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Baylor College of Medicine · 6 hours ago

Research Administration Associate - Pre Award

Houston, TX

Full-time

Hybrid

Entry Level

$71K/yr - $83K/yr

2+ years exp

Baylor College of Medicine is a leading institution in healthcare education and research, and they are seeking a Research Administration Associate to provide grants administration support. The role focuses on pre-award financial management activities of grants, including budget creation, submission requirements, and compliance with federal guidelines.

EducationHigher EducationPharmaceutical

No H1B

Responsibilities

Responsible for the pre-award financial management activities of grants, managing the full award life cycle, from application to award closeout

Prepares budget justifications, creates budget spreadsheets, and completes other budget forms for submission and reporting. Provides budget guidance and input to principal investigators

Provides guidance to research faculty, employees, and learners for proposal development and submissions by interpreting granting agency guidelines and instructions

Negotiates industry-sponsored contracts, including clinical trial agreements, sponsored research agreements, and material transfer agreements

Lead with BCM Grants and Contract and Sponsored Programs Office for pre-award processes

Communicates with BCM Accounting, Sponsored Programs, Grants & Contracts Office, and collaborating institutions to ensure awards and independent consultant agreements are established and executed in a timely manner

Maintains Data of active, pending, and closed grants for Pediatrics Infectious Diseases: number of submissions, number of awards, faculty effort and other statistics related to grant reporting

May assist with maintaining Cost/Effort allocations in the BCM Effort Reporting System/PEPT for research faculty, employees, and learners

May submit Payroll Cost Transfer requests for research faculty, employees, and learners

Assists with leading the development and continuous improvement of the grants management process for the Division of Infectious Diseases

Prepares financial reporting and provides feedback to Infectious Diseases leadership and Investigators as directed

Ensures compliance with federal, sponsor, and institutional policies and guidelines and serves as a liaison between faculty, employees, learners, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, and Sponsors

Responsible for assisting and completing the BCM annual budget for their assigned division’s research activities and programs. Includes budget entries related to research personnel PI’s and staff, distribution (PEPT), F&A budget calculations, IDC, and other related budget entries and calculation

Performs other job related duties as assigned

Qualification

Grants administrationBudget creationGrant financial managementCertified Research AdministratorProposal developmentCompliance systemsProject managementTime managementAttention to detailCommunication skills

Required

Bachelor's degree. Certified Research Administrator certification through the Research Administrators Certification Council (RACC) may substitute for the degree requirement

Two years of relevant experience

At least two years of relevant experience, in grant application development, budgeting, and/or grant financial management