Budget

Project Needs to Consider

  • Salaries
    • Federal / Grants (ex. CIMAR )/ Contract (ex. Saltwater Inc.)
    • Overtime
  • Vessel
    • NOAA Ship
    • Contract vessel
    • Small boat
  • Travel
    • Accommodations
    • Airfare
    • Transportation
  • Equipment
    • Field
    • Lab
  • Publication Fees
  • Software licenses
  • Cloud storage / Data processing fees
  • Miscellaneous

Overhead

  • Federal overhead changes annually based on the fiscal year. (See current rate HERE)
  • Full overhead rate should be included in budget proposals to capture the complete cost to PIFSC, and Federal labor oversight for that project.
    • Note that small boat costs are not included in the PIFSC overhead and need to be accounted for separately.
  • Contact Andrew Choy (andrew.choy@noaa.gov) for federal labor rates to include overhead.

Temporary funds

  • Contact Stephanie Garnett (stephanie.m.garnett@noaa.gov) for all strategic procurement discussions.
  • Cooperative Institute (aka. CIMAR)
    • New CIMAR grant projects require a minimum of $100k
    • CIMAR project budget builder
  • Contract
    • Applied to existing contract (ex. added to option years)
    • Used to start a new contract (submitted through Protect system)
    • Check budget timelines for cutoff dates