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FastFactsFeature Presentation

November 19, 2015

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Today’s TopicWe’ll be taking a look at…

Budget Development for Grants

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Today’s PresenterSharel BrownSr. Grants Associate, SOM Office of Research Administration

Kasey ZanolliResearch Service Manager, Department of Pediatrics

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Session Segments

PresentationSharel and Kasey will provide guidance from the SOM Office of Research Administration and SOM departments on how to develop budgets for federal and non-sponsored grant applications.During their presentation, your phone will be muted.

Q&AAfter the presentation, we’ll hold a Q&A session. We’ll open up the phone lines, and you’ll be able to ask questions. Sharel and Kasey will answer as many of your questions as time allows.

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Contact Us

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Survey

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Budget Development for Grants

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Definitions and key concepts

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Basic Expenditure Considerations

AllowableCost item meets sponsor requirements.

AllocableParticular cost item can be specifically identified with the project or can be clearly allocated to the project.

ReasonableIs the item necessary for the project?

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Cost Sharing

Voluntary Cost-Sharing The University covers a portion of the effort.

Mandatory Cost-SharingSponsor requires a portion of effort be shared by the University

Example: NIH salary limitation (cap)

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On-Campus vs. Off-Campus

On-Campus Project will take place in space owned or leased by the University without recovery of space rental as a direct cost item in the project budget.

Off-campusProject will take place in space provided by another organization or space costs are included as a direct cost item in the project budget.

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MTDC vs. TDC

Modified Total Direct Costs (MTDC)Direct costs less certain excluded items, as determined by sponsor policy.

– Ex: Equipment, patient care, tuition remission, etc).

Total Direct Costs (TDC)All fixed-fee on-campus and off-campus commercially funded research agreements, should use rate based on Total Direct Costs.

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NIH Budget Formats

Non-Modular FormatUsed for applications requesting more than $250,000 direct costs per year.

Modular FormatUsed for applications requesting less than $250,000 direct costs per year.

Not used by AHRQ.

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Budget Elements – Personnel

Get accurate salary information. Use the NIH Salary Cap appropriately.

NIH Career Awards: Budget the institutional base salary, not the Institute cap.

Ex: If NCI caps PI salary at $100,000, you should request: base salary x 9 calendar months.

Always use the most recent negotiated fringe benefits rates.

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Supplies vs. Equipment

SuppliesItemize by category.Remember that on federal applications, computer and office supplies are considered part of our F&A.

Equipment: Nonexpendable personal property that lasts more than one year and costs $5,000 or more per unit.

Accessories, components and installation costs should not be listed separately. They should be factored into the total cost. Replacement parts are considered supplies.

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Other Direct Costs

Insurance CostsPatient CareTuition and FeesAnimal CareConsultants

Individuals not employed by the University who can provide special knowledge or advice necessary for the project in exchange for financial compensation, not effort.

Subawards

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Facilities and Administrative Costs (F&A)

Federal Sponsors Use federally negotiated rates.Based on MTDC.

Other Sponsors (non-profit)Use the federal rate or the sponsor's maximum rate if stated in their policies. 

Commercial sponsorsUse the commercial rates.

REMEMBER: Departments and PI’s have NO authority to negotiate IDC.

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Budget JustificationBe Consistent.

Organize your justification, the same way you’ve listed items on the budget.

Be Detailed.

Be Clear.

NOTE: Quotes for equipment and consultants, can be useful supporting documentation, include if you

have them.

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ORA Budget Review: Common Issues

InflationYou may request it, but NIH does not award inflation. Be consistent.

MathCheck your totals.If you’re plugging in numbers from an Excel spreadsheet, you need to adjust for the rounding that it does.

Inadequate JustificationBasic listing of costs without explanation.

Budget MissingAll proposals that include funding need to be submitted with a detailed budget.

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Common Issues (cont.) Modular Budgets

Narrative justification is missing.Explain why you are requesting different module amounts and also to indicate any costs that impact the F&A base.

SubAwardsMissing effort.Exclusions when there should be none. Mistakes in the IDC calculation left over from previous budget versions. Subgrant calculations that don’t seem to match up.

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SubAward File Problems

Use this for a quick check that the budget has loaded correctly.

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Sub Award Detail Screen

If the Sub Award Detail looks like this, you should contact ORIS/Coeus-help!

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DEPARTMENT PERSPECTIVES

Kasey Zanolli, Research Service ManagerDepartment of Pediatrics

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Who Does What?

PI provides the details you need to create the budget, reviews the draft budget and approves a final version.

Analyst/Department are responsible for completing the budget guided by the PI’s input, the sponsor’s guidelines and JHU policies.

ORA reviews the budget for clarity and adherence to JHU and sponsor guidelines.

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Best Practices for Budget Development

Work closely with your PI to develop the budget.

Review the sponsor’s GUIDELINES.

Use the information from the PI, the sponsor and other sites, if applicable, to CREATE your draft budget in a spreadsheet or in Coeus.

Get FEEDBACK from the PI and a department approver to finalize your budget.

Transfer your budget into COEUS.

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Working with the PI

You need the PI’s input to get started.

Usually the PI will give you basic info about what to include: Personnel, effort, supply estimates, etc.

Put this into your budget spreadsheet to give PI a starting point.

Ask Questions.

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Questions to Ask the PI

Who is the sponsor?

What are the submission requirements?

How long is the project?

Location: Where will the work be done?

Who are the people involved?

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Questions to Ask the PI (cont.) Does the project involve a clinical trial?

Are there any “Special Costs”? SubawardsConsultantsEquipmentAdministrative SalariesPatient Care costs

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Working from the Guidelines

If NIH, what type of budget is required – modular or detailed?

If non-federal, are there special forms/templates needed?

Are there budget restrictions – is it total cost cap or direct cost cap?

What is allowed for indirects, if non-federal sponsor?

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Working With Other InstitutionsStay in the loop.

Be sure to get the contact info of your counterpart at the other sites and work directly with them.

If time is short, have the other site send you their internal budget so you can plug it into your budget.

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Create Your Draft Budget

Use a template that calculates salary with the number of pays as Coeus calculates to the day; you will want them to match.

If your Coeus budget is not matching your internal it is most likely due to salary and fringe calculations.

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Coeus Issues

Is inflation rate the same in Coeus as on your internal budget?

Are the proper fringe rates applied?

Check Edit, Rates.

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Coeus Issues – SubAward File Corruption

When you upload a subaward budget, be sure that the budget justification

file is showing up.

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Reminders

NIH budgets – if there is a direct cost cap, the sub F&A does not count toward the cap.

Collecting indirects on only the first 25,000 of sub budget is a federal rule. Non-federal sponsors and commercial sponsors may allow indirects on total sub.

NIH submissions – compare budget justification to the Grants.gov budget pages. Look at side by side - this is what NIH gets. Not our internal, not the Coeus budget.

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We’re going to open the phone lines now!

There will be a slight pause, and then a recorded voice will provide instructions on how to ask questions over this conference call line.

We’ll be answering questions in the order that we receive them.

We’ll also be answering the questions that were emailed to us during the presentation.

If there’s a question that we can’t answer, we’ll do some research after this session, and then email the answer to all participants.

Q&A

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