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UT Southwestern Medical Center · 20 hours ago

Grants and Contracts Specialist, Internal Medicine

Dallas, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Entry Level

2+ years exp

UT Southwestern Medical Center is a world-renowned medical and research center committed to excellence and innovation. The Grants and Contracts Specialist provides administrative support to researchers by identifying funding opportunities, assisting with proposals, negotiating contracts, and managing grants.

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Responsibilities

Provides funding opportunity information to potential applicants by reading newsletters and announcements, searching directories and funding files, identifying and matching sponsor with researcher, and mailing out information

Provides guidance to researchers for proposal development and submission by interpreting sponsor and university announcements and guidelines on application preparation and content by reviewing proposals for completeness and adherence to guidelines and mailing out proposals in timely manner

Provides grants management support to researchers by negotiating and processing awards, interpreting award conditions, obtaining approvals for award changes, and obtaining required reports

Drafts and negotiates contracts with various agencies (state and federal government, private organizations), pharmaceutical companies, and biotechnology companies to achieve agreements satisfactory to all parties following state laws and Board of Regents' guidelines

Provides guidance and assistance to researchers as necessary for implementation and negotiation of research contracts, including sponsored research agreements and material transfer agreements

Monitors status of contracts for completion

Performs other duties as assigned

Qualification

Grants managementContract negotiationProposal developmentCustomer serviceBusiness administrationPublic administrationResearch support

Required

Bachelor's Degree in business administration, public administration, or related field

2 years of experience in business or public administration with emphasis on customer service in financial or contracting position

Applicants without the stated degree, but with significant additional professional applicable experience may be considered in lieu of education requirement