Provide a detailed annual project budget for 5 years of operation in a spreadsheet assuming the schedule of growth listed in Expected manuscript volumes. Provide a written justification of this budget in less than 1000 words.
Cost estimates presume continuing feature development of The Commons for the five-year grant period. If the GB reduces feature development requests and transitions service toward maintenance of the existing feature set, then the budget for development staff would be renegotiated yearly to reflect actual development needs. Likewise, budget estimates for storage and use are based on the growth estimates provided in the ASAPbio RFA. As a non-profit, mission-driven organization, COS is committed to providing and maintaining The Commons at cost and will employ transparent accounting for reporting and negotiating yearly support. The same approach will guide transition to a distributed sustaining finance model.