Grants and Contracts Officer- Program Administration

Grants and Contracts Officer – Sponsored Program Administration

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Job : 293194
Location: Augusta University
Full/Part Time: Full Time
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The Division of Sponsored Programs Administration and the Augusta University Research Institute serve as a central unit to coordinate and support Augusta University's internal and external sponsored projects. The Division aims to identify, support, and advance opportunities for research, training, teaching, and scholarly activities by managing the entire lifecycle of sponsored projects from proposal and grant development and submission to contract preparation, award management, and project close‑out management.

The DSPA seeks to advance extramural support programs for the institution by providing administrative, informational, and logistical assistance to faculty and staff, while ensuring compliance with pertinent policies and regulations of the institution, extramural sponsors, and federal oversight agencies.

The position of Grants and Contracts Officer assists principal investigators, project managers, and faculty members by providing knowledge and expertise on proposal and budget preparation, contract and subcontracting negotiations, and rules and regulations of state, federal, and other sponsoring agencies. The position also serves as a continuing source of information concerning funding opportunities and as a liaison between investigators, administrators, and the agency officials.

• Provide institutional oversight to sponsored project submissions and awards by assisting the principal investigators, project managers, and faculty members with the preparation of grant and contract proposals, including budget preparation and review of sponsor guidelines to ensure consistency and compliance.
• Authorize submissions when applications are compliant with institutional and sponsoring agents' guidelines; coordinate contract negotiations, ensuring that agreements have received legal review and institutional compliance approvals are in force.
• Authorize the establishment of sponsored accounts once the external sponsor has issued award notice, institutional compliance approvals have been met, budget reviews are complete, contract terms are acceptable and institutional commitments are authorized.
• Provide leadership and training regarding the administrative requirements of sponsored program activity by serving as institutional resources for information regarding all aspects of sponsored program administration to include funding opportunities for all types of biomedical grants and contracts, rules and regulations of state, federal, and other sponsoring agencies, and submission and compliance issues related to the sponsors.
• Coordinate with Post‑Award to develop fiscal and programmatic reporting to meet sponsor requirements, including close‑out of projects and transfer of projects and equipment.
• Verify information recorded in two separate internal “tracking” databases that are used to prepare ad hoc reports for Chairs, Deans, Vice Presidents, and President. Serve as local point of contact for numerous web‑based submission systems which require continual training to maintain a working knowledge of the system.
• Participate in institutional, regional, and national workshops and seminars on research administration to stay…