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This Costing and Pricing Tool page is used to view the total calculated project cost and a breakdown.
If costing details are changed, see: Changes to costing details for impacts.
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
The page is divided into the following sections:
Section |
Description |
Direct Salary Cost |
Includes: • Total calculated salary for each internal investigator and new staff member on the project (Type: Internal Investigators and Type: New Staff in the Project Team page) • Direct Salary Cost Total |
Other Direct Cost |
Total costs for: • Consumable and capital items with a cost allocating, including all in-kind and cash contributions • Total calculated cost of external investigator salaries (Type: External Investigators in the Project Team page) • Total calculated cost of HDR student scholarships, if relevant to the project (Type: Students in the Project Team page) • Total calculated cost for facility usage, including all in-kind and cash contributions • Other Direct Cost Total which is a total of all listed other direct costs (above) |
Totals |
Total costs, broken into: • Total Direct Cost (also
shown in the Totals panel) • Total Indicative Cost to University
(@xx%) |
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 totals (read only). See: Project Summary, Totals
Costing and Pricing Tool pages:
• Consumable and Capital Items
• Institution Cash and In-kind Contribution
Reference:
Costing and Pricing Tool configuration:
• Salary and Indexation configuration
Product key: Costing and Pricing Tool
Page ID: CPT017.htm