Federal budget forms are not the only part of federal budgets which are different. The information expected in a federal budget justification is also more specific. All of these budget justifications must meet the specific requirements of reasonable, allowable, and allocable. This session will not only discussion how the federal government defines each of these criteria, but also provides a wide variety of examples on how to justify each of these criteria by cost area (personnel, travel, etc.) and methods for documenting how you are defending these criteria after you have received your federal award.

What you will learn:

  • The federal definitions of reasonable, allowable, and allocable
  • How to justify all of the federal categories using these definitions
  • How to ensure your post-award documentation continues to document these areas so expenditures are not rejected by local and federal auditors.


Presented by:
Julie Assel, GPC, CGMS

Course curriculum

    1. Welcome: Let's Get Started

    2. Video: Federal Grant Development - Federal Grant Budget Justifications

    3. Session Evaluation

    4. Quiz: Federal Budget Justifications

About this course

  • $50.00
  • 4 lessons
  • 1 hour of video content

The trainers for these sessions are all credentialed grant professionals (GPCs) through the Grant Professional Certification Institute, Approved Trainers with the Grant Professionals Association, and/or credentialed Certified Grant Management Specialists (CGMS) through the National Grant Management Association. All of the trainings in this series align with the CGMS exam classification system and the Grant Professionals Certification Institute’s competencies and skills, and are approved for Continuing Education Units (CEU) by GPCI and CFRE International.