Sponsored Projects Officer Sr. Proposal - Nationwide Children's Hospital

Serves as primary contact with the sponsor to clarify proposal guidelines, funding priorities and to assess submission deadlines.

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• Serves as primary contact with the sponsor to clarify proposal guidelines, funding priorities and to assess submission deadlines.
• Liaise with the Office of Compliance, Office of Technology Commercialization, Legal Services, Human Resources, Research Finance, other Research Institute departments and centers; Division Chiefs, Center Directors and hospital administrators and others as necessary to support the proposal development and submission.
• Ensures adherence to institutional policies and sponsor guidelines for funding applications and performs final administrative review of proposal submissions.
• Review proposals for accuracy, compliance and completeness as prescribed in the funding announcement and sponsor guidelines. Finalizes proposal application and works with stakeholders to attain final approval before submission. Validates and submits final application and communicates submission to proposal team. Reviews and submits JIT information to sponsor.
• Reviews proposal budget and budget justification for accuracy against proposed work on proposal. Reviews high-risk elements above risk threshold for Subawards and communicates with Research Finance as needed.
• Maintains a high level of professional knowledge through self-study, research, participation in professional development, and attendance at webinars and conferences.
• Disseminates information on changes with NIH and other sponsors guidelines, forms, requirements, regulations, etc., and provides formal and informal training for faculty and staff.
•  Active member of the administrative research support team, facilitates meetings as needed to effectively oversee compliance with institutional, local, state, federal and other sponsor requirements and regulations;

• Bachelors degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Five (5) or more years job related experience required.
• Prefer experience in Research Administration, accounting, or equivalent.