Find information on preparing budgets for National Institutes of Health (NIH) proposals.
NIH requires the use of modular budgets for most research grants (excluding PPGs, training grants, or career awards) if direct costs (excluding any Consortium IDC) for each year do not exceed $250,000.
For more detailed information, see the Modular Budget section of the NIH Web site.
Follow SF424 R&R Instructions for the PHS 398 Modular Budget Pages.
OCGA has developed a Modular Budget Estimator in Excel to assist in estimating modular budgets.
This estimator workbook will not be sent to NIH, but is meant to be used internally at UCSD.
The maximum salary that can be paid to an individual (Executive Level II) from NIH funds increased to $192,300 effective January 6, 2019 through September 30, 2019.
For more information, go to nih.gov: Salary Cap Summary (FY 1990 - Present)
A salary waiver is an approval obtained by a Health Sciences investigator and his/her department prior to submission of a proposal for extramural support allowing a waiver of salary for effort devoted to the project.
The Health Sciences policy for sponsored projects requires that commensurate salary is requested for effort applied on all extramurally funded research projects.
In the event a Health Sciences application proposes unfunded effort, a salary waiver request must be approved by the appropriate Dean's Office, either in the School of Medicine or Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Contact the Health Sciences Sponsored Project Pre-Award Office (HSSPPO) for instructions.
The maximum amount allowed by NIH for the support of a graduate student employed on a research grant or a cooperative agreement is equal to the amount paid to a first-year postdoctoral scientist at the same institution performing comparable work.
Total compensation represents compensation for "full-time" graduate student work, which is the maximum the University will allow students to work outside their studies. Total compensation includes: salary, employee benefits, and tuition remission.
Depending on the graduate program, "full-time" means:
If total direct costs for any year are budgeted at $500,000 or more, excluding consortium IDC, written permission must be obtained from NIH at least 6 weeks prior to proposal submission. For further detailed information, see the following NIH Notices: NOT-OD-02-004 and NOT-OD-05-004.