Matt Nichols

About Matt Nichols

OBJECTIVE: To become a University of Washington Grant Manager. INTERESTS: Project…

Experience

1. Grant Specialist, Budget Fiscal Analyst Lead

   UW Medicine

   May 2021 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   Grant Proposal Development and Submission · Prepare appropriate UW and sponsor related applications and forms for proposed grants, contracts and other agreements.· Review for reasonableness, allow-ability, and allocability.· Act as a project manager to ensure timelines are met using strong communication skills, checklists, reminder messages, proactive problem solving, and proper escalation when necessary.· Develop budgets for grants, contracts, and other funding requests.· Work with faculty, staff, central UW offices, subcontractors and sponsors to successfully complete and route grant applications to sponsors and bring awards into the UW.· Use SAGE eGC1, SAGE Budget, SAGE Grant Runner, NIH ASSIST, NSF Fastlane, Proposal Central and all other sponsor systems.· Educate faculty and staff on the preparation of proposals, including specific applications, program budgets, eGC1s, and timelines.· Interpret sponsor and UW research directives, adapt them to department procedures and communicate the new research directives to faculty and site administrators/managers.Serve as lead and primary contact for each proposal assigned· Provide leadership and collaborate with proposal PI and research team.· Support an average of 5-10 active proposals for each month based on sponsor due date; workload may be higher during peak deadline seasons.· Follow-up with the department contact on items needing clarification and to resolve potential problems and/or compliance issues in a timely fashion.· Participate in the Quality Check (QC) process as both reviewer and reviewee to ensure documents are complete and accurate.Communication· Provide faculty and campus staff with clear and customer oriented descriptions of ABC processes via in person meetings, by phone and email.· Advise and assist faculty regarding financial and non-financial compliance. This includes explaining policy, sharing best practices, providing suggested solutions to challenging issues.

Education

• North Seattle College

  Accounting, Accounting

  2008 — 2008

• South Seattle College

  Certificate, Food Science and Hospitality Management

  1996 — 2000

• The Evergreen State College

  Liberal Arts, Latin American Studies

  1987 — 1998

• University of Washington

  Master in Library and Information Science, Classification, Taxonomy, Indexing, Metadata, Thesaurus Construction, Business Reference

  2002 — 2004

Skills

• Program Management
• Research
• Microsoft Office
• Tableau
• Library
• Budgeting
• Customer Service
• Strategy
• Higher Education
• Analysis
• Collection Development
• Editing
• Salesforce.com Administration
• Public Speaking
• Event Planning
• Social Media
• Data Analysis
• Budgets
• Nonprofits
• Community Outreach
• Management
• Marketing
• Fundraising
• Project Management
• Crm