GrantSlam software allows negative budget numbers to be placed on a budget
page and it calculates accordingly.

Scott Cooley

At 10:16 AM 9/24/2004 -0400, you wrote:

>We don't normally do so, but I can see the case where, in demonstrating
>the actual funding being requested from a sponsor, you would develop a
>total cost budget which is then reduced (a negative number) to show the
>institution's contribution ( cost-share) leaving the balance as the
>requested fundig from the sponsor.
>
>This would not be the case for most federal sponsors, but might occur
>in non-profit foundation proposals.
>
>Steve Etheredge
>
>
>R. Steven Etheredge
>Director, Pre-Award Services
>Sponsored Awards Management
>University of South Carolina
>(803) 777-4457
>(803) 777-4136 fax
>xxxxxx@gwm.sc.edu
>
>
> >>> xxxxxx@ORACLE.COM 9/23/2004 10:12:19 PM >>>
>Is there a case where one enters a negative amount in a grant proposal
>budget, or, are the numbers entered in the budget always positive
>numbers?  If negative amounts are entered in a grant proposal budget,
>could you please give me an example of what that budget line would be?
>
>Thank you,
>Ravi Shankar
>Oracle Corporation
>
>
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