04. Attachment 4 - Budget Category Descriptions Guide.docx
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- SCAISB-24-AW-014-02092024
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Department of State US Embassy Islamabad
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This document provides budget category descriptions to guide federal grant recipients on allowable costs under a Notice of Funding Opportunity from the U.S. Department of State's U.S. Embassy in Islamabad. It outlines twelve budget categories including personnel, fringe benefits, travel, equipment, supplies, contractual services, construction, other direct costs, and indirect costs. The related federal grant opportunity seeks proposals for a program to strengthen South Asian civil society participation and climate advocacy through convenings, mentorship, policy recommendations, and potential travel support for participants to attend the upcoming Conference of Parties on climate change. Eligible applicants include non-governmental organizations, international governmental organizations, academic institutions, think tanks, and for-profit companies with demonstrated climate commitments from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. The anticipated period of performance is nine to twelve months leading up to the Conference of Parties. The associated federal grant program is the Public Diplomacy Programs for Afghanistan and Pakistan administered by the U.S. Department of State.
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Budget Category Descriptions – Help Aid
1. Personnel: An organization’s Full-Time or Part Time attributed to the award activities.
2. Fringe Benefits: Employer pension plans, health benefits, or other benefits that conform to an organization’s established policy or Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement (NICRA).
3. Travel: Domestic and international airfares, lodging and meals allowances, and local travel directly attributable to an award activity. Refer to Federal Travel Regulations per diem rates for cost reasonableness.
4. Equipment: Tangible non-expendable personal property having a useful life of more than one (1) year and an acquisition cost of $5,000 or more per unit or consistent with recipient policy, lower limits may be established.
5. Supplies: Expendable (consumable), small general office items, adding machines, calculators or computer software, etc with a value of less than $5,000.
6. Contractual: A procurement contract under an award or sub-tier awards for goods or services.
7. Construction: Major costs for new, rearrangement, alteration, reconversion, or renovation of facilities.
8. Other Direct Costs: Other direct costs could include participant support costs and any program related costs or materials.
9. Indirect Costs: Costs that are incurred for a common or joint purpose and cannot be identified readily and specifically with a particular award or other activity (accounting, utilities, legal).
10. Total Direct Costs: All costs chargeable to an award excluding indirect costs.
11. Total Award Costs: All costs chargeable to an award, including indirect costs.
12. Cost Sharing: The portion of the project or program costs not borne by DOS or another federal agency, which includes cash and third-party in-kind contributions.
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