Use the Modular Information subsection to review the EGMS-created Modular budget and justify any year-to-year variation in the number of modules being requested.
About this screen
You can look at this subsection at any time during budget preparation to compare your modular and detailed budget totals. This subsection will total your direct costs as you have listed them in the other Budget subsections and divide the amount into $25,000 budget modules, which is the format required for submission to NIH.
Do not add this subsection's information to the proposal until you have listed all of your budget items in the other subsections.
Audit requires you to review this screen and add the information to the proposal, even if no modular variances occur.
At any time, you can move to another subsection, use the Show Form button to view data on proposal forms, or return to the proposal Main Menu. Only information you have posted to the proposal with the Next button will be saved to the proposal.
You can audit the subsection after adding the information to the proposal or at any subsequent time.
How EGMS creates the modular budget
EGMS calculates the annual modular direct costs by totaling the direct costs of the project, dividing that total by the number of years, and then rounding that amount up to the nearest $25,000 for each budget year. One-time costs of $25,000 or more (such as equipment) are held out of this modular calculation and added on to the year in which they occur as additional module(s) for that year.
When EGMS creates the modular budget, the detailed budget created by entering line items in the Budget subsections remains in place behind the modular format. This detailed budget is required by the University; it streamlines the process of account setup if funds are awarded.
To enter data
In the Justification box, detail the expenses that resulted in an inconsistent number of budget modules over the project period. If there are no variances, the Justification box may be left blank. Click the Next button to add the information to the proposal.
To edit previously entered data
All the budget numbers displayed on the subsection budget table have flowed from data entered in other Budget subsections. Modify these numbers by updating line items in those other subsections. The only information to be modified on this screen is the text entered in the Module Variation Justification box.
To update the text, add to, edit, or delete information listed in the Justification box. Click the Next button to overwrite the old data.