Grant Writer

Join our team as a Remote professional in this impactful contract position with an academic health system renowned for pushing the boundaries in every arena, from research to life‑saving discoveries. This organization is a leader in innovations in patient care, advancements in public health, and world‑class medical education. In this role, you will support a mission‑driven environment focused on groundbreaking medical research.

The #1 feature of this opportunity is the chance to act as the strategic architect for a high‑stakes, national‑scale pediatric research grant that will directly improve life‑saving perioperative care for children across the country. We are looking for a visionary scientific storyteller who can take complex data and transform it into a compelling, fundable narrative that resonates with the highest levels of federal reviewers.

By joining this project, you will gain unparalleled exposure to multi‑institutional collaborations and high‑level stakeholder engagement strategies, significantly elevating your professional portfolio in the academic research space. While the work is fast‑paced and intellectually rigorous, this remote contract offers the flexibility you need to balance your high‑impact contributions with your personal life. You will thrive here if you are passionate about medical innovation and want to see your expertise in grant writing turn a promising resubmission into a groundbreaking reality.

Duration: ~3 months (end of May).

• Prior experience writing successful health research or federal grants
• Strong scientific/medical writing ability
• Experience with large multi‑site or academic grants
• Ability to work fast with tight deadlines

• PCORI / NIH / AHRQ grant experience
• Background in public health, medicine, or clinical research
• Experience with resubmissions or competitive rewrites

We need an experienced grant writer to rewrite, strengthen, and resubmit a multi‑institutional pediatric research grant. A draft already exists and requires substantial rewriting, polishing, alignment with funder priorities, and narrative strengthening before May submission.

The grant focuses on a multicenter pediatric perioperative pain study with national collaborators. The writer’s primary responsibility is writing, editing, restructuring, and finalizing the grant for competitive resubmission.

• Rewrite and strengthen full grant narrative (not starting from scratch — draft provided)
• Ensure alignment with funding agency priorities (e.g., PCORI‑style stakeholder engagement, impact, dissemination)
• Improve clarity, flow, and competitiveness of:
  • Research strategy
  • Stakeholder engagement sections
  • Partnerships and national collaborations
  • Dissemination and implementation plan
• Integrate feedback from PI and collaborators
• Ensure consistent voice across sections
• Prepare final submission‑ready version (May deadline)
• Revise multiple times quickly as feedback comes in

Posted By:
Andrea Jones