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Provide line by line information, adding rows where required, for each cost that is specific to your project. We strongly advise that you refer to the budget guidance in the 'Guidelines for applicants' manual before completing your project budget.  \nBUDGET SUMMARY  \nThe budget summary will autopopulate based on the figures you have provided in the budget breakdown.  \nProposal title:  [insert project title here]  \nDuration of project:  [insert project duration here]  \nIf you plan to collect primary data, please provide the expected sample size:  [insert sample size here]  \n\n| Fees | £0 |\n| --- | --- |\n| Expenses | £0 |\n| Data collection | £0 |\n| Other direct project cost | £0 |\n| Travel for project team | £0 |\n| Overhead | £0 |\n| Total budget | £0 |\n\nBUDGET BREAKDOWN  \nFees for project personnel  \nFee rates in all budget proposals should comply with the guidance and figures set out in the IGC pay matrix (refer to 'Guidelines for applicants').  \n\n| Principal and coInvestigators | Role | Number of days | Daily rate (£) | Total cost (£) | Justification |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| Other project staff | Role (e.g. Research Assistant, Project Manager, etc. ) | Number of days | Daily rate (£) | Total cost (£) | Justification (e.g. RA to perform data analysis and produce data reports) |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| |  |  | Subtotal\u003Cbr>| £0 |  |\n\n\n| SUBTOTAL FEES | £0 |\n| --- | --- |\n\nData collection  \n\n| Field/survey staff salaries | Description of item (e.g. 5 surveyors at 20 days each) | Quantity | Rate (£) | Total cost (£) | Justification (e.g. surveyors time will be used to interview 30 households) | Is this cost part of a subcontract? If yes, please specify name of supplier |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| Field/survey staff travel | Description of item (e.g. daily transport to/from) | Quantity | Cost per Unit (£) | Total cost (£) | Justification (e.g. surveyors visit to 10 districts to carry out baseline survey) | Is this cost part of a subcontract? If yes, please specify name of supplier |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| Materials | Description of item (e.g. rental of 15 tablets for 30 days\u003Cbr>each) | Quantity | Cost per Unit (£) | Total cost (£) | Justification (e.g. tablet rental to conduct primary data collection at 200 households) | Is this cost part of a subcontract? If yes, please specify name of supplier |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| Training | Description of item (e.g. payment for trainer for 1 day training workshop for 30 field staff) | Quantity | Cost per Unit (£) | Total cost (£) | Justification (e.g. to provide data analysis training for back checkers and enumerators) | Is this cost part of a subcontract? If yes, please specify name of supplier |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| Other data collection costs | Description of item (e.g. incentives, data purchase, software subscription, etc.) | Quantity | Cost per Unit (£) | Total cost (£) | Justification (e.g. purchase of data set to analyse consumer behaviour in 20 districts in Rwanda) | Is this cost part of a subcontract? 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