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Budget justifications

It contains the justifications for the proposed budgets produced by each Gauguin site.

Breakdown / justification for the numbers

The reason for asking for this, although it will not be included in the proposal, is that on p.31 of the guide for proposers is says:
"Negotiation of Contracts Soon after the evaluation process has been completed, the Commission Services will ask successful applicants to provide:
* more detailed administrative information from the participants, particularly concerning costs for the appointment of young researchers under the network contract;... "

This will (hopefully) be in Oct-Nov. We will then no longer have all of this fresh in our minds, but now it could perhaps be done by each of you in a few minutes. Many of you gave this information to us at one time or another, but usually not in relation to your final budgets. Below are 2 examples. If you could send us now similar information for your site, then we would be in a better position to respond quickly in Oct-Nov. We will probably ask you then whether you want to change anything, but if we both already have the information in this form, that should be easy and will let us reply to the commission quickly even if you aren't available.

Basically a simple rationale would not only break down the budget into A,B,C categories, but within that also give:

• The conversion rate from local currency to Euros.
• Under A:
  • Explain the salary scale point (net), and the "social costs" (e.g. pension etc.) for the pre- and/or post-docs.
    
  • Give any costs for recruitment, home contact visits, relocation costs.
• Under B:
  • travel
  • consumables
  • (any other category you used)

1. Glasgow

A costs
RA for 3 years (allowing for salary increments, 5% pay awards/inflation). Scale point 9 at start; Net 20,107; gross 24,430:
84,271   128,247
Relocation cost: 1,500   2,283
Home contact visits: 6,000   9,131
Subtotal: 91,771   139,661

B costs
Workshop travel and subsistence: 18,000   27,393
Exchange visits between sites: 13,020   19,814
Consumables: 3,152   4,797
Subtotal: 34,172   52,004

C costs
Subtotal A+B: 125,943   191,665
Overheads @ 20%   25,189   38,334

Totals
151,132   229,999

2. CLIPS-IMAG

3. GMD-IPSI

4. Risø

A costs
RA for 3 years 900,000   121,131
Relocation cost; Home contact visits: 48,000   6460

B costs
travel and subsistence: 135,000   18,170
Consumables: 10,500   1413
Conference fees: 21,000   2826

C costs
Subtotal A+B: 1,114,500   150,000
Overheads @ 20%   222,900   30,000

Totals
1,337,400   180,000

5. Robert Gordon

6. Ubilab

7. Dortmund

8. Sheffield

9. Tampere

1 Euro = 6 FIM (it really is 5.95 FIM)

In A:
- salary + social overheads: We have added to the salary 40% social costs.
Therefore a monthly salary of 2143 Euros will cause a monthly cost of 3000 Euros
- recruitment, relocation, home contact visits: The travel costs, altogether
7000 Euros, is meant for this.

In B:
- travel costs: Extended visits and Network meetings, altogether 31000 Euros
- consumables: 17000 Euros
- other: (none)

1. Research fellow / postdoc / 24 months (3000 Euros (incl. 40 % social
expenses on top of salary) /month)
(likely to be for two persons, 12 months each).

Salary 72000 65 %
Travel 5000 4 %
Extended visits 10000 9 %
Network meetings 12000 11 %
Consumables 12000 11 %
Total 111000 100 %
Overhead 22200
Budget 133200

2. Doctoral student / 10 months / (2500 Euros; incl. 40 % social expenses on
top of salary / month)

Salary 25000 61 %
Travel 2000 5 %
Extended visits 4000 10 %
Network meetings 5000 12 %
Consumables 5000 12 %
Total 41000 100 %
Overhead 8200
Budget 49200

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