Grants Specialist; Entry – Principal
Listed on 2026-09-25
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Government
Financial Compliance, Financial Reporting
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Department:
Medicine – Division of General Internal Medicine
Job Title:
Open Rank Grants Specialist (Entry – Principal) Position #: – Requisition #: 41162 Job Summary
Join the Division of General Internal Medicine’s accomplished Grants Team as a full-time Grants Specialist. The team has built an outstanding reputation for successful grant submissions and effective award management through a dedication to quality, collaboration, and attention to detail. In this role, you will partner with research faculty to support a broad range of pre-award and post-award grant activities.
Key Responsibilities- Advise faculty on pre-award submission process, requirements, timeline and deadlines for grant submission.
- Create complex multi-year budgets for federal, state, foundation and industry sponsors, inclusive of international sponsors; draft budget justification templates and supporting documentation for grant applications; and route proposals and contract agreements through OGC.
- Review and interpret sponsor's submission requirements with faculty to ensure compliance with appropriate Federal, State, Board of Regents, OGC and university policies and regulations. Communicate with OGC regarding deadlines which impact submission of materials requested by sponsoring agency.
- Manage the full post-award lifecycle for sponsored projects, including review of award notices, account setup, award modifications, carry forwards, no-cost extensions, prior approvals, and ongoing award administration.
- Perform financial oversight and reconciliation of sponsored projects, ensuring expenditures, payroll distributions, subrecipient costs, and other expenses are accurate, allowable, and compliant with sponsor and institutional requirements.
- Monitor project budgets and financial performance, prepare forecasts and financial reports, identify and resolve discrepancies, and provide investigators and leadership with actionable financial information.
Hybrid* – This role is eligible for a hybrid schedule of 2 days per week on campus and as needed for in-person meetings.
* Consideration will be made for a fully remote arrangement for well-qualified candidates who live more than 50 miles from campus. Any travel related to in-person presence is employee’s responsibility.
Why Join UsThe Division of General Internal Medicine (GIM), established at the University of Colorado Anschutz in 1977, was one of the first GIM divisions established within the United States. Building on a rich history and tradition, our GIM Division has undergone significant change and evolution to maintain our goal of being a national leader in patient care, medical education and health services research.
We take ourthree-part mission of patient care, medical education, and researchseriously. Each of our affiliated institutions has its own unique medical care programs. These programs, when taken together, provide a wide breadth and depth of clinical experiences that allows our trainees to experience virtually all aspects of inpatient and ambulatory medical care.
Why work for the University?We haveAMAZINGbenefits and offer exceptional amounts of holiday, vacation, and sick leave! The University of Colorado offers an excellent benefits package including:
- Medical:
Multiple plan options - Dental:
Multiple plan options - Additional Insurance:
Disability, Life, Vision - Retirement 401(a) Plan:
Employer contributes 10%25 of your gross pay - Paid Time Off:
Accruals over the year- Vacation Days: 22/year (maximum accrual 352 hours)
- Sick Days: 15/year (unlimited maximum accrual)
- Holiday Days: 15/year
- Tuition Benefit:
Employees have access to this benefit on all CU campuses - ECO Pass:
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