Pre-award Grants Manager

6 days ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom The Francis Crick Institute Full time

Location: The Francis Crick Institute, Midland Road, London

Short summary

The Pre-award Grants team play a key role in the operational development and submission of grant and fellowship applications, and in ensuring compliance with both funder and Crick policies. The Pre-award Grants Manager (EU & International) will support Crick scientists and operational staff with specialist expertise on EU and other international grant and fellowship funding. They will proactively engage with the scientific community, identify funding opportunities and suitable candidates, and take a lead in the development, approval and submission of funding proposals and activation of subsequent awards with the aim of diversifying and maximising the organisation's international funding portfolio.

The Grants Manager role (EU & International) provides support as required to the Pre-award Grants Team Lead and other pre- and post-award grants team colleagues in all aspects of grants management for EU, US and other international funders.

Key Responsibilities

  • Pro-active engagement with academic staff of all seniorities to identify potential applicants for key European and international funding schemes e.g. European Research Council.
  • Keep up to date with the latest developments in EU and International funding.
  • Identify, disseminate and give advice on EU & International funding opportunities.
  • Provide guidance and training opportunities for Crick scientists and grants team colleagues with respect to EU and international funding.
  • Provide specialist expertise with respect to EU and International research application processes (including funder specific terms & conditions, eligibility, budgeting, ethics, supporting documents, submission portals);
  • Draft (non-scientific) elements of the proposal as required such as justification of resources;
  • Using the Crick grants management system (Worktribe), coordinate proposal budgets whilst abiding by funder cost rules and Crick costing practices. Ensure that budgets and applications are approved by the relevant team prior to submission.

About us

The Francis Crick Institute is a biomedical discovery institute dedicated to understanding the fundamental biology underlying health and disease. Its work is helping to understand why disease develops and to translate discoveries into new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat illnesses such as cancer, heart disease, stroke, infections, and neurodegenerative diseases.

An independent organisation, its founding partners are the Medical Research Council (MRC), Cancer Research UK, Wellcome, UCL (University College London), Imperial College London and King's College London.

The Crick was formed in 2015, and in 2016 it moved into a new state-of-the-art building in central London which brings together 1500 scientists and support staff working collaboratively across disciplines, making it the biggest biomedical research facility under in one building in Europe.

The Francis Crick Institute will be world-class with a strong national role. Its distinctive vision for excellence includes commitments to collaboration; developing emerging talent and exporting it the rest of the UK; public engagement; and helping turn discoveries into treatments as quickly as possible to improve lives and strengthen the economy.

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  • All offers of employment are subject to successful security screening and continuous eligibility to work in the United Kingdom.

£52,000 to £61,000 with benefits, subject to skills and experience

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