User:Andreatl/ILXO budget

Living Expenses (Boston)

• 25 Days total
• Transportation: $240 ($15 for a weekly MBTA pass, 4 people, 4 weeks)
• Food ($150 per week) $525 total
• Rent ($200/person/wk) $2,100 total

Total: $2,865

Travel Expenses

• U-haul: $1,000 + $300 for gas each way
• Gas: $150 each way (passenger vehicle)
• Tolls: ~$30 one way
• Lodging: $100 for 1 night

Total: $1,580 each way

Living Expenses (Chicago)

• Costs for 10 weeks
• Food: $150 per week, $1,500 total
• Gas/transportation: $400 (Assume $0.50/mile, ~8 miles to the office, 10 weeks)

Total: $1,900

Office Expenses

• Costs for 10 weeks
• Rent+Utilities: ($1,000-$2,000/month), ideally <$1,200
• Office supplies: $150
• Swag: $750 total
  • XO screwdrivers: $200 for 100 screwsdrivers
  • Tshirts: $300 for screen printing supplies and tees for 100 shirts
  • Jackets: $250

Minimum Total: $3,900

Ideal Total: $5,000

Field Trip Expenses

• Factor E Farm Visit: North of Kansas City, MO, 4 days
  • Gas: 500 miles each way ($0.50/mile), $500 total
  • Lodging: 3 nights lodging at $75/night, $225 total
  • Food: $25 per person per day, $400 total

Total: $1,125

Mobile Kit Expenses

• School server: $700 (antenna and machine)
• Other tools: $60-100 (electrical tape, screwdrivers, storage units, etc)

Total: $760-$800

Project Expenses: Accessibility

• $50 for physical hand braces, splints, restraints, earplugs, sunglasses
• $250 for books on assistive technology design (approximately 5-7 used books)

Total: $300

Would be nice:

• $200 for an electronics prototyping toolbench - nonconsumables like a soldering iron, breadboard, wire cutter, AVR programmer
• $200 for electronics prototyping supplies - consumables like solder, wire, microcontrollers, switches, buttons, lights, etc.
• $500 to print circuit boards for successfully prototyped designs in order to make these more widely available to the community for testing (we can always request/find this funding when we have successful designs)

Total: $900

Minimum Total: $300

Ideal Total: $1,200

Project Expenses: Off-Grid Power

• Books: $250 (5-7 used)
• Car Battery: $100 (for two)
• Alternator: $150-200
• Sewing Machine: $100-150 (Treadle)
• Circuit components: $100
• Voltmeter: $50

Would be nice:

• General scrap components: $300
• Additional circuit components: $100

Minimum Total: $750-850

Ideal Total: $1,250

Extras

Salary/Stipend: $2500 per person

Total: $10,000

Grand Total

Minimum Total: $14,760

Ideal Total With Stipend: $27,400