"Temporary Grant Administrator, DISC Pre Award"

The Grant Administrator, DISC Pre-Award supports departmental and institutional efforts in securing external funding for research, training, and creative activities. Rooted in an understanding of federal regulations governing sponsored projects, other sponsor requirements, and institutional compliance requirements, the Grant Administrator serves as a primary liaison between principal investigators (PIs) and the institutional Pre-Award Services team. Under minimal oversight, they provide expert guidance and act as a trusted advisor to PIs throughout the proposal development process, ensuring all submissions comply with sponsor guidelines and institutional policies.

Responsibilities:

• Supports a portfolio of sponsored projects proposals and ensures a high-quality product is delivered to the Pre-Award Services team for review and submission, including assisting in the development, preparation, finalization, and submission of the proposals.
• Obtains and reviews sponsor guidelines for all proposals; advises the PI on administrative requirements in preparing proposal submissions. Coordinates and reviews certain proposal elements (biosketches and facilities & resources) for consistency, accuracy, and completeness. Reviews proposals for consistency with sponsor guidelines on format, compliance with the FOA, font size and page limits, narrative, etc.
• Works closely with the PI to develop budgets and budget justification, ensuring accuracy. Reviews budgets for consistency with sponsor requirements; monitors for compliance with agency and University guidelines; verifies all financial information, including institutional salaries, fringe, indirect rates, etc. for the project.
• Ensures all applications meet sponsor and institutional guidelines and deadlines, including management of the Just-In-Time process.
• Confers with PI and pre-award support staff at collaborating institutions to secure necessary sub-awards documents for proposals.
• Monitors and facilitates the proposal routing process in compliance with university procedures.
• All other duties, as assigned.

Education & Work:

Bachelor's Degree. Minimum of 2 years pre-award grant experience or related work.

Additional Qualifications:

Comfortable with MS Office suite, G Suite, and facility with budgets and Excel. Excellent verbal and written communication skills.