URI Master Gardener Program Budget Request Form 2018

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This form serves as your budget request to the URIMGP operating budget.  Draft budget requests should be submitted via this online form by October 16, 2017 and final budget requests are due November 1, 2017. Contact your Council Coordinator with questions.

Excerpt from URIMGP Operating Guidelines.
TABLE 3.2: Allowable URIMGP Expenses
Type Allowable (to support public education) Not Allowable
EMG Services (e.g. Kiosks, Soil Testing, Public Presentations) Educational display materials Refreshments
Books and reference materials Event exhibitor fees
Electronics for reference (e.g. iPads) and public presentations (e.g. projectors)
Soil testing equipment, brochures
Printed educational and program collateral, postage
Demonstration Projects Soil amendments (e.g. compost, mulch, fertilizers) Refreshments
Plant tags, signage explaining practices Entertainment (e.g. music)
Garden demonstration materials used for teaching purposes (e.g. row covers, trellising materials, irrigation, IPM or other pest control tools, lumber for raised beds, specific plants not available from MGP greenhouses) Installation and/or rehabilitation of permanent structures (e.g. fences, storage sheds, greenhouses).  These will be considered per special request, with preference given to cost-sharing with project hosts.
Books and reference materials
Selected tools, if needed
Rentals as approved (e.g. port-a-john, space)
Soil test fees from UConn or UMass
Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) checks if needed. See State Program Leader to clarify if working with youth under 18.
School Garden Mentor Locations Lesson plan supplies to be used in the garden Refreshments
Teacher training materials (e.g. garden user guides) Installation and/or rehabilitation of permanent structures (e.g. fences, storage sheds, greenhouses)
Curriculum units, garden journals, books and reference material School personnel stipends  (e.g. teachers, maintenance)
Plant tags, educational signage Gardening materials (e.g. row covers, trellising materials, fertilizers, IPM tools, lumber for raised beds, irrigation systems)
Youth gardening tools and other tools as approved
Soil test fees from UConn or UMass; URI Plant Protection Clinic fees
Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) checks
 Soil amendments (compost, fertilizer)