Pre-Award Grants Manager

Location: The Francis Crick Institute, London

Short summary

We’re looking for a proactive and collaborative Grants Manager to join our Pre-Award Grants team. Research funding is essential to making scientific discoveries possible and our Grants team plays a key role in helping researchers secure the support they need to bring their ideas to life.

You’ll work closely with scientists across the Crick, providing specialist advice and guidance throughout the funding application process, from identifying opportunities and developing proposals through to securing and activating awards.

This is a fantastic opportunity to use your grants expertise to support world-leading biomedical research in a dynamic and collaborative environment.

Key Responsibilities 

These include but not limited to:

• Supporting scientists to identify funding opportunities and develop competitive grant and fellowship applications.
• Providing specialist advice on funder requirements, budgets, policies and application processes.
• Coordinating proposal budgets and approvals using Worktribe, ensuring compliance with funder and Crick requirements.
• Supporting due diligence checks and grant-related agreements, working closely with the Legal team.
• Liaising with funders, collaborators and internal teams to ensure applications progress smoothly.
• Working with Post-Award Grants and other teams to ensure a seamless transition from successful application to award activation.
• Helping improve pre-award processes, systems and ways of working. 

About you

You will have:  

• Previous experience working within a grants team with a good understanding of research funding processes.
• Knowledge of funder regulations, policies and grant administration best practices.
• Strong numerical and analytical skills, with excellent attention to detail.
• The ability to communicate complex funding and financial information clearly to different audiences.
• Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
• A collaborative approach and confidence working with scientists and operational colleagues at all levels.

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, Cancer Research UK, Wellcome, UCL, 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 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 to 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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