Brown University · 1 month ago
Research Project Director - COBRE
The Miriam Hospital
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$55K/yr - $90K/yr
2+ years expBrown University is seeking a Research Project Director for the COBRE program at The Miriam Hospital. The role involves overseeing project operations, including recruitment, program implementation, and outcome evaluation, while ensuring compliance with grant requirements and providing administrative support.
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Responsibilities
In collaboration with Principal Investigators and the Research Program Manager, assesses needs and identifies mission-critical tasks to meet overall goals of the project
Collaborates in the development and execution of project and core goals, establishment of datelines, and the development of long and short-range strategic implementation plans
Collaborates with research project Principal Investigators and cores to ensure grant goals including timelines and deadlines are met
Works with the Research Program Manager to provide administrative and logistical management of daily operations
Includes assessing grant activity to assure compliance with grant requirements, assures all required reporting is completed on time, monitoring of monthly expense reports for accuracy and conformance to budget and addresses variances as required to meet the budget
Coordination of sub-contracts with affiliated hospitals and universities may be required
Assists the Principal Investigators of Projects with protocols, intervention plans, and recruitment, IRB submissions and assists with other laboratory needs, as required
Organization and assistance with the implementation of clinical protocols of the project and provision of direct services may be required
Assists the Principal Investigators of Cores with administrative support and operational and strategic plans
Oversees core deliverables and is responsible for tracking and reporting core usage
Travels, to evaluate sites, or for other grant-related reasons, as required
Provides supervision and oversight to staff
Hires, trains, schedules, conducts periodic performance evaluations, provides guidance and counsels to assistants and other designated staff to endure high quality recruitment and related data gathering
Maintains quality assurance, safety, environmental, and infection control in accordance with established hospital department policies and objectives
Qualification
Required
Equivalent to Master's Degree in relevant discipline
Knowledge of research grants administration and current reporting requirements
Two to three years relevant experience, depending on size and complexity of grants, including supervisory, clinical and/or diagnostic interviewing
Experience with multi-year, multi-site studies and at-risk populations and community-based programs
Preferred
Knowledge of SPSS, REDCap, and Excel
Supervisory and administrative experience desirable
Company
Brown University
Brown University is an Ivy League research university that provides undergraduate and graduate programs. It is a sub-organization of Brown University Health.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$860.76MKey Investors
RI Life Science HubNASADepartment of Energy & Environment
2025-07-28Debt Financing· $500M
2025-04-11Debt Financing· $300M
2024-08-08Grant· $0.01M
Leadership Team
Diane Lipscombe
Professor of Neuroscience
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Jane Dietze
Chief Investment Officer
Recent News
2025-12-30
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