The SEaRCH: Towards the Development of a STEM Education Research Consortium of Historically Black Colleges
and Universities (HBCUs)
BUDGET JUSTIFICATION
1. Senior Personnel: Dr. Crumpton-Young (PI) will allocate eight percent (25%) of her time for 1 year to this effort
to successfully fulfill the roles and responsibilities of this research proposal. She will be responsible for helping to
guide and direct the project to ensure that all project goals and objectives are met. She will be responsible for the
hiring and oversight of the Research Assistant that will work on the project. In addition, Dr. Crumpton-Young
will lead the collaboration and dissemination plans of the proposal. Also, she will be responsible for completing
all grant management and fiscal management activities of this research effort such as interim reports, annual
reports, award compliance, monitoring of the budget position, etc.
2. Co-Pi: Dr. ???. This Co-Principal Investigator will share 11% effort on the project with the principal investigator,
focusing on those carried out within the College of Psychology, ensure implementation of the grant carried out in
a timely manner, with scientific integrity and completed within budgeted amounts.
3. Co-Pi: Dr. ???. This Co-Principal Investigator will share 11% effort on the project with the principal
investigator, focusing on those carried out within the College of Computer Science at TSU, to ensure
implementation of the grant is carried out in a timely manner, with scientific integrity and completed within
budgeted amounts.
4. Other Personnel: Funds are requested to compensate a Research Assistant who will allocate (50%) of their time
to the research planning, experimental design, data collection, data analysis and other tasks pertinent to the
successful completion of this research effort.
5. Fringe Benefits charged in this proposal are in agreement with TSU approved rates of 35%.
6. Travel: Travel funds, Domestic, up to $20,000, will be used to support travel costs of the PIs and Co-PIs to attend
the strategic planning meeting, visit national research centers, attend relevant national meetings, to discuss the
project, collect input from key stakeholders, present findings, and disseminate information on this planning effort.
7. Supplies Expenses: Materials and Supplies funding will be used to support the costs of obtaining specific
research supplies $4,500.00 needed during the planning grant period. Funds will be used to cover fees for
Strategic Planning, Meeting Notifications, Meeting Space, Working Meals, and Meeting Audio-Video Needs
($7,000), Meeting Supplies, Printing, and Publication ($4,000), and other activities associated with disseminating
the outcomes of this planning grant.
8. Consultant: Dr. Phyllis Gray will serve as a Social Science Research Advisor to inform the education research
planning, design, and development $2,500.00 is requested to pay her consulting fees at a rate of $55.00 dollars per
hour during this project period.
9. External Evaluator: Dr. Pamela Barber-Freeman is a Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership &
Counseling in the Whitlowe R. Green College of Education at Prairie View A&M University (2000 - Present).
$2,500 is requested to support the external evaluator for work with the PI in planning implementing the proposed
research design methodology, experimentation schema, data collection and statistical analysis at a rate of $55.00
dollars per hour for her work on this project.
10. Tuition Remission: Graduate Student tuition $15,000
11. Indirect Costs: As per TSU’s current federally negotiated agreement with DHHS, effective September 13, 2013,
the TSU indirect cost rate of 42% is applied to this proposed project budget. These costs are calculated on a
Modified Total Direct Cost basis, excluding equipment, tuition, participant support costs, and up to the first
$25,000 of each subcontract, if applicable.
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