How To Budget Salaries for My Research Project Updated: 05.22.2025 Created: 03.31.2021 Jump to: On this page Salaries Salaries make up the largest category of direct costs on a sponsored project. When preparing a budget, start by making a list of all Stanford personnel who will support the proposed statement of work. If a person will be hired once the award is funded, simply estimate their salary and percentage of effort and list them as TBD (to be determined). Project personnel salaries budgeted as direct costs Stanford employees: the PI, co-PIs, co-investigators, ASR (Academic Staff …
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