Teaching & Learning Research Center at UAlbany needs to prepare a budget for a research proposal to do an in-depth study of Rensselaer County's after-school programs.The County is willing to pay $17,500 for each site studied, up to 15 sites.A report must be submitted within a year of the start of the project.
Regardless of the number of sites, the Center will need a primary researcher at $60,000 per year and 2 associate researchers at $35,000 each per year to do the study. Supervising the site studies is the responsibility of the associate researchers. Each associate researcher will be able to supervise up to eight sites. Research assistants are needed to transcribe field notes and provide support for the associate researchers. These part-time research assistants are each paid $6,000 and are only able to support 3 site studies each. The center must budget 30% of the salary of the primary and associate researchers for fringe benefits.
Based on past experience, the Center estimates that it will need $2,500 for supplies. Researchers will have to travel to each research site. Each trip will cost $20 and the center expects that 40 trips will be made to each site during the study.
Prepare a flexible budget of revenues and expenses for a study that includes 9 sites, 12 sites, and 15 sites.