Rfa Budgeting Proposal Exercise

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 Description of the Category: This amount is for the use of pre-existing facilities, and for the upgrades that will be needed for this project. There will also be upgrades to facilities to help with the remote collection of.