Air Quality Information Systems and geoss: Applications to India

Appendix D: Budget (estimated) description

* C-DAC equipment includes costs for 20TB storage server and additional 25tb storage disks to the existing server. C-DAC indirect costs includes computing time cost on C-DAC PARAM System.

Washington University Budget Justification

Personnel

Stefan R. Falke, PhD, Research Assistant Professor in Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering will serve as PI on the proposed effort and will help coordinate among the project participants. We request funding for 3 months of Dr. Falke’s time for the project.

Rudolf B. Husar, PhD, co-PI, will be responsible for the research described in this proposal related to DataFed and the integrated, multi-dimensional air quality characterization analyses. Rudolf B. Husar is Professor of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering and Director of the Center of Air Pollution and Trend Analysis (CAPITA) at Washington University in St. Louis. We request funding for 2 months of Dr. Husar’s time for the project.

Kari Hoijarvi is the developer of the federated data system, DataFed. He will be the programmer and developer for the DataFed related development as well as a primary developer of the integrated systems being proposed. We request funding for 50% of Mr. Hoijarvi’s time for the project.

Funds are requested for a TBD Jr. Software Developer at 50% of their time to support development of data web services and web applications.

Annual increases are budgeted for faculty salaries, three percent for the PI, Co-PI, Sr. Computer Scientist, and Jr. Software Developer are consistent with the University Policy.

Funds are requested to provide wages for a Graduate Research Assistant. The GRA support and annual increases are structured to offer competitive rate necessary to attract qualified students and are consistent with the University Policy.

Funds are requested for summer undergraduate research assistants.

Fringe Benefits

The PI, CoI, Sr. Computer specialist, and Jr. software developer qualify for University benefits which include contributions to FICA, 403B retirement plan, health, and disability. The GRA and undergraduate students are not eligible for University benefits.

Equipment:

Year 1: $8,000 to cover the cost of a computer server with accessories;

Year 2: $8,000 to cover the cost of a computer server with accessories;

Travel

Washington, DC or equivalent

Airfare $350

2 days + travel days $702*

*As per Department of State Domestic Travel Guidelines

$1,052

Washington DC or equivalent, 2 trips per year $8,416

Mumbai, India or equivalent

2 trips per year

4 days + travel days

Supplies/Other

$3,840 is requested each year computer network support as well as publication charges. $400 is requested each year for two ENVI software licenses. $1500 is requested for two Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 licenses. $1800 to cover the cost of two workstations and necessary accessories;

Indirect Cost

The Indirect Cost rate used for this proposal is 52.0% MTDC, approved 06/07/2005 by the DHHS. The MTDC for this proposal is $788,452, and corresponding indirect cost is $134,038.

CSU/CIRA Budget Justification

Personnel

Mr. Shawn McClure, Software Engineer and Research Associate, will help design and develop the database, web, and software infrastructure required by the project by extending the Visibility Information Exchange Web System (VIEWS) and the WRAP Technical Support System (TSS). He will also assist with acquiring, processing, and integrating the observed, modeled, and emissions data as well as with developing the demonstration air quality applications. We request funding for approximately 20% of Mr. McClure’s time for the project.

John Huddleston, Ph.D., Software Engineer and Research Associate, will assist Mr. McClure with software development and system administration required to leverage and extend the resources of VIEWS and the TSS for use on this project. In particular, Dr. Huddleston will contribute to the development and re-factoring of the visualization and analysis tools necessary for serving the modeled and satellite data. We request funding for approximately 16% of Dr. Huddleston’s time for the project.

Fringe Benefits

Mr. McClure and Dr. Huddleston qualify for Colorado State University benefits which include contributions to FICA, 403B retirement plan, health, and disability.

Travel

We request funding for several trips so that Mr. McClure can participate in the kick-off meeting, user training sessions, reviews and training meetings, and an application demonstration meeting.

Year 1: Kick-off meeting, Frankfurt Germany, 1 person, 4 nights, $2,821

Year 1: User training meeting, Mumbai India, 1 person, 4 nights, $3,245

Year 2: Review and training meeting, Frankfurt Germany, 1 person, 4 nights, $2,962

Year 2: User training meeting, Mumbai India, 1 person, 4 nights, $3,407

Year 3: Review and training meeting, Frankfurt Germany, 1 person, 4 nights, $3,110

Year 3: User training meeting, Mumbai India, 1 person, 4 nights, $3,577

Year 4: Application demonstration mtg., Frankfurt Germany, 1 person, 4 nights, $3,046

Year 4: User training meeting, Mumbai India, 1 person, 4 nights, $3,756

Total Travel Cost: $25,923

Indirect Cost

The Indirect Cost rate required by Colorado State University for this proposal is 47.0%.