Michael,

Best wishes for your family.

As to your question I'm stumped beyond the perhaps not-very-helpful answers of "trial and error" and "asking colleagues."?? But there is a workaround, at least as far as your own time is concerned.?? It's not uncommon that a request for proposals will fail to specify just how many questions and follow-up questions need to be answered, in how many iterations or to what degree of rigor or depth.?? So if you cannot say how long you'll need to complete the work, you can propose an hourly rate;?? estimate a range for the number of hours required--altogether or for a certain phase(s); and set or invite the client to set a limit on the cost they'll pay, again either altogether or for a certain phase(s).

Roland

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Please note that using your email client's "Reply" option will send your response to all members of the discussion group. To send a private message to one person, click the blue "Reply to Sender" button at the upper right of their post. Statistical Consulting Section Post New Message Online ASA Home ?? Oct 26, 2018 - Oct 28, 2018 started 2 days ago, Michael Costello (0 replies) Difficulty setting budgets for proposal work ?? 1.?? Colleagues,?? I've recently taken some time... Michael Costello ?? 1. Difficulty setting budgets for proposal work Reply to Group Online Reply to Sender Oct 26, 2018 4:11 PM Michael Costello Colleagues,?? I've recently taken some time off from my consulting due to burnout and a family situation, but now I'm ready to get back into the work. My experience is mostly in the international education realm.?? When I worked for one of the big statistics NGO's in DC a few years back, I did a little bit of proposal work, but nothing going so far as making budgets, planning expenses, and calculating things like overhead. I find that I simply don't know enough about it and that has kept me from putting forth proposals for some of the consultancies I see advertised. Does anyone have recommendations on where I can gain knowledge of and experience in this kind of budgeting for proposal writing? I'm really at square one so any advice will be most welcome. ------------------------------ -Michael "To call in the statistician after the experiment is done may be no more than asking him to perform a post-mortem examination: he may be able to say what the experiment died of." -Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher, FRS ------------------------------ ?? Reply to Group Online ?? Reply to Sender ?? View Thread ?? Recommend ?? Forward ?? Flag as Inappropriate ?? Post New Message Online ?? ?? You are subscribed to "Statistical Consulting Section" as roland@integrativestatistics.com. To change your subscriptions, go to My Subscriptions. To unsubscribe from this community discussion, go to Unsubscribe.