Budgets - General Guidelines

In general, sponsored project budgets should be prepared at no greater level of detail than the accounting system can report expenditures. In addition, there should be no more commitment to cost sharing than is required by the particular proposal solicitation. Modular grants from the National Institutes of Health have new and specific budgeting requirements that can be referenced on the NIH Extramural Policy Notices page. It is important to note that modular grants represent a change in budgeting practices only; post-award requirements and the CAS principles continue to apply to all sponsored awards.