budget



We have been awarded £ 292 033.83 by PPARC to build ULTRACAM. Table 1 gives a summarised breakdown of the grant funding, as defined by PPARC, and table 2 contains up-to-date details of actual expenditure on the grant. Note that all figures are in UK pounds, include VAT and take into account forecast inflation and anticipated future pay awards over the duration of the grant.
 
table 1: funding summary


details

amount

staff 6 773.19
consumables 2 167.48
equipment 173 500.00
exceptional items 98 869.52
travel & subsistence 7 607.98

sub-total

288 918.17
indirect cost on staff (46%) 3 115.66

grant total

292 033.83
 

table 2: detailed expenditure on grant


staff  
       0.27 staff years of John Kelly and Richard Pashley at Sheffield
       for design and construction of the opto-mechanical chassis
          -   payable to the University at a time of their choosing
5 079.89
       0.09 staff years of Paul Kerry at Sheffield
       for system management of the ULTRACAM computers and peripherals
          -   payable to the University at a time of their choosing
1 693.30
       indirect cost on staff (46%)
          -   payable to the University at a time of their choosing
3 115.66
       sub-total 9 888.85
       funding remaining 0.00
consumables
 
       sub-total 0.00
       funding remaining 2 167.48
equipment
 
       supplemental payment to the UKATC for grade 0 devices with optimised coatings
          -   payment to be made (if necessary) on completion of UKATC contract in September 2001
2 000.00
       manufacture, coating and assembly of the ULTRACAM optics by Specac
       (including supplemental payment of £470 for additional tooling and £50 for delivery)
30 205.20
       1 set of SDSS filters (u'g'r'i'z') from Asahi (including VAT, import duty and delivery) 3 293.98
       2 dichroic beamsplitters (substrates+coatings) from CVI Technical Optics (including VAT and delivery) 6 308.58
       SCSI disk array containing 4x73 Gbyte drives from GND Distribution Ltd (including VAT and delivery) 2 956.30
       data reduction PC, including Athlon XP1900+ (1.6 GHz) processor, 1.5 Gbytes DDR memory,
       60 Gbyte IDE drive, 73 Gbyte SCSI disk, 18" LCD monitor, DVD drive, CDRW drive,
       aluminium case and 550W PSU
3 300.00
       mechanical parts (£1460 as of 16/01/2002) plus estimated expenditure to completion 2 000.00
       30m coil of 9.5mm (I.D.) foam-insulated reinforced PVC hose 73.36
       10G/40 electrical insulating material 184.80
       antistatic castors 45.00
       plastic shims 27.00
       hoses and connectors for nitrogen supply 80.00
       custom-made bellows for SDSS filter/CCD window interface 90.00
       sub-total 50 564.22
       funding remaining -8 064.22
exceptional items
 
       contract with UKATC for three CCD cameras, data acquisition system and optical design
          -   payments to be made in 4 installments, each of 25%, on:
               August 2000, January 2001, April 2001 and September 2001
229 000.00
       purchased book by Yoder on Mounting Lenses in Optical Instruments 33.27
       purchased Mechanical Desktop design software 295.00
       ULTRACAM stickers and mouse mat 29.08
       optics handling and cleaning equipment 45.00
       sub-total 229 402.35
       funding remaining 467.17
travel & subsistence
 
       VSD's expenses for CLRC visit on 26/7/99 to discuss ULTRACAM contract 56.93
       VSD's expenses for UKATC visit on 3/9/99 to discuss ULTRACAM contract 184.33
       TRM's expenses for UKATC visit on 3/9/99 to discuss ULTRACAM contract 181.30
       VSD's expenses for first ULTRACAM design meeting at UKATC on 10/3/00 150.88
       TRM's expenses for first ULTRACAM design meeting at UKATC on 10/3/00 158.40
       VSD's expenses for visit to ARI/TTL (Liverpool) on 15/3/00 to discuss ULTRACAM on the LT 23.25
       VSD's expenses for UKATC visit on 12/7/00 to discuss ULTRACAM optics 87.48
       VSD+MJS's expenses for UKATC visit on 21/11/00 to discuss ULTRACAM optics and CCD head 241.09
       VSD+MJS's expenses for visit to Cambridge on 06/04/01 to
          -   discuss mounting ULTRACAM on Aristarchos with SPW+MF
          -   present talk on ULTRACAM at NAM 2001
72.53
       VSD+MJS's expenses for visit to SPECAC on 02/05/01 to discuss the ULTRACAM optics contract 228.24
       VSD+MJS's expenses for attendance at the ULTRACAM CDR on 23/05/01 at UKATC 156.88
       TRM's expenses for attendance at the ULTRACAM CDR on 23/05/01 at UKATC 109.65
       VSD+MJS's expenses for attendance at the ULTRACAM mechanical design review on 29/08/01 at UKATC 207.60
       VSD+MJS's expenses for attendance at the ULTRACAM project meeting on 14/11/01 at UKATC 211.00
       VSD's expenses for attendance at the ULTRACAM project meeting on 09/01/02 at UKATC 101.40
       sub-total 2170.96
       funding remaining 5 437.02

total expenditure on grant


292 026.38


total funding remaining


7.45