Senior Grants Specialist (Remote) - Neurology
Quick Summary
Proposal / Grant Management Performs pre-award job duties in response to specific proposal guidelines and terms and conditions for more complex proposals, such as program projects, ARPA-H, DOD,
Responsible managing a portfolio of faculty post award and payroll sourcing activities with minimal supervision/oversight, particularly for a research-intensive department.
Responsibilities
~4 min readProposal / Grant Management
- →Performs pre-award job duties in response to specific proposal guidelines and terms and conditions for more complex proposals, such as program projects, ARPA-H, DOD, DOE applications with minimal guidance. Work with faculty in proposal preparation and submission.
- →Manages budgeting, analysis, justifications for proposals; gathers information for protocols and non-technical proposal components as needed.
- →Serves as a liaison between the Chair, Faculty, and Department Administrators.
- →Stays current on federal and university developments regarding research administration and complex regulations.
- →May coordinate the submission, work with PI to prepare budget, obtain pricing quotes from other Departments. Compiles and ensures accurate regulatory compliance of necessary data collected from various sources. Works with Principal Investigator to compile and submit the entire grant according to established agency/university guidelines.
- →Prepares and reviews all agency forms for submission.
- →Enters grant budgeting documents online, as needed.
- →Obtains PI and institutional signatures for proposal submissions.
- →Initiates subaward setup through SUBS system (new process/system). Uploads pre-award documents and hands it off to Post-award to enter fund number.
- →Coordinates with the Post-award unit and OSRS to ensure timely implementation of contracts and subcontracts by examining and supplying the necessary requirements in the SUBS system.
Award Management
- →Manages reviews of more complex notice of award (NOA), including sponsor award documents, to SPA and PI, noting any special terms and conditions as well as committed effort.
- →Monitors and works with PI to submit annual agency reports (e.g., Research Performance Progress Reports/RPPRs).
- →Oversees and coordinates the proper transfer of PI grants and contracts into WashU.
Research Compliance
- →Coordinates the necessary support with internal and external requests for complex grant-related information (i.e. current biosketches, trainee information, and human/animal protocol approvals, other support).
Research Reporting
- →Assists with analysis of online database of grants submitted, awarded, rejected, etc. metrics and funding trends.
- →Organizes and determines proper action plans including the oversight for advanced alerts to PIs of upcoming deadlines for continuation, competitive renewals, progress reports, etc.
Grant Closeout
- →Serves as responsible for closure of complex sponsored projects accounts.
- →Submits final progress report and invention statement (if applicable) to the appropriate agency.
- →Follows up with PI and facilitates submission of delinquent final technical, outcomes, patent, and property reports.
Post Award
- →Manages and monitors complex sponsored projects budgets and ensures appropriate and timely expenditures and reconciliation of funds.
- →Approves purchasing documents and provides guidance to purchasing staff on appropriate expenditures according to specific grant policies.
- →Manages subawards, including, receiving the subaward invoice, reviewing and forwarding to PI for approval.
- →Checks for accuracy and provides complex troubleshooting error resolutions/solutions for fund profile setups and financial reports.
- →Creates, addresses, and processes correspondence of moderate complexity with granting agencies (i.e. inquiries, carry forward requests, change in effort requests, prior approvals, no cost extensions, equipment purchase, and budget reallocation requests).
- →Serves as internal liaison and grant content representative with SPA to ensure that all funds are set up in a timely manner; prepare any necessary project advances, no-cost extensions, and ensure that funds are carried forward as appropriate.
- →Ensures that human and animal study protocols are associated with the applicable proposal or award.
- →Obtains documentation on participation of foreign nationals on research projects.
- →Coordinates the necessary support with internal and external requests for grant-related information (i.e. audit inquiries, effort distribution, trainee information, and human/animal protocol approvals,).
- →Stays in communication with the leadership on pre- and post-award activities to ensure the highest level of customer service to faculty.
- →Tracks and maintains online database of grants submitted, awarded, rejected, etc.
- →Prepares monthly financial reports on complex research accounts and distribute/discuss with PIs and senior leadership.
- →Assists DA in reconciling funds and monitoring spending levels, overdrafts, and cost sharing commitments. Processes budget adjustments on expense categories as needed.
- →Obtains signatures and forwards grant/contract financial status reports to PI and senior leadership.
- →Works with PIs to provide fund management and make any necessary budgetary changes.
- →Oversees and coordinates the proper transfer of PI grants and contracts from Wash U to new institutions or new departments.
- →May prepare and submit invoices according to final executed contract, track receipt of checks from sponsor and ensure they are deposited in correct fund.
Assists senior leadership with special projects as requested.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Requirements
~1 min read- Knowledge of S2S, Research Management System (RMS and SUBS system.
- Knowledge agency guidelines.
About the Role
~1 min readFor frequently asked questions about the application process, please refer to our External Applicant FAQ.
If you are unable to use our online application system and would like an accommodation, please email CandidateQuestions@wustl.edu or call the dedicated accommodation inquiry number at 314-935-1149 and leave a voicemail with the nature of your request.
All qualified individuals must be able to perform the essential functions of the position satisfactorily and, if requested, reasonable accommodations will be made to enable employees with disabilities to perform the essential functions of their job, absent undue hardship.What We Offer
~1 min readPersonal
Location & Eligibility
About this job
- Pay per year
- $58,400–$99,700 a year
- 16% above the $68,076 median for Other jobs on Jobera (131,167 salaries).
- Posted
- 9 days ago
Listing Details
- Posted
- October 21, 2026
- First seen
- October 22, 2026
- Last seen
- October 23, 2026
Posting Health
- Days active
- 8
- Repost count
- 0
- Trust Level
- 48%
- Scored at
- October 30, 2026
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