| Category |
Annual cost (k$) |
| Administration costs |
|
| RSI director support |
10.0 |
| RSI 1/5- to 1/4-time staff |
7.0 |
| Photocopying and miscellaneous |
0.5 |
| Subtotal: |
17.5 (24%) |
| Computing Support |
|
| (software available to all RSI members, connect fees for
RSI computing stations, available to all RSI members,
hardware upgrades, system administration, etc.) |
17.0 |
| Subtotal: |
17.0 (24%) |
| Remote Sensing seminar series (for
research development by sharing cost for
collaborating visitors; MTU publicity;
support for Remote Sensing minor) |
5.0 |
| Subtotal: |
5.0 (7%) |
| Direct research and graduate support |
|
| Proposal matching funds (e.g., equipment,
field work/ship time, equipment maintenance or
upgrades) |
5.5 |
| Graduate assistantships (supplements,
cost-splitting with grant support,
proposal cost-share) |
9.0 |
| Graduate travel awards (for presentation
of research on RSI-affiliated or
potentially RSI-affiliated projects) |
2.0 |
| Research faculty/Postdoctoral associate
support (research staff grant-bridging
funding, short-term new research faculty
funding, support of RSI-affiliated graduate
program courses) |
11.0 |
| Research development grants (Funds to aid
the development of new RSI-affiliated
research) |
5.0 |
| Subtotal: |
32.5 (45%)
(Note: The subtotal for this
cateogory will be increased as RSI funding increases.) |
| Total |
72.0 |