Budget Guidelines

 Salaries and Benefits 

Undergraduate Students

$8.80/hour + 12% compulsory benefits (EI, CPP & Vacation Pay) or prevailing rates

Graduate Students

$12.50/hour + 12% compulsory benefits (EI, CPP & Vacation Pay) or prevailing rates.
Maximum $16,500/annual salary excluding compulsory benefits (NSERC)

Postdoctoral Fellows

Maximum $25,000 annual salary excluding compulsory benefits (NSERC)

Technical/Professional Assistants/Clerical Assistants

Prevailing rates



Equipment

Computer equipment (include hardware and related software expenses)
Purchase cost (include GST@ 1.65%, freight charges and/or US exchange and duty)


Materials and Supplies

Charges for: materials (e.g., books, page charges, software), stationary, postage (e.g., courier, shipping), fax, telephone, computer, photocopying and duplicating, inter-library loan etc.


 Travel 

Air Travel

Actual cost (economy rate)

Automobile Rental

Actual cost

Taxi/Ground Transportation

Actual cost

Personal Automobile

$0.40/km

Meals/Daily Travel Allowance

$40.00/per diem or actual cost (include 10% gratuity)

Lodging

Actual cost (single rate) or $20.00 when staying with friends/relatives

Registration Fees

Actual cost

Foreign Exchange

Current bank rates



Overhead

Negotiated by Research Services as per the University's Research Overhead Charging Policy

Events Calendar

Friday, June 1, 2012 - 16:30
Application deadline. Additional information on the University of Lethbridge Travel Fund is...
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 - 11:00
You are invited to a special Heart and Stroke Foundation Research Presentation The Heart and Stroke...
Friday, June 8, 2012 - 16:00
The VPR invites applications for University Scholar appointments from Faculty members in the...
Wednesday, June 13, 2012 - 13:30
Donna Angus (Manager, Knowledge Translation Initiatives) from Alberta Innovates - Health Solutions...
Friday, June 15, 2012 - 16:00
The Interdisciplinary Research Development Fund (IRDF) is a one-time non-renewable research fund...