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\begin{document}
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{\LARGE \textsc{Budget Justification}}
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\subsection*{Salaries and Wages}
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As per the proposal solicitation, the budget provides minimal support for the PIs. PIs Ziarek and Kennedy are budgeted for 0.25 summer months each year in all three years of the grant. The budget supports 1 graduate student, including summer salary (12 calendar months per year), for all years of the grant. It further supports a Postdoctoral researcher for the duration of the grant (12 calendar months per year) to manage and publicize the infrastructure.
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\subsection*{Fringe Benefits}
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Fringe benefit rates are based on the applicable federally negotiated rates published at
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\begin{center}
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{\small
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\url{http://www.buffalo.edu/research/research-services/ub-rates-and-facts/ub-and-rf-rates.html}}
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\end{center}
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\subsection*{Supplies}
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We plan for the testbed to initially consist of 15 different mobile devices, and plan to add 15 additional devices per year to ensure that the testbed stays up-to-date with the latest hardware advancements. We will initially purchase 2 of each device to ensure that we have replacement parts on hand, as well as the ability to scale out if necessary, and are budgeting to replace 5 devices per year if necessary. In summary, we will purchase 30 devices in Year 1, and a further 40 devices per year in subsequent years. Android phones such as the Android One Moto X4, Google Pixel 2, and Sony Experia XZ range in price from \$200 to \$600. Assuming an average price of \$500, the total requested budget for phones in Year 1 is \$15,000 and a further \$20,000 in year 2 and in year 3. We will purchase a server to act as a command and control system. We have tentatively selected a Dell PowerEdge T640 Tower, which costs \$4,398 in an appropriate configuration. We further budget \$602 for miscellaneous infrastructure assembly expenses such as additional power supplies, cables, cooling, or mounting brackets and surfaces. In total, the requested budget for the mobile phone testbed is \$60,000 over 3 years.
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\noindent \textbf{Publication Costs: } We have budgeted \$6,000 for publication costs to enable us to publicize the proposed infrastructure and to disseminate results and surveys via open access journals.
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\subsection*{Travel}
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The budget allocates travel funds for the PIs and/or supported graduate research assistants. These funds will be used for collaborative site meetings, and to advertise the infrastructure through conferences and talks at other universities. Because the location of conferences is not known more than a year in advance, the countries that we will travel to are currently unknown. The PIs have budgeted \$6,000 dollars of international travel in each year of the grant, and \$4,000, \$6,000, and \$8,000 dollars of domestic travel in Years 1, 2, and 3 respectively. This roughly amounts to (1) sending two individuals to one international conference (roughly \$3,000 each), (2) sending one to three individuals to one domestic conference (roughly \$2,000 each) per year, and (3) sending two individuals to give one invited talk each (roughly \$500 each).
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\subsection*{Tuition}
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Tuition is charged onto the grant as per the university’s tuition policy. Tuition for the graduate research assistants is budgeted according to the university out-of-states rates available at
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{\small
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\url{http://www.buffalo.edu/research/research-services/ub-rates-and-facts/tuition-rates-for-budgeting.html}
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}
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The total tuition budget for the grant is \$53,042.
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\subsection*{Computer Services Fee}
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The budget requests funding for the University at Buffalo computer services required to complete the project. These charges cover the cost of operating the CSE department’s computing equipment, including servers, storage devices, workstations and printers used for research. The amount assessed in each year takes into account the number of users of these facilities at a rate of \$156 per person month of time on the project of CSE department personnel. The computer services policy and formula are reviewed annually and charged uniformly to all sponsors. The total computer services fee is budgeted at \$11,466.
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\subsection*{Facilities and Administrative Costs}
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The University at Buffalo uses a federally negotiated indirect rate of 59.5\% MTDC for all on-campus sponsored research. This rate applies to all direct costs excluding equipment, tuition, and any subcontract costs in excess to \$25,000. This indirect rate was most recently negotiated on May 8, 2018.
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