University of Louisville Online Learning

General

• Review and process proposal submissions to external sponsors
• Review and facilitate establishment and administration of externally sponsored awards
• Ensure financial and programmatic components comply with institutional, state, and sponsor guidelines and regulations
• Guide principal investigators and departmental support staff on proposal components, budgets, scopes of work, research strategy, allowable costs, and biosketches
• Review compliance matters including Conflict of Interest, IRB, IACUC, and institutional biosafety approval
• Provide oversight of electronic systems used by external sponsors
• Finalize proposal reviews and facilitate timely submissions to meet sponsor deadlines
• Finalize sponsored program awards and agreements, align terms and conditions with institutional guidelines, and negotiate agreement language as necessary
• Facilitate execution of awards and agreements by the University's Authorized Organizational Representative
• Administer financial and administrative components of active sponsored programs, including budget adjustments, scope or personnel changes, extensions, subawards, reporting, and closeout documentation
• Communicate with investigators, departmental support staff, and Sponsored Programs Administration personnel to provide efficient customer support
• Exercise delegated signature authority and submit proposals and non-financial post-award actions binding the university and/or research foundation
• Support basic, applied/translational research, instruction and training activities, and other sponsored activities

Research Grants Specialist I