Budget Categories
The approved project budget should be as detailed as appropriate for fiscal control of the project. Generally, the approved project budget will include the following line items:
Category | Accounting Code | Line Item |
|---|---|---|
Labor Costs | 100 | Salary and Wages |
200 | Fringe Benefits | |
Other Direct Costs | 300 | Travel and Per Diem |
400 | Equipment | |
500 | Supplies (postage, printing, office supplies, etc.) | |
600 | Contractual Services | |
700 | Other Miscellaneous Costs (specify) | |
Indirect or F&A Costs | 800 | (at specified and approved rate) |
The proposed budget must be realistic and reasonable, allowable, and necessary and must include only cost-eligible line items. Potential subgrantees should include as much specific information as possible for all costs included in Salaries (100), Fringe (200), Travel and Per Diem (300), Equipment (400), Supplies (500), Contractual Services (600), Other Miscellaneous (700), and the Indirect Cost Rate (800). Funds that will be used as matching funds by the proposing agency must also be identified.
Potential subgrantees must complete all budget pages in the eGrants Project Proposal that are applicable to the proposed budget. If a budget page is not applicable to a proposed project, then that page should not be completed. For example, if a proposal budget does not include indirect costs, then the Indirect Cost Form Page should not be completed and saved.
See
in the eGrants help system for assistance on entering budget items by budget category.