Budgeting for Clinical Research
RFA Title: Antimicrobial Use & Resistance Data Collection (U01)
RFA Number: RFA-FD-16-046
Purpose of the RFA:
The purpose of this RFA is to "support the collection of data on antimicrobial use in animal agriculture. There are two main objectives. The first is to "provide needed information on antimicrobial practices in various animal production settings" and the second is to "provide important information on data collection methodologies to help optimize the long-term strategies for collecting and reporting such data."
Why you selected this particular RFA:
This RFA appealed because of my interest in the subject of antibiotic resistance. This topic felt close to that. Because this RFA concerns antimicrobials use in animals, I felt that it reflected on this subject strongly.
Total Budget: $1.2 million
Budget (Time) Period: 4 years
Budget Categories
Budget Category: Personnel
Estimated Dollar Amount: $800,000
Description of the Category: Key research personnel and support staff
2. Budget Category: Services
Estimated Dollar Amount: $150,000
Description of the Category: This covers lab costs, transportation, and shipping fees, among other services that will be used for this project.
3. Budget Category: Supplies
Estimated Dollar Amount: $50,000
Description of the Category: Lab supplies, computers and communications equipment and basic office supplies for the duration of the project.
4. Budget Category: Data capturing mechanism
Estimated Dollar Amount: $20,000
Description of the Category: For this project, surveys will be used to assess the adoption of FDA guidelines, to assess the success of these efforts and to examine the associations between antibiotic use practices and resistance. Many costs associated with data collection -- personnel and supplies -- are in other budget categories, so this category consists mainly of sundries associated with the life of this project.
5. Budget Category: Facilities
Estimated Dollar Amount: $180,000
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