User:Andreatl/ILXO budget
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Living Expenses (Boston)
- Transportation: $60 (cost of 4 MBTA weekly passes)
- Food ($150 per week) $600 total
- Rent ($200/person/wk) $2400 total
Total: $3060
Travel Expenses
- U-haul: $1000 + $300 for gas each way
- Gas: $150 each way (passenger vehicle)
- Tolls: ~$30 one way
- Lodging: $100 for 1 night
Total: $1580 each way
Living Expenses (Chicago)
- Food: $150 per week, $1500 total
- Gas/transportation: $400 (Assume $0.50/mile, ~8 miles to the office, 10 weeks)
Total: $1900
Office Expenses
- Rent+Utilities: ($1000-$2000/month), ideally <$1200
- 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: $3800
Ideal Total: $5000
Field Trip Expenses
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
Mandatory
- $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: $1200
Project Expenses: Off-Grid Power
Extras
Salary/Stipend: $2500 per person
Total: $10,000
