Vanderbilt University · 2 hours ago
Grants Manager, Mechanical Engineering
Nashville, TN, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
3+ years expVanderbilt University is a prestigious institution located in Nashville, TN, and they are seeking a Grants Manager for the Department of Mechanical Engineering. The role focuses on both pre- and post-award grants management, requiring a strong understanding of compliance, budget management, and collaboration with faculty and sponsors.
E-LearningEducationHigher Education
Responsibilities
Analyzes and interprets complex grants and contract specifications, guidelines, and regulations
Monitors, analyzes and manages budgets and expenditures along with all aspects of the grants to ensure that compliance with sponsor terms and conditions, Uniform Guidelines, and University policies is maintained
Creates budget reconciliation and forecasting reports and uses these reports to meet regularly with faculty to review effort and their financial situations
Ensures compliance with requirements such as effort reporting, financial & progress reporting
Collaborate with sponsors for appropriate prior approval requests, extensions, budget revisions, and general questions
Human Capital Management (HCM) Costing Specialist
Completes timely journal entries as necessary, grant closeouts, etc
Assisting with rate setting/implementation for PI/Faculty Service Center(s)
Performs other duties as assigned
Provides policy guidance and assistance with all aspects of proposal development, administrative forms, sponsor-required certifications and representations, and compliance requirements
Develops an appropriate budget
Works directly with the Principal Investigators & collaborators, and will interface with central administrative offices to ensure that the applications meet all university, school and sponsor requirements
Assists with JIT
Assists with C&P and Other Support documents
Responds to sponsor requests and questions
Performs other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree – preference in finance, accounting, or business
3+ years of experience in pre- and post-award management experience (both federal and non-federal), required; a combination of education and experience may be considered
Strong administrative support skills
Excellent organizational and time management skills
Excellent written and verbal skills
Outstanding attention to detail
Problem-solving skills and the ability to be flexible required
Experience working with investigators on the management of complex research awards and working with a variety of sponsors
Intermediate Excel skills
Advanced working knowledge of research compliance issues & key federal grant regulations
Preferred
Bachelor's degree – preference in finance, accounting, or business is strongly preferred
Financial Unit Manager (FUM) and Procurement training is preferred
Company
Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University is a private research university offering undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
Vanderbilt University has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (90)
2024 (91)
2023 (87)
2022 (58)
2021 (62)
2020 (65)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$28.55MKey Investors
Mark AbkowitzNational Science Foundation
2018-11-07Grant· $4.5M
2018-04-18Grant· $0.55M
2015-07-10Grant· $12.8M
Leadership Team
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Bharat Bhuva
Professor
Bill Blot
Professor
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