Grants Research Associate
Hanover Research
part-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Virginia • United States
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Salary
💰 $30 - $40 per hour
About the role
- Identify and select sources of funding that align with client projects
- Manage tight deadlines to create prospecting reports and other deliverables on time
- Demonstrate an understanding of clients’ needs and the goals of their projects, both programmatic and research-related
- Independently create client-ready deliverables with minimal oversight
- Collaborate with Content Directors and Grants Consultants to refine project scopes
- Explore creative solutions for preparing content and delivering it to clients efficiently.
Requirements
- Experience with researching federal and foundation funding opportunities
- Familiarity with Grants.gov (particularly NSF/NIH/DOD programs) and grant-related databases such as Pivot or Candid
- Experience writing and researching for an academic audience
- Ability both to accept and to provide constructive feedback
- Strong communication, fact-checking, writing, and editing skills in the English language
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
- Ability to work quickly and independently with minimal guidance or oversight
- Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment
- Demonstrable problem-solving skills and work ethic
- Proven academic achievement
- High comfort level with Microsoft Office applications, such as MS Word, MS Excel, and MS Power Point.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
researching federal fundingresearching foundation fundingwriting for academic audiencefact-checkingeditingproblem-solvingorganizational skillsattention to detail
Soft skills
strong communicationability to accept feedbackability to provide feedbackability to work independentlyability to work under pressurework ethic