\section{Requested resources and justification} 
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\label{requestedResources}

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

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\subsection{Senior personnel} \vspace{-5pt}

{\bf{Summer salary support}} (2 months) is being sought for the Principal Investigator each year of the project
to enable his effort to continue during the summer months when his full time
can be devoted to the research described above. 
%{\underline{Michael Dugger}} (PI, two summer months/year) 
The PI 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 students working on the 
hadronic production efforts in Halls B and D. 
%{\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. 

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\subsection{Other Personnel} \vspace{-5pt}

%\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.

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\subsubsection{Graduate Research Associates} \vspace{-5pt}
Support is sought for 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.
%
The budget is estimated based on an expected institutional base salary of \$55,000, commensurate with
salaries for currently employed GRAs at ASU.
%
%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 PI, 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. 

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%\subsubsection{Undergraduate students} \vspace{-5pt}
%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. 
%The only funding being sought for undergraduate participation is in the form of travel.
%%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.

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\subsection{Fringe benefits.} \vspace{-5pt}

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:
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\begin{packed_item}
  \item Faculty members: 27.3\%, 28.12\%, and 28.96\% of salary for Year 1, 2, and 3, respectively.
  \item Graduate research assistants/associates: 10.51\%, 10.83\%, and 11.15\% 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{packed_item}  
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\subsection{Total salaries, wages and fringe benefits} \vspace{-5pt}
An estimated cost escalation has been included in the out years, consistent with ASU policy.
%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 -\$84,627, Year 2 -\$87,507, Year 3 -\$90,484.

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\subsection{Equipment} \vspace{-5pt}

No funds are requested for equipment. 

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\subsection{Travel} \vspace{-5pt}

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 five trips to Jefferson Lab, with three of those trips having 
a duration
of ten days and nine nights, and the remaining two JLab trips having durations of six days and five nights.
These trips will enable at least one additional person from ASU 
beyond the on-site graduate student
to participate in collaboration activities, meet service obligations,
discuss analyses and results with collaborators, and make presentations at collaboration meetings. 
Expenses include: roundtrip airfare to Virginia for \$400, lodging at \$115/night, per diem at 
\$51/day, \$100 for ground transportation and an \$11 ASU Concur travel fee.
%

Travel required of graduate students for long-term stay at Jefferson Lab is comprised of two separate 
one-way trips. Each leg of the long-term trip is assumed to be by automobile requiring
four nights lodging and five days per diem. The first leg of Alan Gardner's long-term trip is scheduled 
for the first year, with return leg during the second year. The second graduate student is scheduled 
to leave during the second year and return on the third year.
Expenses for each way include: 4 nights lodging at \$147/night, 5 days per diem at \$56/day, \$100
for incidentals, \$1,028 for milage and and an \$11 ASU Concur travel fee.  

In addition to the JLab trips, four trips are allocated per year for giving talks at 
conferences. 
Washington, DC has been used for trip estimation purposes. Expenses include: \$400 
for roundtrip airfare, 4 nights lodging at \$251/night, 5 days per diem at \$66/day,
\$150 for registration fees and an \$11 ASU Concur travel fee.

The travel funds being requested: Year 1 -\$18,539, Year 2 -\$21,101, Year 3 -\$19,605.


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\subsection{Other direct costs} \vspace{-5pt}

Funds for 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 -\$4,186, Year 2 -\$4,159, Year 3 -\$3,920.

{\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 for each student: Year 1 - \$19,868; Year 2 - \$21,457; Year 3 - \$23,174.

No participant costs or equipment purchases are budgeted. 

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\subsection{Total direct costs} \vspace{-5pt}

%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
\$147,088, \$155,681, and \$160,357 for Years 1, 2, and 3, respectively. 

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\subsection{Indirect costs} \vspace{-5pt}
 
Indirect costs are calculated on Modified Total Direct Costs (MTDC) using 
Facilities and Administrative Costs rates approved 
%by DHHS 
on July 29, 2021. 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. 
%July 29, 2021 

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\subsection{Total Direct and Indirect costs} \vspace{-5pt}
The total direct and indirect costs being requested for each 12-month period of this award amount to
\$175,000, \$185,000, and \$190,000 for Years 1, 2, and 3, respectively. 
The  total over the requested three-year periods \$550,000. 
