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To ease the proposal budget preparation process, OSP has designed a budget template in excel that is compatible with the budget SmartForm in RAMP. In this guide we review the budget template and its’ features designed to assist administrators with standard calculations for unique sponsor circumstances (ie; irregular budget periods) .  \nPeriod of Performance  \nIn the upper left-hand corner of your template, you’ll notice cells for the start and end date of your period of performance in Mason gold. Enter the start and end dates for the entire performance period, not the budget period.  \nNEW: The start/end dates are functional and must align with RAMP.  \nYou’ll notice that based on the entered period of performance, the template generates five different budget periods. For standard five-year budget periods, users may not need to take further action. For irregular budget periods and periods shorter than 5 years, users have the option of overwriting the formulas within the cells highlighted below.  \nGeneral Budget Information  \nAfter entering the funding proposal dates, select whether you would like to apply an automatic salary escalation to your proposal budget using the drop-down arrow.  \nOnce you have created a record in RAMP, enter the funding proposal number generated by the system in the upper right corner of the budget.  \nPersonnel Costs  \nStaff members will be entered in the staff member section of the Personnel Costs category. Enter the staff member name, select whether they are considered key or non-key, select their role from the drop-down menu, and identify their appointment type. Next, enter their Institutional Base Salary (IBS) in the gold column and the percent of effort they will dedicate to the project. It is important that only the 9-OR 12-month appointment salary is entered in this field, the workbook automatically accounts for a summer appointment type. Notice that the appointment type will drive the payment and person month calculations therefore it is important to select the correct appointment type. These calculations should be very straightforward and easily transferable to your RAMP budget.  \nNEW: Wage worker and Graduate Student costs are entered a bit differently since they do not have an IBS. Typically, the personnel cost of a graduate student or wage worker is determined at the department level. Since wage workers and Graduate students do not receive an institutional base salary, we have automated the template so that it calculates a base that can be used in the IBS field in RAMP. Enter the total amount to be paid for the graduate student or wage worker in the gold cells. Notice the section labeled RAMP IBS to the left of the gold cells. These will be the figures you will use to complete the RAMP budget. This portion of the budget template is only relevant for system-to-system funding proposals.  \nAs you can see in the image above, if the PI is budgeting to pay a Graduate Student $15,000 for the Academic year then the IBS in RAMP would be $25,714 . Refer to the Person Cost Definition image for the student below.  \nEntering this auto-calculated IBS will ensure that we are budgeting $15,000 for the student within the defined budget period. Review the Personnel Costs SmartForm images below.  \nThe fringe benefits section of your budget template should include the current rates for various appointments. Refer to the rate agreement and confirm the correct rates have been applied.  \nTravel  \nUse the Travel Worksheet Tab to complete the travel cost section. Select whether travel is domestic or foreign from the drop-down menu to ensure the totals are populated in their proper fields.  \nNotice that the destination field is required when foreign travel is selected.  \nGeneral Costs  \nGeneral costs are typically one of the highest cost values on a proposal budget. In the budge","cbCaipqvY0atOTOF","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaipqvY0atOTOF","pdf",301644,"English","# Period of Performance\n## General Budget Information\n# Personnel Costs\n## Fringe Benefits\n# Travel\n# General Costs\n# Subaward Costs\n# Additional Resources","[{\"question\":\"What dates should be entered for period of performance in the template?\",\"answer\":\"Enter the start and end dates for the entire performance period, not the budget period. 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