Call for Full Project Proposals (FPPs) Environmental and Social Studies – Seabirds in Atlantic Offshore

Eligible expenditures for an approved project under the ESRF must be directly related to, and necessary for, the implementation and conduct of a project as defined in the terms of the Funding Agreement or MOU, and will include:

• Salaries and benefits for employees on the payroll of the Proponent for the actual time spent by the employees on the Project;
• Professional, scientific, technical and contracting services or fees; whenever the services are provided directly by the Proponent, professional, scientific or technical fees can be charged in lieu of salaries and benefits, given these fees are the ones usually charged to the Proponent’s customers;
• Reasonable travel expenditures, including meals and accommodation;
• Printing services;
• Data collection services, including processing, analysis and management;
• Licence fees and permits;
• Field testing services;
• Purchase, installation and testing of qualifying equipment, materials and products equipment and products, including diagnostic and testing tools and instruments (subject to approval by the ESRF Management Board and explicit inclusion in the Funding Agreement or MOU);
• Laboratory and field supplies and materials;
• Federal and Provincial Taxes that are not refunded; and,
• Overhead expenditures, provided they are directly related to the conduct of the Project and can be attributed to it (limited to 15% of Total eligible expenditures).