Terri-
I think this falls under the category of urban myths.

Our office, like yours and Joni's, does budgets and a thorough review.
We, too, assist with institutional proposals, to varying degrees and, if
we see text in a timely manner, will provide a quick edit.  On _rare_
occasions we will help get forms filled out, but we do not provide
clerical assistance as a regular procedure.  Some of our departments do
have administrative assistants who fill out forms, etc., but, in the
main, it is our belief that the PI is responsible for his/her proposal.

Susan

--
Susan B. Burke
Associate Director
NYU Office of Sponsored Programs
15 Washington Place, 1-H
New York, NY 10003
telephone: 212-998-2017
fax: 212-995-4029

======================================================================
 Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including
 subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available
 via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists")
======================================================================