A: Discretionary spending can go towards either increasing the total allocation towards one of the other three budget items, or can support things such as course materials, software, book purchases, professional society memberships, and more. All spending is expected to be in service of your SoTL research project. Spending that is unrelated to being able to carry out this proposed research is not allowed using your PCF grant funds. If you are not sure if an expense qualifies, please reach out to your assigned CTL staff mentor.