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This Costing and Pricing Tool page displays read-only project overview details, including the status of the eForm application.
To add or delete any of the items listed, such as project team members, facilities or consumable and capital items, go to the related eForm application, make the changes, then re-display this page.
This page supports the Costing and Pricing Tool (CPT), which was implemented in version 7.7.0 in mid-2021. Research Costing and Pricing (ReCaP) is a separate tool.
Menu path: Access CPT via a toolbar button in a Project record or button/link in an RPR eForm application
Default Field Label |
Description |
End Date |
Date that the project will end, as entered in the originating eForm for the project |
Open eForm Page |
Displayed if you have read-only access or higher to the relevant page in the eForm Link to open the page containing the project title and dates in the related eForm (whichever is first if these fields are on separate pages) If the page is hidden due to visibility conditions applied in the eForm process, it will open the first page that you can access. To return to CPT from the eForm, use your browser Back button or the Costing and Pricing Tool button/link in the eForm. |
Start Date |
Date that the project will begin, as entered in the originating eForm for the project |
Status |
Current stage of the eForm application |
Title |
Name of the project, as entered in the originating eForm for the project |
Options |
Description |
Outputs |
Costing and pricing outputs available for the project and your role Outputs with CPT data are created and managed by your RME administrators or office staff. They can be provided for different purposes, funders or stakeholders. For output filter configuration, see: Output Configuration |
Close |
Returns you to the eForm costing and pricing summary page that has the button/link to open the tool |
The panel on the left includes a list of the pages available. Page status indicators are used to inform you about the status of each page.
The Totals section at the bottom of the panel displays an overview of the project cost and price totals (read only).
Default Field Label |
Description |
Direct Cost |
Calculated Total Direct Cost from the Project Cost page This factors in salary costs for investigators and new staff, and other direct costs such as consumable and capital items, facility costs, and total calculated cost of external investigator salaries Values are rounded to two decimal places in calculations. |
Total Price |
Calculated Total Cash Contribution and Total In-kind Contribution provided by external funders from the Project Price page This includes direct and indirect cost recovery, and any applied contingency, margin, and markup or discount for external fund schemes. Indirect Cost Recovery is not applied to in-kind contributions. Values are rounded to two decimal places in calculations. |
Total Price incl. GST |
Calculated Total Cash Contribution and GST (if GST is applied) and Total In-kind Contribution provided by external funders from the Project Price page The GST percentage is defined in System Preferences. GST is applied to the total cash contribution. Values are rounded to two decimal places in calculations. |
Institution Cash Contribution |
Calculated Total Cash Contribution from the Institution Cash and In-kind Contributions page provided by the institution Indirect Cost Recovery is not applied to internal cash contributions. Values are rounded to two decimal places in calculations. |
Institution In-kind Contribution |
Calculated Total In-kind Contribution from the Institution Cash and In-kind Contributions page provided by the institution Indirect Cost Recovery is not applied to in-kind contributions. Values are rounded to two decimal places in calculations. |
Total Project Amount (excl. GST) |
The total amount for the project without GST [Total Price] + [Institution Cash Contribution] + [Institution In-kind Contribution] (above values) |
Costing and Pricing Tool pages:
• Consumable and Capital Items
• Institution Cash and In-kind Contribution
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Costing and Pricing Tool configuration:
• Salary and Indexation configuration
Product key: Costing and Pricing Tool
Page ID: CPT012.htm