Ms. Mary – Certified Research Administrator – Pre-Award and Post-Award Support

Ms. Mary is a seasoned research administrator with 19 years of working with sponsored projects. She expertly balances an eye for detail with a service-orientated approach to assist researchers with the full life cycle of grant administration, as detailed below. She starts by assisting researchers with putting together compliant proposals to help turn their research ideas into funding. Once the projects are funded, she will work alongside the researchers to help manage their awards. Also through her experience as a research administrator, Ms. Mary has experience working with non-financial agreements, such as MTAs, NDAs, etc.

Research Administrator Services:

· Review sponsor proposal guidelines

· Create tailored checklists

· Prepare proposal budgets and budget justifications

· Review and edit non-technical proposal documents for compliance

· Compile and package proposals for submission

· Prepare Just-In-Time items, revised budgets, and other post-submission documentation

· Work with sponsors on award negotiations and execution

· Review sponsored contracts and assist with red-lining and routing

· Facilitate new award account set ups

· Initiate, review, route and execute subaward agreements on awards

· Review monthly expenditures on awards for compliance

· Prepare account reconciliations for PI review

· Assist with preparing non-technical items for progress reports

· Manage and track effort of project staff

· Prepare expenditure projections for awards

· Serve as liaison with sponsors to process prior approval requests

· Prepare and process budget and cost transfers as needed

· Facilitate award closeouts and record retention

Experience:

Ms. Mary has worked as a research administrator since 2005 at several different types of research institutions. She has experience with numerous types of funding agencies, including federal, state, local, international, and private foundations as well as corporate sponsors. She has been a Certified Research Administrator (CRA) since 2015 and is a member of the Society of Research Administrators International (SRAI) and National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA).

Ms. Mary has a bachelor’s degree in history, a master’s degree in history and a master’s degree in library science.

To work with Research Administrator Ms. Mary, please visit our quote page and request her in the description area.