📚 Remote Grant Researcher

🌍 Introduction: Drive Funding Innovation—From Anywhere

Are you passionate about connecting groundbreaking ideas to the resources they need to thrive? As a Remote Grant Researcher, you play a pivotal role in the future of nonprofits, startups, research institutes, and mission-driven companies by locating, evaluating, and curating high-potential grant opportunities across diverse sectors. Whether driven by a desire to support climate tech solutions, health equity programs, educational advancement, or scientific breakthroughs, this role enables you to leverage your analytical skills to make a measurable, global impact. This career is ideal for professionals seeking remote roles in funding discovery, proposal intelligence, or nonprofit research analysis.

We operate in a fast-paced, remote-first ecosystem emphasizing results, curiosity, and innovation. From utilizing AI-powered tools to assess eligibility metrics to tracking RFP deadlines with intelligent automation, your daily responsibilities will extend beyond static databases, enabling real-time decisions and informed competitive funding strategies. The best part? You’ll do it all from your preferred work environment, backed by a supportive team and cutting-edge infrastructure to amplify your research excellence.

🧭 Role Summary

🎯 What You’ll Be Doing

As a Remote Grant Researcher, you will dig deep into digital archives, analyze funding trends, and continuously scan global grant listings to connect our clients with the right opportunities at the right time. Your contributions will shape grant submission pipelines, enhance programmatic decision-making, and help secure millions to support transformative work.

🔍 Key Responsibilities

📂️ Research & Identification

• Identify relevant and high-value funding opportunities using trusted sources such as Grants.gov, Foundation Directory Online, Candid, EU Funding & Tenders Portal, and CSR portals
• Evaluate RFP criteria to determine organizational eligibility, competitive advantage, geographic focus, and thematic relevance

⚙️ Technology Integration

• Apply machine learning-based tools and keyword-driven algorithms to refine opportunity filtering and improve research speed
• Generate structured reports summarizing each opportunity’s requirements, timelines, contact information, and proposal fit scores

🧹 Team Collaboration

• Collaborate with grant writers, program directors, legal teams, and project managers to support application preparation
• Maintain organized trackers and dashboards in Airtable, Trello, or Notion to help internal stakeholders navigate funding options and key deadlines

📈 Sectoral Analysis

• Provide analytical summaries of funding landscapes in sectors like AI for Good, EdTech, Digital Inclusion, and Sustainable Development

🔧 Tools & Tech Stack

🧠 Platforms You’ll Work With

Our tech ecosystem combines human intelligence with digital efficiency. You’ll gain hands-on access to:

• Grant discovery platforms: GrantStation, Instrumentl, GrantWatch, Devex Pro
• Cloud collaboration software: Notion, Airtable, Asana, ClickUp
• Research & citation tools: Zotero, Mendeley
• Data visualization dashboards: Power BI, Tableau, Google Data Studio
• Automation & AI: ChatGPT, Jasper, Semantic Scholar, NLP-powered search systems

📌 Required Qualifications

✅ Must-Have Skills & Experience

• Familiarity with nonprofit or research-oriented funding environments
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in research, fundraising intelligence, or funding acquisition support
• Advanced writing, documentation, and analysis skills
• Skilled in using queries, filters, Boolean logic, and keyword mapping to refine research output
• Proficient with Excel, Google Sheets, or Airtable for synthesizing data
• Experienced with CRM platforms like Salesforce, Insightly, or Monday.com
• Ability to manage time effectively and maintain a productive home-office setup

🌟 Preferred Qualifications

• An advanced degree in fields like public health, sustainability, development, or international relations
• Familiarity with global grantmakers and donors such as USAID, NIH, Horizon Europe, and UN agencies
• Awareness of data privacy and compliance standards like GDPR, HIPAA, and FOIA
• Aptitude with language modeling tools, keyword clustering, and automated research workflows
• Experience contributing to proposal preparation, budgeting, or monitoring frameworks

💼 What Success Looks Like

📊 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Deliver 15+ customized grant matches per client portfolio monthly
• Maintain a research turnaround time under 3 business days
• Increase proposal acceptance through targeted opportunity alignment
• Reduce ineligible applications by over 60%
• Provide insight-driven recommendations based on historical funding data

💰 Compensation & Benefits

This full-time, remote opportunity offers a competitive annual salary of $115,102 based on skills, experience, and impact. As part of our team, you'll benefit from comprehensive support to enhance your work-life harmony and professional development.

🔠 What You’ll Enjoy

• Work-from-anywhere policy with long-term flexibility
• Monthly wellness stipend, mental health tools, and no-meeting Fridays
• $1,000 yearly training and education budget
• Access to premium research tools and digital infrastructure
• Invitations to exclusive webinars, grant briefings, and insight sessions
• Clear career advancement paths and annual performance appraisals

👨‍💻 Why Join Us?

We’re redefining how research powers impact. Our team comprises data interpreters, policy advocates, and funding strategists. We empower visionaries to transform ideas into initiatives using evidence and insight. Intellectual curiosity, autonomy, and purpose guide our work culture.

💡 What Makes Us Unique

• Research automation through API integrations and Python scripting
• An async-first communication model to support time-zone diversity
• Multidisciplinary collaboration with designers, analysts, and content developers
• $ 50 M+ in global grant awards supported through our data-driven systems

🚀 Ready to Apply?

🔗 Ready to build the future with us? Apply today! Published on: Apr 21, 2025