The board
- Hours
- Full time
- Where
- College of Medicine
- Posted
- 5 days ago
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:
Approval of remote and hybrid work is not guaranteed regardless of work location. For additional information on remote work at Penn State, see Notice to Out of State Applicants.
This position is funded for 1 year(s); continuation past 1 year(s) will be based on university need, performance, and/or availability of funding.
POSITION SPECIFICS
The Penn State College of Medicine, Department of Medicine in Hershey, PA is seeking a Proposal and Award Generalist. The Proposal and Award Generalist provides faculty-facing pre-award research administration support for the Department of Medicine's expanding sponsored-program portfolio.
What you'd do
- CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, apply internally through Workday.
- CURRENT PENN STATE STUDENT (not employed previously at the university) and seeking employment with Penn State, please login to Workday to complete the student application process. Please do not apply here, apply internally through Workday.
- If you are NOT a current employee or student, please click “Apply” and complete the application process for external applicants.
- Search for, obtain, and distribute funding opportunities utilizing expertise database; maintain database information
- Collaborate with college/unit offices on funding opportunities requiring special handling such as limited submissions, RFA (Request for Application), RFP (Request for Proposal), ITQ (Intent to Qualify) and other solicitations
- Liaison with Office of Sponsored Programs, ORP (Office of Research Protection), Office of Technology Management (OTM), Risk Management or other central units as needed to support proposal development
- Lead and or participate in meetings with faculty or department heads on funding opportunities, team formation and responses to opportunities; provide recommendations to improve proposal success rate and effectiveness of award management
- Prioritize timelines/schedules through interpretation of potential funding opportunities and hold proposal team accountable
- Assist faculty or others with proposal preparation through reviewing sponsor and University guidelines and submission requirements
- Develop, finalize and/or approve proposal budget and cost share; prepare required forms, representations and certifications, and budget justification; obtain cost share approvals
- Starts
- 2026-09-30