Budget Categories
Budget Categories
Budget and Cost Types
Budget Limits
Movie Quotes
100
Investigators who are contributing significantly to the scientific execution of the proposals but are not leading the project.

Co-Investigator

100
Current NIH Salary Cap

$228,000

100

Grant Type that uses Modular Budget

R21

100

Lurie Children's Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate

57%

100

Life is like a box of chocolates

Forrest Gump

200

Hotel Costs for a Conference

Travel

200

CRC I would be considered

Other Personnel

200

Overhead costs and expenses that support research but cannot be tied to a specific project.

Indirect Costs

200

Maximum Years for a general R01

Five Years

200

You're gonna need a bigger boat.

Jaws

300

Costs that are less than $1,000 and do not need to be itemized.

Materials and Supplies

300

Discount Northwestern/Lurie Faculty receive on Northwestern Tuition

90%

300

Name one cost type excluded from MTDC

Acceptable Answers: Equipment, Student Tuition, Capital Expenditures, Patient Care, Subawards
300

K23 IDC Rate

8% of MTDC

300

I'll have what she's having

When Harry Met Sally

400
Human Subjects Participant Compensation 

Other Direct Costs

400

The two places that consultant rate and amount of hours on the grant should be included.

Budget Justification and Consultant Letter of Support

400

Where do you include DMSP costs in a Modular Budget?

Additional Narrative Justification

400

What do total allowable costs include?

Direct and Indirect Costs

400

Do you like scary movies?

Scream (1996)

500

An item of property that has an acquisition cost of $5,000 or more (unless the sponsor has established a lower cost level) and an expected service life of more than one year.

Equipment

500

Where other significant contributors should be located on the RR Budget

NOWHERE - they should be included in Budget Justification

500

NIH and Federal Formula used to calculate indirect costs.

Modified Total Direct Costs (MTDC)

500

In an R21 what are the maximum costs for one budget period?

No more than $200,000 in one budget period

500

Why so serious?

The Dark Knight (Batman)