Each year of support includes $40,500 for the fellow’s salary and fringe or health insurance. Where possible in accordance with institutional policy, the university should account for the full $40,500 when requesting the personnel expenses of the doctoral student. Salary, fringe benefits, and health insurance costs are allowable under the Salary and Fringe programmatic budget category.
Up to $12,000 annually may be requested as a Cost of Education Allowance. This may include tuition, fees, and university administrative or indirect costs.
In addition, up to $3,000 annually may be requested under the Research Expenses allowance. This can include research supplies, instrumental user facility time, compensation for human subjects, undergraduate research assistants, data collection site travel, conference travel, or professional society membership fees, among other allowable expenses.
If the university elects not to use the entire $12,000 Cost of Education Allowance for tuition, fees, or administrative or indirect costs, the remaining portion may be used to supplement allowable expenses under the Research Expenses category. In that case, total Research Expenses may exceed $3,000.
For more information on allowable expenses, see the DOJ Financial Guide.