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Research Grant Proposals-Sample Sections 
 
Budget – 4 examples from prior proposals:
 
  
Example 1:  
        We request a total of $136,868 to undertake the study described above. The majority 
of funds will go towards personnel expenses for the essential but time-consuming 
activities of conducting and analyzing 160 interviews. This includes compensation for 
sub-contractors to conduct the foreign interviewers, a course release for the Principal 
Investigator, summer support for the PI and Co-PI, and support for a graduate student 
assistant. The Principal Investigators will be responsible for the successful execution of 
the project. The PI and Co-PI will conduct domestic interviews and, along with the 
graduate assistant, code and analyze the data generated from these interviews and work 
on the publications that this research will generate. The graduate assistant will also 
provide intensive administrative and research support for the project. The total personnel 
costs are estimated to be $120,125 . The estimated direct expenses for the project are 
$14,400  and include the costs of interview transcription and supplies. The estimated 
travel costs of $2,860  will enable the researchers to conduct direct interviews from the 
appropriate domestic locations. In addition to the above, we also request a 10% overhead 
to cover facilities and other support provided by our institution.