at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Job Opening Id: 53996
Department: MED-Preventive Medicine
Salary/Grade: EXS/6
Target hiring range for this position will be between $56,782 - 70,978 per year. Offered salary will be determined by the applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.
Job Summary:
Provides administrative assistance and routine problem-solving in support of the unit's research programs and mission. Assistance may include the preparation &/or submission of routine research proposals, grants &/or contracts according to standard practice &/or general instruction. May assist with &/or complete proposal submissions, prepare information used in grant budgets, process and project financial transactions, &/or effort reporting activities.
Specific Responsibilities:
Complexity
- Typically administers entire research projects such as:
- Single Principal Investigator (PI) basic proposals, grants &/or contracts
- May assist with components of multi-PI or multi-unit proposals, grants &/or contracts
- NIH RO1-approximately $250K/yr. over 5 yrs.
- NIH R21-approximately $150K/yr. over 2 yrs.
- Foundation grants
- NSF grants
- Fellowships
Pre-Award
- Completes pre-award administration of grant &/or contract activities.
- Reviews solicitation & determines necessary components.
- Organizes proposal, renewal and resubmission applications.
- Completes NU OSR forms.
- Completes entire application for smaller, less-complicated, simple, standard proposals.
Post-Award
- Completes post-award administration of research grants &/or contracts.
- Reviews account establishment.<
