Some sponsors give considerable latitude to the Principal Investigator or Project Director in changing original categories. Other projects require authorization from the agency for changes to the budget.
Many agencies have restrictions on equipment and travel.
When a new project is set up, the Contract Financial Administrator will assign budget categories as they are shown on the budget approved by the sponsor. The subcodes shown on Screen 008 are the object codes that are NOT allowed to be charged to the account. Yes, it may be possible. It may become necessary to change a subcode edit to allow for certain expenditures to be charged to a project. This can happen because of budget revisions or because the sponsor will allow the project to be charged for a type of expense that was previously unauthorized or prevented from being charged to the account due to a subcode edit.