Comments on: DG2010 – Sept. 28 Post Recap http://harmsandcompany.com/main/2009/09/28/dg2010-sept-28-post-recap/ Western Canada grant writing consultant Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:33:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Diane Harms http://harmsandcompany.com/main/2009/09/28/dg2010-sept-28-post-recap/comment-page-1/#comment-7465 Diane Harms Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:24:57 +0000 http://harmsandcompany.com/main/?p=802#comment-7465 That is a great point Jove. The proposal budget is exactly that - a proposal. When (if) the funds flow, an entirely new budget will have to be developed based on the actual award. By the way, I'm so delighted to find a SSHRC specialist! Thanks for making the connection. That is a great point Jove. The proposal budget is exactly that – a proposal. When (if) the funds flow, an entirely new budget will have to be developed based on the actual award.

By the way, I’m so delighted to find a SSHRC specialist! Thanks for making the connection.

]]> By: JoVE http://harmsandcompany.com/main/2009/09/28/dg2010-sept-28-post-recap/comment-page-1/#comment-7438 JoVE Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:03:49 +0000 http://harmsandcompany.com/main/?p=802#comment-7438 On "normal" budgets, I often say that the budget is the proposal written in accountant. We might not speak accountant but that is a minor hurdle. So the important thing is that if you say you will do it, there should be resources in the budget or the committee will discount that aspect of the proposal. No money means you aren't really going to do it. Also at the application stage you are proposing a budget, it should match the proposed research. Accept that if/when you actually get the money, you will write a new budget to guide your actual expenditures based on the amount awarded and your research priorities. On “normal” budgets, I often say that the budget is the proposal written in accountant. We might not speak accountant but that is a minor hurdle.

So the important thing is that if you say you will do it, there should be resources in the budget or the committee will discount that aspect of the proposal. No money means you aren’t really going to do it.

Also at the application stage you are proposing a budget, it should match the proposed research. Accept that if/when you actually get the money, you will write a new budget to guide your actual expenditures based on the amount awarded and your research priorities.

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