NSF 预算模板-项目经费分类与合计说明

Sep 13, 2026

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NSF budget template guidance for organizing grant expenditures across personnel, fringe benefits, equipment, travel, participant support, other direct costs, and aggregated direct and indirect totals. It defines how to allocate roles such as PI, Co-PI, postdoctoral associates, and student categories, and clarifies eligibility rules for equipment thresholds. Travel sections distinguish domestic and foreign costs, while participant support lists stipends, travel, subsistence, and other. The document also explains how modified total direct costs are computed and how indirect costs are applied as a fixed percentage for the final total request.

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Personnel Categories

Fringe Benefits and Equipment Rules

Travel and Participant Support Costs

Other Direct Costs and Totals

Modified Total Direct Costs and Indirect Rate

| Category Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Total | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | A. Senior Personnel | | | | | | 1. PI - | | | | | | | | | | | | 2. Co-PI's | | | | | | | | | | | | B. Other Personnel | | | | | | 1. Post Doctoral Associates | | | | | | 2. Other Professionals (technicians, programmer, etc.) | | | | | | 3. Graduate Students | | | | | | 4. Undergraduate students | | | | | | 5. Secretarial-Clerical (if charged directly) | | | | | | 6. Other | | | | | | | | | | | | C. Fringe Benefits | | | | | | Faculty fringes @ at actual % | | | | | | Students @ 9% | | | | | | | | | | | | D. Equipment | | | | | | *only items over $5000 are considered equipment | | | | | | | | | | | | E. Travel | | | | | | a. Domestic (conferences, etc. ) | | | | | | b. Foreign | | | | | | | | | | | | F. Participant Support Costs | | | | | | (Note: if you are giving a workshop, seminar, etc. that has"participants" you include these costs here) | | | | | | 1. Stipends | | | | | | 2. Travel | | | | | | 3. Subsistence | | | | | | 4. Other | | | | | | | | | | | | G. Other Direct Costs | | | | | | 1. Materials and Supplies | | | | | | (Note: items under $5000, such as computers, and other materials related to the activities of the project go here) | | | | | | 2. Publication Costs / Documentation/Dissemination | | | | | | 3. Consultant Services | | | | | | Note: if you include an external project evaluator, other individuals outside of the UT system, etc., you include them here | | | | | | 4. Computer Services | | | | | | 5. Subawards | | | | | | 6. Other | | | | | | | | | | | | H. Total Direct Costs | | | | | | | | | | | | I. Indirect Costs | | | | | | **36% of modified total direct costs | | | | | | | | | | | | J. Total Direct & Indirect Costs | | | | | | | | | | | | TOTAL FUNDS REQUESTED | | | | | Modified Total direct costs consist of all direct salaries and wages, applicable fringe benefits, materials and supplies, services, travel and up to the first $25,000 of each subaward (regardless of the period of performance under the award) . Modified total direct costs shall exclude equipment, capital expenditures, charges for patient care, rental costs, tuition remission, scholarships and fellowships, participant support costs and the portion of each subaward in excess of $25,000 .

FAQs

How should personnel costs be categorized in this NSF budget template?

Personnel should be分为Senior Personnel（如 PI、Co-PI）和Other Personnel（如博士后、技术与其他专业人员、研究生、本科生、以及可直接计入的文秘文员等）。

What cost items are treated as equipment, and is there a threshold?

Only items over $5000 are considered equipment in the equipment section.

How are modified total direct costs and indirect costs calculated here?

Modified total direct costs include direct salaries and wages、适用的附加福利、材料与耗材、服务、差旅，以及每个分包中前$25,000（不考虑绩效期）。它排除设备、资本支出、患者护理费用、租赁、学费减免、奖学金和津贴、参与者支持成本，以及每个分包超过$25,000的部分。间接费用按修改后的总直接费用的36%计算。

Sep 13, 2026

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