Description of Duties:The Grant and Contract Officer (“GA” or “GCO”) serves as a research agreement, contract and grant expert in the central sponsored projects office.  Incumbents work on behalf of the Regents to solicit, negotiate, and administer extramural support for research, training, and public services projects sponsored by government and non-government sponsors (“sponsored projects”).  The GCO may handle 450-650 transactions of varying types (agreements, proposals, awards, subawards) per year using federal regulations and University policies as the basis for execution of the work.  Primary duties pursuant to this role will include the review, negotiation, and execution of non-funded research agreements such as confidentiality agreements, material transfe