Can we include a salary for adminstrative assistance such as a secretary or program coordinator?
Yes. IGERT projects are likely to require significant administrative support; for example, at the beginning as new recruitment materials, new courses and/or other education or training activities are developed, and later as efforts directed at evaluation of progress, student tracking, etc. become more prominent. This assistance is meant to relieve faculty of some administrative burdens connected with the IGERT project, but not of their responsibility to organize and lead the project and to play active roles in recruitment, teaching, and mentoring of students.
