LSU's CMC-IGERT by the numbers (May, 2005)

$3.2 M initial size ($2.7M from NSF and $0.5M LSU Match)

~$600,000 supplemental funds received

~$700,000 spent each year

8% indirect costs returned to University

4.5 years since inception

1.5 years until it runs out (includes automatic extension)

18 students

20 professors

13 identifiable research efforts (some students belong to more than one)

1 graduate so far (honorary graduate)

13 journal publications so far

3 core courses students must take

1 seminar every week students must attend

1 monthly meeting for all students

4 students have served as student leader

4 subcommittees in student government structure

1 site visit every year

2 to 4, the number of years each student should stay appointed as fellow.

$30,000 annual stipend (plus LSU tuition and fees paid)

7 students have traveled internationally so far

>50 minigrants written by students

$2,000 = average minigrant

$10,000 = high minigrant

6, the maximum number of months in "finishing school" (predoc)

513, the number of IGERT e-mails the PI deemed worth saving in 2004

1 overworked coordinator

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