[#27] Multi-year controlled experimentation/project seed funding (recommended $300k multi-year allocation).

[#19] Recommended one-time contingency/reserve for large unforeseen legal/repair/remediation events.

[#10, #14, #16, #20] Initial deep metallurgical/isotopic analysis setup and first-run assays, digital-forensics/immutable-archive initial setup, initial amnestic stock, and documentation/LIMS/ELN setup.

[#17] One-time legal/cover-story/provenance setup and initial payments to establish plausible custody and procurement cover.

[#1, #3, #4, #8, #9, #11, #18, #22, #24] Aquarium tanks/stands/plumbing and initial water storage/chiller/sensors, museum case hardware (capital portion counted here), CCTV installation, UPS/generator hardware, metrology imaging equipment, transport containers, initial PPE kit, and archival ingestion hardware.

[#5, #25] Professional conservator initial treatment and initial adhesives/consolidants and micro-repair materials for SCP-2307-02.

[#7, #13, #14] Security staff (2 guards including benefits/overhead), dedicated research team salaries (PI + 2 researchers + benefits), and digital-forensics analyst(s) salaries.

[#30] Program contingency equal to 20% of recurring annual line items to cover unpredictable interventions and prolonged cases.

[#6, #10, #11, #20, #23, #24] Ongoing preventive conservation (weekly inspections & cleaning), annual follow-up assays, imaging/data storage, documentation/sysadmin/licensing maintenance, public-records monitoring, and long-term archival storage.

[#12, #8, #9, #4] Facilities/cost-recovery overhead allocation for lab space, CCTV monitoring/maintenance, UPS/generator fuel & upkeep, and museum-case calibration/maintenance.

[#17, #26] Annual legal/PR retainer and ongoing ethics/oversight committee costs related to cover stories, provenance maintenance, and counsel.

[#29] Annual containment/audit/compliance review and small contingency for unplanned tests/repairs.

[#15] Annual reserve to cover monitoring, amnestics, legal/financial remediation and reintegration for exposed subjects (annualized estimate; per-subject 10-year cost varies).

[#2, #18, #28] Water procurement field trips/travel (domestic baseline), transport-readiness/training, and travel/cultural-liaison for UK stakeholder engagement.

[#21] Annual memetic-safety, handling, PPE and emergency-procedure training and psychological screening costs.

[#3, #16, #22, #25] Water conditioning reagents and drums consumables, annual amnestic resupply/training, PPE replacements/disposables, and conservation consumables/adhesives maintenance.

[#18] Average annualized per-move transport cost allowance (assumes occasional secure moves/off-site work).