Dear Krystle (and including the proposal management team here as well),
I understand that the time frame in which grant applications are prepared in US University is not necessarily the same as in Europe. It is very difficult to confirm budget allocations
at this stage. What generally happens with EU grants is that applicants are given a hard ceiling for what the whole consortium can request, which means that the budgeting process requires combining a bottom-up approach (which is what you have done) with a
top-down approach to ensure the overall envelope is not exceeded and resources are allocated fairly across partners, according to expected contributions. Unfortunately, we have not yet reached the stage at which we will be able to apply the latter (top-down)
allocation, because we have yet to finalise the consortium and there is still uncertainty on how many partners will be part of it.
However, I do understand that you need to provide inputs to your administration, and I wonder if we could find a compromise (e.g. providing a provisional figure that can be revised
later; or buying some more time). Looking at your figures, your estimate of effort is totally reasonable, but we will have to determine whether the project can afford that level of effort throughout its duration (4 years). Presumably, there will be non-staff
costs to add to your estimates as well, especially for travel.
Please, let me know what you think.
Franco
From: Tsai, Krystle <Krystle.Tsai@nyulangone.org>
Sent: 17 March 2026 13:47
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Subject: Re: Possible collaboration on EU call
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Hello Franco,
Our grants administrator is finalizing NYU's budget and we wanted to run the proposed effort and total costs by you:
This would amount to $113,590 Annual Direct costs, and $47,561 annual Indirect costs. Please let us know if this sounds ok and if we should make any adjustments.
Best,
Krystle
From: Sassi, Franco <f.sassi@imperial.ac.uk>
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2026 12:28 PM
To: Bragg, Marie <Marie.Bragg@nyulangone.org>; Tsai, Krystle <Krystle.Tsai@nyulangone.org>
Subject: RE: Possible collaboration on EU call
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Thank you, Marie. I look forward to receiving more information from Krystle. If we include these interventions in the project’s package, I would definitely include Damon in the team. Franco
From: Bragg, Marie <Marie.Bragg@nyulangone.org>
Sent: 24 February 2026 16:25
To: Sassi, Franco <f.sassi@imperial.ac.uk>; Tsai, Krystle <Krystle.Tsai@nyulangone.org>
Subject: Re: Possible collaboration on EU call
Hi Franco,
I can ask Krystle from my team to share the text of our Aim 1 and 2 from a recent grant we submitted with a computer scientist, where we modify social media apps to reduce exposure to problematic
content.
I also want to mention that this work that was developed by a computer scientist means it would likely be most appropriate to include that person on the EU Horizon grant. Would there be room
to include some effort for him to honor the fact that it's his area of expertise? His name is Damon McCoy and he is also at NYU.
Thank you!
Marie