This document provides a template for a research budget spreadsheet with 6 sections: 1) Budget summary, 2) Institutional contribution, 3) Summary of costs per task, 4) Personnel costs, 5) Travel and subsistence, and 6) Other costs. The template includes fields for detailing the nature and amount of costs, number of person days per task, staff information, travel details, and other specific costs with the goal of presenting a total budget amount with and without VAT.

1. PEER Budget Spreadsheet Template – Research Tenders
1. Budget Summary
Nature of costs Amount (EUR)
Personnel
Travel & subsistence
Other specific costs
Total ex. VAT
VAT1
Total with VAT
1
A statement regarding VAT should be included within the proposal
2. Institutional contribution
Please provide details of any financial contribution expected from your institution in support of the project. If
the contribution is intended for a particular aspect of the project, please specify in the comment section.
Currency Amount of contribution Comment
3. Summary of costs per task
Task Description No. of person Costs per task2
days for task (EUR)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Totals
2
Include all costs related to each task, not just personnel costs
4. Personnel costs
Staff Member Staff category3 No. of days Cost per Cost per staff
day (EUR) member (EUR)
Totals
3
Provide an indication of the staff category e.g. Project Leader, Senior Researcher, Researcher,
Administrator

2. 5. Travel and subsistence
Reason for travel / No. of No. of Travel Subsistence Total Amount
destination persons days costs costs (EUR) per trip (EUR)
(EUR)
Totals
6. Other costs
Description of cost (specify relevant task if appropriate) Amount
(EUR)
Total