04. Attachment 4 - Budget Category Descriptions Guide.docx

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Fostering Democratic Discourse: Digital Creators Exchange Program
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This document provides budget category descriptions for a Notice of Funding Opportunity from the U.S. Department of State's U.S. Consulate General in Lahore, Pakistan. The NOFO seeks proposals for a 15-day digital creators exchange program to the United States for 10 participants from Punjab Province, Pakistan representing digital content creators targeting youth audiences. The program will include recruitment and selection of participants, planning and execution of the exchange visit to the United States, and implementation of a follow-on program in Pakistan for participants to share experiences and knowledge with other digital creators and youth. The follow-on project may be conducted with a local implementing partner in Pakistan. Funding is provided through the Public Diplomacy Grants Program under the Public Diplomacy Programs for Afghanistan and Pakistan CFDA number 19.501, which supports public diplomacy programs through English language instruction, computer training, and critical skills development in those countries.

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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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