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 £50 for delivery) 29 735.20
       sub-total 31 735.20
       funding remaining 10 764.80
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
       sub-total 229 328.27
       funding remaining 541.25
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
       sub-total 1384.43
       funding remaining 6 223.55

total expenditure on grant


272 336.75


total funding remaining


19 697.08

 

table 3: anticipated future expenditure on grant


design review travel and subsistence 300.00
dichroics (from CVI) 6288.60
filters (from Asahi) 3700.00
opto-mechanical chassis materials 2000.00
data reduction pc (from Mesh)
- 1.3 GHz Athlon processor, 768 MB DDR memory, 2x73 GB SCSI disks, 18" flat-panel monitor

4500.00
data archiving (from DABS)
- HP Surestore Ultrium 230 tape drive, 100GB/tape @13 GB/second
- 10x HP Surestore Ultrium 230 tapes @£158.00/tape

4230.00
1580.00
integration and commissioning costs
2000.00
Aristarchos collimator (from Specac)
- £6000, but this is exactly equal to the "operational costs" on our British Council grant
0.00

total future expenditure on grant


24 598.60


total deficit on grant


4901.52