About the AHI Program

Standard, Major Project, and Major Conference Grants

All budget requests are for a 12-month period.  Amounts requested are negotiable and awards may reflect a budget lower than originally requested. 

  • Enter budget line items and costs in the provided and required budget template.  Be as specific as possible, listing each travel site, each piece of equipment, services, supplies, etc.
  • In the budget justification, explain why the requested item is essential for the proposed work. Justification for each budget item should answer the question: “Why is this specific person/item necessary for the proposed project?”  Note: a description of the person/item is not a justification.
  • Extensions will not be granted unless there are extenuating circumstances (i.e., health concerns, family emergencies, etc. and will be discussed on a case-by-case basis).
Required Budget Template

Standard Grant: up to $7,500

Allowable budget categories:

  • PI/PD/Collaborator(s), Staff, and Student Salary
    • If summer salary is requested, it must be well justified. Justification must clearly explain why summer salary is essential to the proposed work and why this project will not happen if not granted.
    • If a graduate student is paid hourly, you do not need to pay tuition.
  • Personnel Fringe
  • Equipment
    • General purpose equipment [mobile phones, laptops, etc.,] are not eligible budget items.
  • Travel
    • Domestic or international travel expenses are eligible only when the travel is required to conduct the research.
    • Travel to attend conferences, present findings, or exhibit completed work is not allowed.
    • Travel for performances of new work [e.g., choreography, theatrical production], and costs towards performing arts production, is allowable, if well justified.
  • Other (costs not covered in designated budget categories) which include:
    • Honoraria
    • Tuition Costs
    • Consultant Services Costs (services performed by non-academic units)
    • Publication/Documentation/Dissemination Costs
    • Materials and Supplies Costs (includes copying costs, art/photographic materials, etc.)

Note: Honoraria to individuals outside the UI is allowed. Subawards to external institutions is not allowed.

Major Project Grant: up to $30,000

Allowable budget categories:

  • Student/Staff Salary.  
    • Compensation in this category shall not exceed a total of $25K.
    • Salary for the PI/PD and PI/PD eligible personnel is not allowed.
    • If a graduate student is paid hourly, you do not need to pay tuition.
  • Student/Staff Fringe
  • Equipment
    • General purpose equipment [mobile phones, laptops, etc.,] are not eligible budget items.
  • Travel
    • Domestic or international travel expenses are eligible only when the travel is required to conduct the research.
    • Travel to attend conferences, present findings, or exhibit completed work is not allowed.
    • Travel for performances of new work [e.g., choreography, theatrical production], and costs towards performing arts production, is allowable, if well justified.)
  • Other (costs not covered in designated budget categories) which include:
    • Honoraria
    • Tuition Costs
    • Consultant Services Costs (services performed by non-academic units)
    • Publication/Documentation/Dissemination Costs
    • Materials and Supplies Costs (includes copying costs, art/photographic materials, etc.)

Note: Honoraria to individuals outside the UI is allowed. Subawards to external institutions is not allowed.

Major Conference Grant: up to $10,000

Allowable budget categories:

  • Student/Staff Salary  
    • Compensation in this category shall not exceed a total of $5K.
    • Conference project directors are not eligible to receive compensation.
    • If a graduate student is paid hourly, you do not need to pay tuition.
  • Travel
    • Travel costs for keynote speakers.
  • Other (costs not covered in designated budget categories) which include:
    • Honoraria
    • Tuition Costs
    • Consultant Services Costs (services performed by non-academic units)
    • Publication/Documentation/Dissemination Costs
    • Materials and Supplies Costs (includes costs for copying, printing, advertising, etc.)

Note: Honoraria to individuals outside the UI is allowed. Subawards to external institutions is not allowed.