The Generate Budget Justification activity in the ERA Funding Proposal (FP) Budget module has been updated to align boilerplate language with current practices. As usual, please review budget justification templates closely as manual updates and ...
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ERA Update: Generate Budget Justification Boilerplate
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Adjustable ERE Rates Coming to ERA Budgets
10/6/2023 Update: Anytime a user navigates to Budget SmartForm (BU) 1.2, all ERE will reset back to standard rates based on the effective date selected on BU 1.2. If a user opens BU 1.2 after ...
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ERA Update: SMSS Cost Category
ERA has been updated to now include Sponsored Management Solutions and Support (SMSS) as a cost category in the ERA budget. When budgeting for a proposal with ASUF as the applicant and the budget totals ...
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GRA Minimum Salary Increase 2023-2024
The Academic Year (AY) 2023-2024 minimum salary for Graduate Research Assistants (GRAs) has been updated to $24,586 on the Salaries, Wages, and ERE page, in line with the current Provost’s Office policy. Please be sure to use ...
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2023 HHS Salary Cap Increase
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management recently released new salary levels for the Executive Pay Scale. Effective January 1, 2023, the salary limitation for Executive Level II is $212,100, and this is the salary cap ...
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Mandatory Annual Escalation Exemptions
Institutional policy requires 3% escalation for salaries and fringe benefits in the out years of proposed sponsored project budgets. Sponsor documentation restricting escalation may permit deviation from this practice. For example, NASA’s Guidebook for Proposers ...
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Industry Cost Summary Budget Banner in ERA
Users may have noticed that a yellow banner now appears on Funding Proposal (FP) sites when an Industry sponsor is listed as the Direct Sponsor. In the next few months, an Industry Cost Summary tab ...
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Cost Sharing Sitelet Updates, New KE Cash Request Form
Update, 9/6/2022 – The Cost Sharing Sitelet on the researchadmin website has been updated to clarify some aspects of the University’s stance on cost sharing, provide a new section for ASU’s guiding principles when considering ...
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FY23 ERE and Tuition Remission Rates
UPDATE, 7/13/2022 – FY 2023 ERE and Tuition Remission rates are now available to select in ERA Funding Proposal (FP) budgets. Pre-existing FPs will not automatically update to the new rates. However, users can apply ...
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Capital Equipment – Reminders for Proposal Budgets
Equipment is defined by ASU and CFR 200.439 as any piece of tangible personal property with a unit value of $5,000 or more, a life expectancy of more than one year, and which is not ...