Faculty-Student Collaborative Research Seed Grants Program: Budget Guidelines

Use budget table provided in the Proposal Template (.doc) and justify and explain expenses in the budget justification section. Please check your projected expenses in the budget table and make sure that the total amount is accurate.

Budget Restriction

The maximum award is $15,000. Duration of the award will be 18 months from the project start date of May 1, 2010. Please note these awards will be made using FY 2009-2010 CSU general funds, pending the California state budget. Grant funds will be sent, in full, to grantee's college via check from CSUPERB at San Diego State University.

Provisional Guidance on Allowability of Indirect Costs (F&A) on CSUPERB Proposals Due in 2010: Grants issued from CSU lottery funds, student fees (including State University fees) or other legislatively appropriated funds, as a result of a competition within the CSU, shall not be subject to indirect/F&A costs. Indirect cost will not be allowed as a grant-funded expense in proposals submitted in response to RFPs from programs that receive the majority of their support from student/university fee revenue or lottery funds. However, the F&A foregone at the campus/auxiliary's federally negotiated off-campus rate may be shown as cost match on the proposal. This amount may be used by the auxiliary or enterprise fund as an offset to the university's cost allocation plan, in accordance with EO 753/1000.

Salaries

Identify faculty and key personnel (students and staff) in the first column. Put the amount/person in the "Amount Requested ($)" box in the second column.

Salary Restrictions

Faculty salaries budgeted up to $5000 are allowed, including fringe, for academic year release time /academic year additional employment /summer salary.
Student salaries should be in accordance with amounts determined by your own campus Human Resource Department. CSUPERB will not approve any salary or rate in excess of your own campus limitations. It is your responsibility to ensure that any funds paid to students are not in conflict with either these limitations or any others set by graduate or undergraduate programs the student may be a part of.

Travel Restrictions

Travel to professional meetings will not be covered by these funds. Apply to CSUPERB's Travel Grants Program to cover these costs.

Justification for Budget Items

Justify the need for the personnel listed in the "Salaries" section on the budget table. Indicate how much time each faculty/key personnel will spend on the project and when s/he will be working on the project. Identify students, where possible, indicate the student's status (undergraduate or graduate student), the rate/hr, the number of hours for each student and whether they will be working summer and/or academic year. Justify the need for any and all items listed in the budget.
Limit 1 page.

Contact Information

If you have questions related to budget, please contact:

James Schmitt
Budget Analyst, CSUPERB
(619) 594-5299