Example Detailed NIH
BUDGET JUSTIFICATION
PERSONNEL
For these Research Fund budgets, personnel effort will not normally be included. If, however, there is a collaborator or staff member who is critical to the completion of your research project, feel free to use this section to describe and highlight their involvement. (See below for examples from an NIH grant application budget justification.)
Jane Doe, Ph.D., Principal Investigator
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.
Suzan Raines, Ph.D., Co-Investigator
Dr. Raines will be responsible for the collection and analyses of the fecal materials. She will also assist in manuscript preparation.
TBA Postdoctoral Associate
This individual will coordinate the day-to-day management of the study, assist in assessments, be responsible for data entry of all treatment-related data (i.e., scheduling and conducting weights, attendance, self-monitoring), and serve as an interventionist.
TBA Project Coordinator
This individual will assist with recruitment, assessments, and serve as an interventionist. Additionally this person will aid with preliminary data analyses and manuscript preparation. It is anticipated that this individual would start with 1-year of previous experience.
TBA Research Assistant
This individual will assist with recruitment, ordering supplies and intervention materials, assessments, collection of dietary data, daily management of study data, and scoring and data entry of assessments.
TBA Biostatistician
This individual will provide analytical expertise required to analyze the proposed aims of this study. The PI worked with Biostatistics Core Director Courtney McCracken, PhD to identify which biostatistician from the core is most appropriate to work on this study as well as confirm the appropriate level of FTE.
MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES
Laboratory Supplies
$X is requested to pay for the cost of tissue culture supplies and consumables.
Clinical Research Costs
· Travel vouchers: Each patient will be compensated for travel to/from clinic appointments via travel vouchers. We anticipate enrolling 10 patients who will each have 4 clinic visits and thus need 4 travel vouchers worth $15 each (10 x 4 x $15 = $600).
· Subject Incentives: These funds are requested to pay participants (N=10) $100 for participation in pre- assessments, post assessments, and follow up sessions (10 x $100 = $1,000).
· Shipping costs are budgeted at $250. All samples will be batched and shipped to an off-site lab at the end of the study. Shipping costs include overnight shipping.
PEDIATRIC CORE COSTS
Please contact core directors for input on how to budget these costs.