The pre-award administrator understands how to build realistic proposal budgets based on project costs described by the Principal Investigator. A carefully-crafted proposal budget provides an actionable award spending strategy, simplifies monthly award financial reporting, streamlines Effort Reporting certifications, and minimizes or eliminates rework to process payroll expense transfers and/or cost redistributions during an award’s activity period.
Building a Proposal Budget (PDF)
COST PRINCIPLES FOR SPONSORED AGREEMENTS
Only allowable, allocable, and reasonable technical and administrative costs may be charged directly to sponsored agreements. Read the full policy.