Graduate Research School

E. Estimated costs


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The Guidelines for Preparing Research Proposals are available in HTML, PDF and RTF formats.

The Guidelines for Preparing Research Proposals state:

What funds will the School commit to maintain the project? Please include all contributions that the School will make, excluding staff salaries and building/infrastructure costs. Please give a breakdown of the costs, including, for example, items such as photocopying, telephone, computing and other administrative costs as well as costs specific to the research project.

How you should approach this

You will be expected to detail the costs of the project, including the cost of all resources such as travel, accommodation and equipment.

Budgetary considerations are important for all students, especially if you have limited access to funds. You need to ensure your project is feasible and establish where the funds will be coming from to finance it.

For example, postgraduate research students at UWA can submit an application to the Graduate Research and Scholarships Office for a travel award to attend a national or international conference. Also, your school may have resources that you can draw from.

You need to recognise the extent of your entitlements and be capable of bearing out-of-pocket costs for resources not provided by the University.

List your expenses by category (refer to the example below).

Example entry

Item Unit cost Total
Travel
Economy class airfare Perth-Jakarta-Perth $800 $800
Local transport in Jakarta $300 $300
Research visa application fee $80 $80
Equipment rental and purchase
Digital voice recorder $150 $150
Transcription machine (hire) $130 $130
Materials and supplies
Lithium batteries (4) $7 $28
1 GB memory stick $95 $95
Stationery $100 $100
Communications
Telephone and Internet charges $200 $200
Postage $50 $50
Personnel
Translation service (linguistic analysis skills; Bahasa Indonesian to English) $500 $500
Indirect costs
N/A
TOTAL $2,433