at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Job Opening Id: 50649
Department: MED-Basic Science Admin
Salary/Grade: NEX/11
Job Summary:
An Assistant Research Administrator for the Basic Sciences Administration (BSA) completes clerical and administrative tasks in support of BSA's sponsored programs and research missions. This may include coordinating pre-award and/or post award processes, completing internal or external forms for any/all portions (including budget) of a proposal or award, collecting, distributing and/or archiving proposal and award related documents, and using spreadsheets to calculate budgets and track data and/or data analysis.
BSA supports the Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Microbiology and Immunology, Pharmacology, and Physiology, as well as Center for Genetic Medicine, and the Simpson Querrey Institute for Epigenetics. The BSA Research Administration Team manages pre- and post-award administration including approvals of procurement and expense reports, proposal development, award setup and management, budget preparation, compliance, effort reporting, fiscal management, and financial reporting and projections.
Specific Responsibilities:
Complexity
- Typically assists with research projects such as:
- Single Principal Investigator (PI) basic proposals, grants and/or contracts
- Components of multi-PI or multi-unit proposals, grants and/or contracts
- NIH R01-approximately $250K/yr. over 5 yrs.
- NIH R21-approximately $150K/yr. over 2 yrs.
- Foundation grants.
- NSF grants.
Pre-Award
- Completes pre-award administration of grant and/or contract activities.
- Prepares proposals.
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