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title: "Navigating Budgets and Paperwork"
artifact: "highlights"
resource_person: "Dr. Taruna Madan Gupta"
resource_person_role: "Head, Development Research, Indian Council of Medical Research"
vertical: "careers"
module: "Writing Grants"
lesson: "Navigating Budgets and Paperwork"
lesson_key: "navigating-budgets-and-paperwork"
source: "curated"
source_channel: "Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)"
---
# Navigating Budgets and Paperwork: Highlights

**Resource person:** Dr. Taruna Madan Gupta - Head, Development Research, Indian Council of Medical Research

**Curated from:** Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)

1. Derive costs from the methods, work plan, team, and timeline.
2. Check eligible costs, category limits, rates, and indirect-cost rules.
3. Explain each material cost through quantity, rate, timing, and purpose.
4. Keep the narrative, schedule, and budget in sync.
5. Map institutional approvals and documents well before submission.
6. Retain quotations, assumptions, and source records for review and award management.