Sample project budget
Version 1.0 by Jon Ippolito
Line Category Item Detail Year 1 Year 2 Total cost Sponsored Needed Notes
1 Hardware subtotal:   $740   $740   $740  
2   Arduino board 1 board x $40 $40   $40   $40  
3   Motion sensors 12 sensors x $50 each $600   $600   $600  
4   Plywood walls 4 pieces x $10 each $40   $40   $40  
5   Paint 3 gallons x $20 each $60   $60   $60  
6 Software subtotal:   $50   $50   $50  
7   Max/MSP 1 license x $50 each $50   $50   $50  
8   Processing Open-source     $0   $0  
9 Programming subtotal:   $2,300 $1,300 $3,600 -$3,000 $600  
10   Amateur 100 hours x $30/hour $2,000 $1,000 $3,000 -$3,000 $0 My contribution.
11   Professional 20 hours x $30/hour $300 $300 $600   $600  
12 Installation 2013 subtotal:   $400 $0 $400 -$400 $0  
13   Labor 20 hours x $10/hour $200   $200 -$200 $0 My contribution
14   Rent 2 days x $100/day $200   $200 -$200 $0 UMaine sponsored.
15 Installation 2014 subtotal:     $600 $600   $600  
16   Labor 20 hours x $10/hour   $200 $200   $200  
17   Rent 2 days x $200/day   $400 $400   $400  
18 Promotion subtotal:   $290 $830 $1,120 -$336 $784  
19   Web site hosting  $100/year $100 $100 $200 -$200 $0  
20   Domain name $10/year $10 $10 $20   $20  
21   Poster design 6 hours x $20/hour $120   $120 -$120 $0  
22   Poster printing 30 posters x $2 each $60   $60 -$16 $44 UMaine printing funds.
23   Postcard design 6 hours x $20/hour   $120 $120   $120  
24   Postcard printing 300 cards x $2/100   $600 $600   $600  
25 Total before contingency:   $3,780 $2,730 $6,510 -$3,736 $2,774  
26 Contingency: 10% of subtotal   $378 $273 $651 -$374 $277  
27 TOTAL:     $4,158 $3,003 $7,161 -$4,110 $3,051