Student Research Assistant — Pre-Award (Sponsored Programs)

Texas A&M University; Commerce (TX); On-site; USD 15,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

East Texas A&M University is seeking a Student Assistant in Sponsored Programs to support grant development, compliance, and award administration. The role is limited to 19 hours per week during classes, with possible full-time work during breaks or summer.

The position involves greeting visitors, assisting with questions, maintaining pre-award webpages, managing spreadsheets, and tracking proposals in Maestro, among other duties in a dynamic research environment.

Qualifications

• Must be an actively enrolled student.
• May work up to 19 hours per week during the academic term.

Responsibilities

• Greet visitors to VPRED offices and relay information to appropriate personnel.
• Assist students, staff, faculty, and university community with general questions.
• Maintain and update Sponsored Programs webpages with preaward tools, templates, and funding opportunities.
• Maintain Excel spreadsheets (edit formulas, enter accurate information).
• Organize and file digital research grants and proposal packets with supporting documentation.
• Help track internal proposal routing, approvals, denials, and submission statuses in Maestro.
• Distribute regional funding opportunities to campus investigators.
• Route critical financial paperwork to university budget administrators.
• Coordinate sign‑ins for training events on grant writing or proposal development.
• Assist with the Annual Research Symposium as needed.
• Shred confidential data after shredding approval by university.
• Clean and maintain office work area.
• Keep copy machine filled with paper.
• Collaborate and communicate with supervisor.
• And other duties as required.

Job description

East Texas A&M University is seeking a Student Assistant in Sponsored Programs to support grant development, compliance, and award administration. The role is limited to 19 hours per week during classes, with possible full-time work during breaks or summer.

The position involves greeting visitors, assisting with questions, maintaining pre-award webpages, managing spreadsheets, and tracking proposals in Maestro, among other duties in a dynamic research environment.