers. From this program, the data can be converted into separate data files for each physiological measure. These measures are all synchronized with one another and can be synchronized with video files as well. Three Biologs are needed because there are several periods when assessment points overlap ( e.g., parental interviews, 6 months laboratory visits, 6 months home visits), and dedicated equipment for each type of visit will ease scheduling demands D. Travel Investigator Travel We have budgeted $2400 ($1200/per trip) for domestic travel in each year of the project. The total cost per trip is estimated at $1,200. The $1,200 total cost includes $4404 for the flight, $300 conference registration fee, $120 for ground transportation, $110/night for 2 nights hotel, and $120 for other miscellaneous expenses. Study Team Local Travel to Schools. Funds are requested annually to cover travel to all project schools for data collection and classroom observations. We estimate that the three research assistants will travel to each of the four schools at least two times, and the average distance to/from the schools from JHSPH will be 20 miles round trip. Reimbursement will be paid at the current GSA rate, which at the time of submission is $.585 per mile. E. Participant/Trainee Support Costs Unless specifically stated otherwise in a FOA, NIH and other PHS agencies applicants should skip Section E. Participant/Trainee Support Costs. Note: Tuition remission for graduate students should be included in Section F. Other Direct Costs when applicable. F. Other Direct Costs Materials and supplies. These funds will cover the cost of a computer for the graduate research assistant in Year 1 and ongoing supplies in other years, including software licenses. In years 3 and 4, funds will be used to cover publication costs, as needed. Supplies have been budgeted at $100 per month per total percent effort, which is $1,260 per year (100 X 12 X 105%) Computing costs. $1000 is included in each year to cover charges of the Biostatistics Department computing cluster. The cluster will be used for data management and analysis at JHSPH and for conducting the simulation studies. Consultants Subawards/Consortium/Contractual Costs A subcontract will be established with the University of Maryland, a domestic institution of higher education. The estimated total costs per year for the 5 year project are as follows: Year 01 $50.000 |
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