When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.The Grants Administrator I-Pre-Award manages pre-award activities for sponsored projects, including preparation and submission of grant and contract applications. Interprets funding opportunities, coordinates proposal components, develops and ensures budget and compliance accuracy, manages submission timelines, and supports JIT and RPPR requirements through award issuance. Serves as a primary administrative contact for investigators and sponsors on routine pre award matters.Job Description:Responsibilities but not limited to:Coordinates and supports overall grant proposal submission process, including budget development for new, non-competing, and competing submissions for an assigned grant portfolio. Prepares progress reports RPPRs and JITs. Advises PIs of grant policies, due dates for progress reports, and compliance requirements.Interprets funding announcements FOAs, RFPs and summarizes requirements for PIs.Collects and advises on administrative proposal components bios ketches, other support documents, letters of support.Assists investigators with entering proposals in electronic grant portals, ensuring institutional accuracy and sponsor compliance.Reviews budget guidelines ensuring that the budget is in compliance.Conducts initial compliance screening of proposals budget and justification, page limits, formatting, indirect cost rates, cost share.Requests departmental documentation if voluntary or mandatory cost-share is required.Reviews proposal before routing to Signing Official.Maintains regular communication with assigned PIs regarding routine submissions and portfolio activities, escalating complex questions to senior staff.Serves as primary point of contact with sponsors for routine pre-award questions.Maintains advanced proficiency with sponsor submission systems e.g., NIH ASSIST, Research.gov, Grants.gov, etc. and trains PIs/
