Pre-Award Specialist

The Office of Research and Engagement within the College of Humanities and Social Sciences provides pre-award and post-award services to faculty within our college. We assist faculty in seeking funding opportunities and developing proposals and budgets while ensuring compliance with university, state, federal, and agency guidelines. When sponsored projects are funded, we provide post-award support to ensure compliance with the university, state, and federal regulations and agency terms and conditions. The office also manages internal funding opportunities and extension and engagement initiatives within the college.

The primary purpose of this position is to assist faculty with locating research funding opportunities and developing proposals for submission to state and federal agencies, foundations, other agencies and organizations for sponsored project funding. As the pre-award specialist you will be the main point of contact for faculty and will work directly with them to prepare proposals, budgets, and budget justifications. In this role, you will help ensure compliance with the Request for Proposal ( RFP) guidelines; college, university, and state policies and procedures; Cost Accounting Standards; and policies set forth in OMB Uniform Guidance (UG). It is important that you actively stay informed about updates and changes relevant within research administration.

Key responsibilities are:

Additionally, you will manage internal research funding programs offered by the Office of Research and Engagement. Tasks will include drafting funding application guidelines and instructions, collecting and reviewing applications, assisting the Associate Dean for Research and Engagement with the review process, and tracking and documenting the applications by fiscal year.

As part of this role, there will be occasional opportunities to take on new responsibilities, attend departmental, college, and/or university meetings and trainings. These opportunities allow you to expand your skill set, explore different areas of the department, and gain valuable experience in the organization's operations.

Bachelor's degree and one year of experience related to the area of assignment; or equivalent combination of training and experience.

All degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions.

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Please include a resume, cover letter and contact information for three professional references, one of which must be a current or most recent supervisor.

If no applicants apply who meet the required competency level and training & experience requirements, then management may consider other applicants. Salary would be determined based on competencies, equity, budget, and market considerations.

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