Evidence of support could include letters, salary or other support, equipment, or space for the resource. These are examples, only. Further, the RFA contains a requirement for a plan to document users and resource-related publications. A form is currently being developed for submission of this information with the annual progress report. The information is important for NCRR, NIH, and Congressional oversight of program investments.
Budgets are to be in non-modular format.
The budget should be concise and complete. Accuracy of the budget should be double checked to be certain the budget matches the application narrative and that the budget is well justified. Personnel costs may be requested and should be based on the institutional base salary for each person. If the institutional base salary is higher, the actual base salary should be listed, but the request has to be appropriately adjusted to accommodate the cap. Consultant requests may include all costs including salary and travel.