Location: Princeton, NJ
Cap-Exempt H-1B Position — No lottery required
Overview: Princeton University seeks a highly motivated, highly experienced individual to serve as Grants Manager (GM) in the Department of Molecular Biology. This position is fully remote. The GM’s primary responsibilities are pre- and post-award activities related to sponsored project grants, including faculty research grants and career awards, as well as fellowships/career development awards for graduate students and postdoctoral associates and internal limited submission opportunities. The person in this position must have experience with sponsored academic research awards either at the pre- or post-award stage. The ideal person will have both. This position requires minimum supervision and reports to the Senior Grants Manager. This is a fully remote position. Responsibilities: Pre-award activities require preparation of applications for federal and private granting agencies and the ability to work with web-based proposal submission sites such as NIH Commons/ASSIST, NSF Fastlane, grants.gov and Proposal Central. The GM prepares budgets and budget justifications and takes responsibility for all administrative tasks involved in the submission of proposals and Just in Time information. Tasks include but are not limited to: - regular and independent communication with faculty members, postdoctoral staff and graduate students in a university academic department setting; - experience with tight deadlines and preparation of documents for review by the Office of Research & Project Administration (ORPA) for submission to funding agency in Princeton ERA; - knowledge of biomedical granting agencies to search for appropriate funding; and - ability to understand program announcements and "terms & conditions" for each agency. Post-award activities require communication with the award sponsors and coordination with PIs, Sponsored Research Accounting (SRA), and ORPA. This position is responsible for sponsored awards plus departmental or other internal accounts and requires inde