Determine whether cost-sharing is required. Briefly explain how budget items were estimated. Details of salary and benefit rates, travel rates, equipment needs, supplies, and indirect costs are among the items usually included. Some grantors have a specific form for vitae and may specify a page limitation or that only recent publications should be included. Include granting agency, project title, amount awarded or requested, project period, percent of effort committed, and project location.
Some grantors also require a brief description of the project.
Depending on the format for the main part of the proposal, some of the components described here may be included as appendices.