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Grants & Contracts Specialist (Pathology)

Baltimore, MD, United States💼 Full-time💰 $52,000–$52,000🗓 2026-08-27 → 2026-09-23

Core

Entry-level specialist managing pre-award and post-award functions for sponsored funds, including proposal preparation, budget development, account maintenance, billing, and reporting for federal and foundation grants.

Role type

Entry-level Grants & Contracts Specialist

Builds

Grant proposals, budgets, and compliance reports for NIH, NSF, DOD, and NASA awards

Domain

Academic research administration / Federal grant management

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Grant proposal preparation, budget development, account maintenance, billing and invoicing, regulatory compliance, conflict of interest management, effort reporting, cost transfers, grant closeout procedures

Preferred skills

Knowledge of Johns Hopkins University accounting system, administrative/budgeting experience

Technologies

None stated

Responsibilities

Partner with faculty on application submissions, review sponsored project proposals for accuracy and guideline adherence, review budgets for completeness and indirect costs, serve as liaison between research units and funding agencies, maintain ongoing updates and reporting to principal investigators, assist with award setup and closeouts

Seniority

Entry-level, individual contributor

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