Research Administration Expert - Fully Remote | Upto $1450 Part-time

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 using Drive folders with grant proposals, budgets, and compliance training records. Include platforms like SharePoint, Box, and DocuSign.
• Design multi-step tasks that require navigating multiple apps and files to challenge frontier AI agents.
• Collaborate with research-operations experts to design environments and review scenarios for realism and rigor.
• Work asynchronously with research teams to refine task designs and evaluation criteria for agent benchmarks.
• Contribute to frontier AI research and benchmarking to inform how leading labs train and evaluate AI systems.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• 3 years of 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, and ADP Workforce Now.
• Strong analytical thinking and writing skills.

Preferred

• Certifications: CRA, CPRA, CFRA.

Compensation & Legal

• Task Completion Pay: Competitive and based on task quality.
• Performance Bonus: Weekly bonus incentive for top performers.
• Hourly Opportunity: Transition to hourly compensation based on sustained quality.

Application Process (Takes 20--30 mins to complete)

• Upload resume
• AI interview based on your resume
• Submit form

Resources & Support

• For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome
• For any help or support, reach out to: [email protected]

PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.