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The budget monitoring templates are of value when monitoring the expenditures of a research project to ensure they are reflective of planned expenditures. The budget monitoring templates are designed to compare actual direct project spending to planned direct project costs. By monitoring actual direct project spending, variances in spending are highlighted and corrective actions can betaken by the researcher to ensure project activities can be completed as planned.  \nNote: Project management definitions outlined within this guide are referenced from the Project Management Institutes, Project Management Body of Knowledge, Fifth edition.  \nA User Guide for the Project Budget Monitoring Templates 3  \nThe Budget Monitoring Template package is a Microsoft Office Excel file which consists of 5 tabs:  \n1. Instructions  \n2. Annual Budget Monitoring Template  \n3. Quarterly Budget Monitoring Template  \n4. Expense Type Information  \n5. Glossary of Terms  \nA User Guide for the Project Budget Monitoring Templates 4  \n• Brief instructions are provided in this tab to provide the user a high level overview of the templates.  \n• For more detailed guidance on the use of these templates, users are encouraged to review the User Guide.  \nA User Guide for the Project Budget Monitoring Templates 5  \n• The Annual Budget Monitoring Template assists researchers in monitoring the annual direct cash flow of a project.  \n• The this template starts with a project identifier field which consists of 4 rows.  \nA User Guide for the Project Budget Monitoring Templates 6  \n• The budget field starts with 2 rows which allows the researcher to enter the start and end dates of each year of the project.  \n• There is space for a project with up to a 7 year lifespan.  \nA User Guide for the Project Budget Monitoring Templates 7  \n• The planned budget items and the actual spend totals are to be manually entered into the template.  \n• Differences in the planned vs. actual spend will be automatically populated for each line item.  \n• If the actual spend is less than the planned spend, the difference will be displayed as a positive value, i. e.$10,000 .  \n• If the actual spend is greaten than the planned spend, the difference will be displayed in a red font and in brackets, i. e. 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