Research Operations Specialist - Grants [Remote]
$45 - $65 per hourMercor
New York, NY
- 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: $45–$65/hour
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 experts to design the environment, shape task scope, and review scenarios for realism and rigor.
- Work asynchronously with research teams to refine task designs and evaluation criteria for research-administration agent benchmarks.
- Contribute to frontier AI research and benchmarking. Inform 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, or research compliance.
- 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
- Compensation will transition from an hourly rate to a model based on throughput of quality work.
Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)
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