\section{Requested resources and justification} \vspace{-1pt}
\label{requestedResources}

The justifications for the items listed in the proposal budget are provided here.

\subsection{Senior personnel} \vspace{-1pt}

{\bf{Summer salary support}} is being sought for the Principal Investigators
to enable their effort to continue during the summer months when their full time
can be devoted to the research described above. 
{\underline{Michael Dugger}} (PI, two summer months/year) 
has extensive experience working in both Halls B and D 
at Jefferson Lab. While active in all areas of the project, 
he will particularly focus on leadership of the very strange meson production 
experiments in Hall B for the group,
mentoring the graduate student and undergraduate student working on the 
cascade production efforts in Hall B. 
{\underline{Barry Ritchie}} (Co-Investigator, one summer month/year) has been active in the 
field of medium energy physics beginning with postdoctoral work in 1980, 
with extensive participation in experiments at LAMPF, PSI, and JLab.
While active in all group activities during the award period, 
Ritchie will focus particularly on the meson 
photoproduction work in Hall D, including direction of the graduate student and 
undergraduate student associated with the 
exotic meson production efforts in Hall D. 
As noted above, both investigators will participate jointly 
and collaboratively in all mentoring activities for the junior personnel of the group. 

\subsection{Other Personnel} \vspace{-1pt}

%\subsubsection{Graduate students}
%Support is sought for a steady-state group size of two graduate students and one undergraduate student.
%As a graduate student completes his program at ASU, a new graduate student will assume the vacated line. 
%Graduate student salaries listed in the budget are based on the standard rate for
%graduate research associates in the Department of Physics 
%with an additional three months of summer support.

\subsubsection{Graduate Research Associates} \vspace{-1pt}
Support is sought for a steady-state group size with two graduate students.
The funding requested encompasses for each supported student 
4.5 academic months per academic year and 1.5 summer months per calendar year.
At ASU, this translates to 20 hours/week during the academic year and summer,
which is considered 100\% effort for a graduate student.
As a graduate student completes his program at ASU, a new graduate student will assume the vacated line.
Student participation will greatly enhance the productivity of the group beyond 
the efforts of the investigators, and also deliver the human resource benefits noted above,
enhancing the nation's supply of well-trained scientists.  
Graduate student salaries listed in the budget are based on the standard rate for
graduate research associates in the Department of Physics 
with an additional three months of summer support.

%Graduate student Sebastian Cole is heavily involved in the analysis of the GlueX data. 
%Cole will be in residence at Jefferson Lab during portions of the award period, 
%assisting with all onsite activities of the group as well as working on his own dissertation project. 
%His experience will be invaluable 
%in assisting in bringing the second graduate student onboard as the award period begins. 

\subsubsection{Undergraduate students} \vspace{-1pt}
As noted in the prior section, undergraduate student participation is a key feature of our group’s activities, 
equipping those students to move into science and technology fields as junior researchers. 
Support is requested to provide funding for an equivalent of one 10-hour-per-week undergraduate students per academic year 
and 20-hour-per-week during the summer, at an hourly rate of \$12, 
with the intention of that student being in residence at Jefferson Lab for a portion of that summer period.
At ASU, this translates into 3.75 calendar months per year -\$12/hour for 10 hours/week for during the academic year 
and 20 hours/week for 3 months/year in the summer. 
Very likely, there will be more than one undergraduate working with the group, but we will only support
our most advanced undergraduate with the funds from this award.

\subsection{Fringe benefits.} \vspace{-1pt}

Arizona State University defines fringe benefits as direct costs, 
estimates benefits as a standard percent of salary applied uniformly to all types of sponsored activities, 
and charges benefits to sponsors in accordance with the federally-negotiated 
rates in effect at the time salaries are incurred.  
Benefit costs are expected to increase approximately 3\% per year; 
the rates used in the proposal budget are based on the current 
Federally-Negotiated Rate Agreement plus annual escalation for out-years. 
The proposal’s Fringe Benefits were negotiated and approved by the 
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
% on July 5, 2017.  
For purposes of this proposal the following rates are being used:
\begin{itemize}
  \item Faculty members: 28.12\%, 28.96\%, and 29.83\% of salary for Year 1, 2, and 3, respectively.
  \item Graduate research assistants/associates: 7.31\%, 7.53\%, and 7.76\% of salaries for Year 1, 2, and 3, respectively.
  \item Undergraduate students (hourly):  2.16\%, 2.22\%, and 2.29\% of wages for Year 1, 2, and 3, respectively.
\end{itemize}  

\subsection{Total salaries, wages and fringe benefits} \vspace{-1pt}
A cost-of-living increase of 3\% has been calculated in years 2 – 3 for each year of this project. 
The total request for salaries, wages and fringe benefits: Year 1 -\$105,981, Year 2 -\$109,632, Year 3 -\$113,423.

\subsection{Equipment} \vspace{-1pt}

No funds are requested for equipment. 

\subsection{Travel} \vspace{-1pt}

The travel budget was estimated in accordance with the University’s travel policy 
based on current air fares, current federal and ASU authorized per diem rates, 
airport shuttle services, and, if applicable, conference registration fees and/or car rental. 
At the time of this proposal, ASU’s travel system software provider, Concur Technologies, 
assesses a minimal charge per person for each travel expense report submitted. 
This expense is a direct cost charged per trip.

%We anticipate that at least one graduate student will be in residence at JLab, and funds are requested
%to cover the transportation expenses to place and return that student to/from JLab.
%Additionally, 
For each year of support, we have allocated six trips to Jefferson Lab, with four of those trips having 
a duration
of ten days and nine nights, and the remaining two JLab trips having durations of six days and 5 nights.
These trips will enable at least one additional person from ASU 
beyond the on-site graduate student(s) 
to participate in collaboration activities, meet service obligations,
discuss analyses and results with collaborators, and make presentations at collaboration meetings. 
In addition to the JLab trips, we have allocated two trips per year for giving talks at 
conferences. The travel funds being requested: Year 1 -\$15,902, Year 2 -\$16,379, Year 3 -\$16,870.


\subsection{Other direct costs} \vspace{-1pt}

Funds for {\underline{materials and supplies}} are requested at the level of approximately \$4,000 per year for 
computing equipment replacement and repair, (including upkeep of the computer 
clusters owned by the group), 
plus additional funds for miscellaneous supplies and consumables. 
The breakdown per year is as follows: Year 1 -\$4,025, Year 2 -\$3,811, Year 3 -\$4,042.

{\bf{Tuition remission}} for graduate students is a required charge at ASU 
for graduate students supported by external funding. 
The remission is charged to projects in proportion to the amount of effort the graduate student will work on the project, 
and those tuition charges are exempt from Facilities and Administrative Costs.  
The tuition charge per graduate student is based upon the currently approved university tuition 
and fee schedules and is calculated as follows: Year 1 - \$19,178; Year 2 - \$20,712; Year 3 - \$22,369.

No participant costs or equipment purchases are budgeted. 

\subsection{Total direct costs} \vspace{-1pt}

%As noted in the {\it{Grant Proposal Guide}} and on the budget sheets, 
The total direct costs for each budget year of this award will be
\$164,264, \$171,246, and \$179,073 for Years 1, 2, and 3, respectively. 

\subsection{Indirect costs} \vspace{-1pt}
 
Indirect costs are calculated on Modified Total Direct Costs (MTDC) using 
Facilities and Administrative Costs rates approved by 
DHHS on August 21, 2018. Items excluded from the indirect cost calculation include
are capital equipment, subcontracts over the first \$25,000, tuition remission, 
participant support costs, rental/maintenance of off-campus space, and patient care fees. 
The off-campus research rate of 26\% is applied for all years of the project. 
 
\subsection{Total Direct and Indirect costs} \vspace{-1pt}
The total direct and indirect costs being requested for each 12-month period of this award amount to
\$197,000, \$205,000, and \$214,000 for Years 1, 2, and 3, respectively. 
The  total over the requested three-year periods \$616,000. 
