Budget Category Descriptions Guide.docx

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Bridging Basketball with English Language Learning and U.S. Education Opportunities
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This document provides budget category descriptions for a federal grant opportunity through the Public Diplomacy Grants Program administered by the U.S. Consulate General Karachi Public Diplomacy Section. Key budget categories include personnel, fringe benefits, travel, equipment, supplies, contractual services, construction costs, other direct costs, and indirect costs.

The related Notice of Funding Opportunity seeks proposals for an after-school basketball camp program for high school students in Karachi, Pakistan to promote English language skills and educational engagement through sports. The 12-month program will be strategically located across Karachi to serve diverse neighborhoods. Preference will be given to proposals leveraging existing resources from the Regional English Language Office and EducationUSA. The Department of State in Islamabad administers the program under the Public Diplomacy Programs for Afghanistan and Pakistan CFDA number 19.501.

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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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