The Office of Sponsored Programs requires the budget template and justification be included with every proposal.
OSP Budget Template Sample Budget Justification
A Budget Justification must be included regardless of agency/sponsor requirements. A consistent approach is being applied to all sponsored projects to assure compliance. The federal government makes it the university's responsibility to fully justify all budgets. It is one of OSP's main functions to review these budgets and to be able to match the items requested in the budget lines to the project description to ensure forethought, necessity, consistency, and compliance of all items listed. Finally, budget justification sections make post-award determination on allowable and allocable costs quick and simple.
Direct vs. Indirect Costs
Direct Cost Examples:
Indirect Costs (F&A Recovery)
The University negotiates an Facilities & Administrative (F&A) cost rate agreement with the Federal Government to recover the costs of facilities and administrative support for sponsored projects. The University's Rate is negotiated with the Office of Naval Research as the cognizant federal agency. The agreement can be viewed at the following link: Click Here Indirect costs are general institutional costs incurred for common and join objectives for example: capital improvements, general administration, sponsored programs administration, department administration, O&M depreciation and library.
UAA's current F&A Rates are:
- Organized Research 34%
- Other Sponsored Activity 33.3%
- Sponsored Training 30%
- State Research 25%
- State Training 12%
