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Job Description

Grants Management Specialists at the NIH are responsible for managing and coordinating a complex grants portfolio including inter-agency agreements, Cooperative Agreements, and highly technical special projects.  They serve as experts for the planning, implementation and evaluation of grant proposals and provide guidance on cooperative agreements, cost-share agreements, participating agreements, collection agreements, interagency and intra-agency agreements and memoranda of understanding.  Grants Management Specialists negotiate, award, and review all reimbursement requests for appropriateness, and ensure that awardees are in compliance with established administrative and financial policies, procedures, and sound business practices.  Following awards, they monitor all phases of award and closing, including assessment of technical progress and performance. These positions require knowledge and skill in applying analytical and evaluative techniques to the identification and resolution of grants administration issues and knowledge of laws, regulations, agency policy, precedent cases, and other requirements that affect grant program administration.

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