1. Budget Seminar
Thomas Burns
Associate Director, Office of Research Administration
Alex Galea
Assistant Director, Office of Research Administration

2. Presentation overview
• Budget categories
• Difference between Modular and
Research & Related Budgets (NIH)
• Modified Total Direct Costs (MTDC)
• Unallowable costs
• Budget Justification
• Post-Award

3. Budget Categories
• Personnel (Salary and Fringe Benefits)
• Consultants
• Equipment
• Supplies
• Travel (Domestic or Foreign)
• Other
• Patient Care (Inpatient/Outpatient)
• Consortium (Subcontract)
• Facilities and Administrative (Indirects/Overhead)
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4. Facilities and Administrative Rates
• Organized Research
– On Campus: 62%
– Off Campus: 26%
• Other Sponsored Activity
– On Campus: 36%
– Off Campus: 21%
• Instruction
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5. NIH Budgets for Research Grants
• Research and Related (R&R) Budget
– Used for research grant applications
requesting more than $250,000 direct
costs per year
• Modular Budget
– Used for research grant applications
requesting less than $250,000 direct costs
per year
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6. Modified Total Direct Costs (MTDC)
• Direct costs less certain excluded items,
detailed by negotiation agreement or by
sponsor policy
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7. Exclusions to F&A Base
• Equipment
• Capital Expenditures
• Patient Care
• Tuition Remission
• Rental Costs
• Scholarships and Fellowships
• Subcontracts in excess of $25,000
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8. Common Unallowable Costs
• Alcohol
• Entertainment Costs
• General Office Supplies
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9. Budget Justification
• Provide the additional information requested in each
budget category
• Personnel
– Describe role of personnel on the project
– List effort of personnel in calendar months
• Travel
– Include purpose, destination, dates of travel (if
known), and number of individuals for each trip
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10. Budget Justification
• Materials and Supplies
– Indicate general categories such as glassware,
chemicals, animals costs, including an amount for
each category
– Categories less than $1000 are not required to be
itemized
• Consultants
– Provide the names and organizational affiiliations
of all consultants
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11. Post-Award
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SECTION I - AWARD DATA - 1 R01 HL123456-01
AWARD CALCULATION (U.S. Dollars):
Salaries and Wages $113,389
Fringe Benefits $32,883
Personnel Costs $146,272
Equipment $6,000
Supplies $34,000
Travel Costs $3,000
Other Costs $13,500
Consortium/Contractual Cost $112,459
Federal Direct Costs $315,231
Federal F&A Costs $140,825
APPROVED BUDGET $456,056
TOTAL FEDERAL AWARD AMOUNT $456,056

12. Commercially Sponsored
Research Budgets
• Facilities and Administration (F & A)
Costs- SOM
Commercial Sponsored
Research
07/01/11–06/30/15
On-Campus 72.0%
Off-Campus 34.0%

13. Commercially Sponsored
Research Budgets
• F & A taken on Total Direct Costs (TDC), not
Modified Total Direct Costs (MTDC)
• No exclusions from indirect cost base for
equipment, subawards > $25,000, etc.
• On campus space, organized research= 72%
• Off campus/clinical space= 34% (no facilities
costs)

14. Payment
• Fixed Price
• Cost Reimbursable
• Fixed fee per patient (clinical)
• Fixed fee per sample (lab)

15. Fixed Price Contract-Commercial
• Fixed payment amount in exchange for provision of specific
services/deliverables, regardless of the cost to produce.
• No financial reporting to sponsor
• No financial audit rights
• Most flexible for Investigator- no budget categories
• Payment due on achievement of milestone, submission on
deliverable
• University can retain surplus balance at end of project (ORA
approval required if >25% of contract price).

16. Fixed Price Contract-Commercial
• Draft Payment Schedule that makes sense for project
• Get appropriate amount up front/at start of project
• Clearly defined deliverables/milestones
• Allow for flexibility when building budget
• Total amount should include directs, F & A, IRB,
startup costs
• F & A taken as “receipt tax”
• Internal budget should still show budget breakdown,
but not part of contract

17. Cost Reimbursable
• Reimbursed for actual costs expended in performing
the project.
• Return unspent/unused funds to sponsor; no surplus
• Scope of work can be specific
(deliverables/milestones) or general
• F & A is a function of expenses.
• Sponsor gets financial reporting/audit rights
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18. Fixed Per Patient
• Fixed amount per patient enrolled in study
• Start up/IRB costs up front
• F & A included in per patient amount
• Build budget commensurate with confidence
of hitting enrollment goals
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19. Fixed Per Sample
• Fixed amount per sample analyzed/delivered
• Lab based work
• Loaded rates (include F & A)
• No reporting/audit
• Invoice based on number of samples, not
costs
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20. IRB Fees
JHM IRB Review Fees (effective 3/1/12)
Type of Review Initial Review Continuing Review
Convened $2500 $1250
Expedited $2000 $1000
Exempt $100 N/A
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Commercially funded studies- School of Medicine

21. Clinical Research Support
Services- SOM ORA
Clinical Research Support Services
Main phone: 410-502-6001
Fax: 410-502-6004
No departmental delegations at this time.
For additional information, see the Clinical Research Support Services
Workflow.
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Karen Roz ORA Director, Clinical
Research
410-955-7682
rozka@jhmi.edu
Lisa Wallace Assistant Director, Clinical
Research
410-502-5992
lwalla10@jhmi.edu
Cindy Elliott Sr. Clinical Research
Analyst
410-502-5994
cellio14@jhmi.edu
Tracy McCracken, RN,
BSN
Sr. Clinical Research
Analyst
410-502-5996
tborman@jhmi.edu
J. Mario Adrien Clinical Research
Coverage Analyst
410-502-3566
jadrien1@jhmi.edu
Erika Maden Galiunas Clinical Research
Coverage Analyst
410-502-0077
emaden1@jhmi.edu
Genea Smith Clinical Research
Coverage Analyst
410-502-5996
smithge@jhmi.edu
Linda Wilkins Clinical Research
Coverage Analyst
410-614-1799
lwilkins@jhmi.edu
Leslie Woytowitz Clinical Research
Coverage Analyst
410-502-7704
lwolf10@jhmi.edu
Dawn Young Clinical Research
Coverage Analyst
410-502-7705
dyoung3@jhmi.edu
Kelly Crowe Budget Specialist 410-614-9051
kcrowe3@jhmi.edu
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