Research Operations Specialist - Grants [Remote]
$1,150 - $1,450 per monthMercor
San Francisco, CA
- Remote job
About the job
Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark , General Catalyst , Peter Thiel , Adam D'Angelo , Larry Summers , and Jack Dorsey .
Position: Research Operations & Administration Expert
Type: Contract
Compensation: $1,150–$1,450/task
Location: Remote
Role Responsibilities
- Build a realistic digital workspace centered on the Drive folders you use daily. Include grant proposals, budgets, IRB/IACUC protocols, and compliance training records.
- Design multi-step tasks grounded in real workflows. Navigate multiple apps, files, and stakeholders to challenge frontier AI agents .
- Collaborate with other research-operations and administration experts to design environments and shape task scope.
- Work asynchronously with research teams to refine task designs and evaluation criteria for research-administration agent benchmarks.
- Contribute to frontier AI research and benchmarking. Your work directly informs how leading labs train and evaluate the next generation of AI systems .
Qualifications
Must-Have
- 3+ years of full-time experience at a top R1 university , academic medical center, federal research agency, or large research nonprofit.
- Background in pre-award grants management, post-award financial/compliance management, sponsored-programs administration, research compliance, or core-facility operations.
- Day-to-day use of SharePoint , Box , DocuSign , Mendeley / EndNote , and ADP Workforce Now / UKG Pro .
- Strong analytical thinking and writing skills.
Preferred
- Certifications: CRA , CPRA , CFRA .
Compensation & Legal
- Task Completion Pay: Competitive and based on task quality (~$1,150–$1,450 per completed task).
- Performance Bonus: Weekly bonus incentive for top performers.
- Hourly Opportunity: Transition to hourly compensation based on sustained quality and throughput.
Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)
- Upload resume
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- Submit form
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