Create proposed project budget (prior to assigning individuals)

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I am creating a budget for a grant application. It is premature to assign individuals to the proposed project. I just need to create a budgetary framework for each of the proposed tasks and timeframe for each of the tasks under generic headings such as:

  • Room rental
  • Transportation
  • Allowance for coordinators & facilitators
  • Allowance for mentors
  • Speaker fees
  • Catering
  • Project management

However, it seems that I need to create people and assign a rate and number of days - that is great if and when the project is approved - but is burdensome when all I need is to create a proposed budget. Also, there are some fixed costs, such as catering and room rental - I do not see a way to add costs other that HR costs based on days/hour and per diem/per horam.

There must be a way to do this, no?
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You can set a task cost as “manual” rather than calculated.

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Thank you Dmitry. I will try that. It is a pity that they do not just simply add an expense category so that typically fixed costs can be included, such as room rental, catering, etc.