Budget Category Descriptions Guide.docx
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- Advancing Equity Through Grants Skills-Building
- Opportunity number
- SCAISB-24-AW-012-02092024
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Department of State US Embassy Islamabad
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This document provides budget category descriptions for a federal grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of State's U.S. Embassy Islamabad to strengthen the capacity for grant writing and program implementation of Pakistani civil society organizations and non-governmental organizations from underserved communities. Key budget categories include personnel, fringe benefits, travel, equipment, supplies, contractual agreements, construction costs, other direct costs, indirect costs, total direct costs, total award costs, and required cost sharing.
The federal grant opportunity seeks competitive proposals to outline skills-training workshops in Pakistan that will help participants access funding and secure partnerships to conduct programs promoting a more open, equitable and inclusive Pakistani society. The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement under the Public Diplomacy Programs for Afghanistan and Pakistan program administered by the Department of State with the objective of promoting diplomatic solutions through critical skills development and other public diplomacy initiatives. The deadline to apply is not specified.
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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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