Senior Grants Specialist , NY
Listed on 2026-02-06
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Science
Clinical Research
Location: New York
NYU Grossman School of Medicine is one of the nation's top‑ranked medical schools. For 175 years, NYU Grossman School of Medicine has trained thousands of physicians and scientists who have helped to shape the course of medical history and enrich the lives of countless people. An integral part of NYU Langone Health, the Grossman School of Medicine at its core is committed to improving the human condition through medical education, scientific research, and direct patient care.
At NYU Langone Health, equity and inclusion are fundamental values. We strive to be a place where our exceptionally talented faculty, staff, and students of all identities can thrive. We embrace inclusion and individual skills, ideas, and knowledge.
We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Senior Grants Specialist. In this role, the successful candidate is responsible for providing senior level support for all research administration activities at the Perlmutter Cancer Center. Responsible for providing pre‑award and scientific progress reporting administrative support to faculty, postdocs and students, including identifying funding sources, developing applications, and reviewing and processing grants applications.
Tracks and reports on Perlmutter Cancer Center active, pending, and planned grant applications. Provides up‑to‑date information on sponsor policies and regulations and acts as the front‑line person for faculty, postdocs, and fellows to come to for information on research administration systems and services ponsible for performing complex grant administration and fiscal management tasks relating to a wide range of research administration activities and to interact regularly with principal investigators/scientists, administrators from academic departments, and central research offices.
Leads grant preparation and submission process, oversees and supports all aspects of the grants program, as well as conducting ongoing monitoring and evaluations. Works with finance to coordinate activities related to the grants as required. Provides organization and coordination support for research related retreats, meetings and working groups.
- Responsible for the coordination of all grant submissions for the Perlmutter Cancer Center and the Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology. Assists faculty, postdocs and students in the identification of funding opportunities. Prepares grant applications and supporting documentation to ensure compliance with funding requirements. Processing and review of grant proposals to include: development and review of new federal and foundation grant applications;
development and review of federal and foundation continuation applications; tracking due dates (new applications and progress reports) and notifying investigators; tracking status of applications; building applications in internal and external grant submission systems; entering data for all proposals and maintenance of electronic databases pertaining to applications; developing budgets and ensuring they are in accordance with sponsor policies; completing all non‑scientific portions of grant applications;
liaising with the central Sponsored Programs Administration office; keeping up‑to‑date on federal policies and notifying supervisor and investigators of changes and recommending action when necessary; and preparing reports of activity. - Develops and maintains updated file of materials such as biosketches, facilities/resources, equipment, and other support documents.
- Reviews and processes grant applications for financial and research compliance. Reviews applications for compliance with NYU, sponsor and governmental policies and assists the Principal Investigator and research team in attaining appropriate sponsor administrative approvals. Executes necessary changes during the period of performance, and coordinates scientific progress and final reports. Works with finance to ensure final financial reports are submitted. Engages with principal investigators as needed to ensure Human Subjects (IRB), Animal Subjects (IACUC), and rDNA (IBC) compliance.
Maintains award data for Perlmutter Cancer Center records…
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