The PI, R. Mushotzky, will be responsible for directing the proposed research and supervising the postdoctoral position (Thomas Shimizu). Salary funds are budgeted for 0.5 months in year 1-2 to support his efforts. The Postdoctoral position will serve to conduct research under the PI’s direction he will be supported for 12 months in years 1-2. A 3% increase is added in year 2 for merit and/or cost of living increase.
In accordance with UMD policies, fringes are actual costs including FICA, retirement plan contributions and health insurance subsidies. Based on previous and current costs, fringes have been estimated at 15% for Dr. Mushotzky, and 30% for the Post-doc.
This project requires computing capabilities and funds are budgeted to purchase a laptop and desktop computer to manage the data collection and analysis. The estimates are based on a 13-inch Macbook Pro with Retina display, 2.4GHz Dual-core Intel Core i5, Turbo Boost up to 2.9GHz, 8GB 1600MHz DDR3L SDRAM, 128GB PCIe-based Flash Storage, Backlit Keyboard (English) & User’s Guide or similar($1500).
Travel funds are budgeted for the PI and the Postdoc to attend 1 domestic conference each per year and for the Postdoc to attend 1 foreign conference in year 2. Exact costs are unknown at this time, but the following estimates have been used budget purposes:
| $500 | Airfare |
| $640 | Lodging (4 nights at $160) |
| $225 | Per Diem |
| $400 | Registration Fee |
| $250 | Ground Transportation and Misc. Costs |
| $2000 | Total Costs for one traveler/one trip (domestic-2 trips total per year) |
| $1000 | Airfare |
| $900 | Lodging (4 nights at $225) |
| $210 | Per Diem |
| $500 | Registration and Abstract Fees |
| $390 | Ground Transportation and Misc. Costs. |
| $3000 | Total Costs for one traveler/one trip (foreign-1 total year 2 only) |
Included under “Other Direct Costs” are the charges for the publication of scientific papers and computer recharge center. The publication charges ($1500 per-year) are commensurate with 1-publication(s) in a professional journal. The Department of Astronomy provides networking, backup, maintenance and other computing services. A portion of the annual fees are budgeted based on the proposed effort levels.
Costs have been applied at the fully negotiated rate of 52%. The current F&A rate was negotiated with DHHS. The POC is Stephen Virbitsky at (215) 861-4470