Budget reviews for site specific assessment

Budget review submission

The following documentation and information is required for the budget review.

Agreements (outlining financial income and/or expense to the RMH)

A clinical trial research agreement, research collaboration agreement, funding agreement or letter of offer should detail the source of external funding for the project. A completed draft version of the relevant agreement for preliminary review is sufficient. A finalised version of the agreement will then be required for final budget approval.

​​​​​​Project protocol

A project protocol is the document that describes the objective(s), design, methodology, statistics and organisation of a project.

All Statement of Approval forms relevant to the project

SOAs must be completed and signed by the Head of Department for each RMH department used to conduct the project. This includes, but is not limited to, departments that will be used for services, staff, infrastructure or recruitment purposes.

Simple Budget Template

There are two pathways for budget review that are dependant on whether project funds are paid to or received from external parties or sources. The Simple Budget Review template is only used for projects where there are no funds (zero dollars) paid to, or received from, an external organisation.

Details of other project expenses

Consider any other project expenses. These expenses may include archiving costs, capital equipment, ethics fees, meal allowances, postage, printing and stationery, statistical analysis, software, travel allowances.

Cost centre number (RMH only)

Provide the RMH cost centre number from which the project will operate.

Participants

Provide details of the anticipated number of participants to be recruited at each site and the anticipated recruitment period.