{"id":65588,"date":"2026-04-17T11:00:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T18:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/research\/new-tools\/sage\/sage-budget\/sage-budget-overview\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T11:01:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T18:01:18","slug":"sage-budget-overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/research\/new-tools\/sage\/sage-budget\/sage-budget-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"SAGE Budget Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAGE Budget enables you to create accurate, detailed budgets for your grant and contract proposals, and for your award and modification requests. The comprehensive budget minimizes errors and improves data quality.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>To Create a New Budget<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>To get started creating a new SAGE Budget, review the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/research\/tools\/sage\/guide\/sage-budget\/budget-list\/#create\">Budget List and Create<\/a> article.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>To Copy an Existing Budget<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>To make a copy of an existing budget, review the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/research\/tools\/sage\/guide\/sage-budget\/budget-copy-and-delete\/\">Budget Copy and Delete<\/a> article.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Why use<\/strong> SAGE<strong> Budget?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>It\u2019s simple.<\/strong> Select a start date, and begin entering costs.<\/li>\n<li><strong>It\u2019s accurate.<\/strong> SAGE Budget automatically populates your budget with real-time salary and benefits information, calculates budget totals for each period, and identifies the correct F&amp;A rate.<\/li>\n<li><strong>It\u2019s efficient.<\/strong> It applies inflation rates for Salary, Tuition, and other line items across budget periods. It can cascade entries on non-salary line items, so the values you enter in one budget period are automatically propagated to subsequent budget periods.<\/li>\n<li><strong>It\u2019s flexible.<\/strong> With the click of a button, you can copy a budget and reuse it as a template for future budgets.<\/li>\n<li><strong>It\u2019s tailored for the UW Research Community.<\/strong> SAGE Budget is customized to comply with UW Accounting Rules, so you needn\u2019t memorize object codes or look up the latest F&amp;A rates.<\/li>\n<li><strong>It\u2019s convenient.<\/strong> Connect your budget to an eGC1 or award request, and they will route together so reviewers can easily see budget details in a standard format.<\/li>\n<li><strong>It&#8217;s a time saver.\u00a0<\/strong>If you are creating a Grant Runner application and using the RR Detailed Budget, connecting your budget to your application will automatically populate the form.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>When you<\/strong> might<strong> not want to use SAGE Budget<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Currently SAGE Budget does not fully support CTO (CRBB) budgets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Additional<strong> Information<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>For more information on preparing a budget, review the Office of Sponsored Program\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washington.edu\/research\/myresearch-lifecycle\/plan-and-propose\/budget\/\">Budget Development<\/a> page.<\/li>\n<li>Departmental ASTRA Authorizers provide access to the SAGE system. 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