Assignment: Budget Preparation CI

T. Forman, PhD, RN-BC, CNE 1

HSCI 7302 Professional Proposal Writing

Budget Preparation Assignment Instructions and Grading Rubric After reviewing all the required course content, prepare a budget for your proposed project. Assignment Instructions

1. Please prepare a mock budget for the proposed project. 2. At the top of the page, include a brief summary (the abstract would work) of your project

for reference purposes. 3. Instructors reserve the right to not grade any submissions without the project summary

included. 4. A missing project summary will mean the submission is incomplete and ineligible for

resubmission. 5. Be sure to include example of both direct and indirect costs within the budget. 6. If indirect costs are not allowed by the funding agency you have identified, please state

so within the budget. 7. Upload the completed document into the assignment link. 8. Make sure to add an APA formatted cover sheet with the title of your project.

 

*This assignment is eligible for revision, resubmission, and regrading, if the initial score earned is less than 90%. However, to meet the eligibility

requirements, the original version of the assignment must have been complete and submitted on or before the due date/time. In other words, if the

assignment is submitted late or is incomplete, the option to revise and resubmit for regrading has been forfeited.

Grading Rubric

Element Exemplary (4 points)

Proficient (3 points)

Developing (2 points)

Needs Improvement (1 points)

No Credit (0 points)

Direct Costs Direct cost line items all seem to be allocable, allowable, and reasonable for the proposed project have been provided.

Direct cost line items do not meet one of the following criteria: Allocable, Allowable, or Reasonable.

Direct cost line items do not meet two of the following criteria: Allocable, Allowable, or Reasonable.

Direct cost line items have been included but are not allocable, allowable, or reasonable for the proposed project.

Not included.

Indirect Costs Indirect cost line items all seem to be allocable, allowable, and reasonable for the proposed

Indirect cost line items do not meet one of the following criteria.

Indirect cost line items do not meet two of the following criteria:

Indirect cost line items have been included but are not allocable, allowable, or reasonable.

Not included.

 

 

T. Forman, PhD, RN-BC, CNE 2

Element Exemplary (4 points)

Proficient (3 points)

Developing (2 points)

Needs Improvement (1 points)

No Credit (0 points)

project have been provided. Or a statement has been included that indirect costs are not allowed by the funder and therefore not allowable in the budget.

Allocable, Allowable, or Reasonable.

Allocable, Allowable, or Reasonable.

Narrative/Justification Complete, detailed description of the purpose of the line item is provided.

An adequate description of the purpose of the line item is provided.

An incomplete description of the purpose of the line item is provided.

Description of line item(s) provided does not seem to be relevant to the proposed project.

Not included.

Math Total costs calculated corrected by category and subcategory.

Total costs calculated by general categories.

Only total costs calculated.

Error(s) in any of the calculations.

No calculations.

Grammar and Spelling

Free of any grammar and spelling errors.

Maximum of one grammar or spelling error.

Maximum of two grammar or spelling errors.

Three spelling or grammar errors.

Four or more spelling and grammar errors.