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Budget Information
Budgets will be presented in general categories and require detailed
explanation. Although the Research Council intends to fund projects as
close as possible to the requested amount, it reserves the right to
alter the amount depending on the number of proposals received and funds
available.
Allowable Costs
- Salary and fringe benefits of undergraduate students, graduate
students, and technicians (NOT faculty)
- Equipment (The formal definition of “capital equipment” is any
article of non-expendable, tangible property having a useful life of
more than one year and an acquisition, or valuation cost of at least
$5,000.)
- Project supplies
- Animal maintenance
- Photocopying
- Travel essential to conduct the project
- Salaries (Requests for faculty salaries, not to exceed two
months, (1) are allowable only for faculty from the regional/senior
campuses and (2) must have strong justification.)
- Computers (Requests for computers must demonstrate that
computers are essential to the project and not otherwise available
to the project.)
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Faculty submitting Category I proposals may request an additional $10,000 if their research involves the Roche 454 FLX Genome Sequencer. For information on this system, please go to http://www.sc.edu/rref/research.php, click "Search Database" and enter "454 Genome Sequencer FLX" in the Name/Description Field.
Unallowable Costs
- Costs in connection with faculty degree requirements
- Travel to professional meetings
- Tuition
- Faculty salary and fringe on the Columbia campus
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