Research Grants Coordinator

About the role

ABOUT MERCOR

Mercor’s mission is to organize human intelligence for the AI economy. We build the infrastructure that enables frontier AI labs and enterprises to train, evaluate, and improve AI on real-world professional work. More than five million experts have joined our network, and we pay out over $5 million daily for their knowledge and expertise.

We built our training and evaluation infrastructure alongside the world’s leading AI labs. Now, we’re bringing those capabilities to enterprises across industries, enabling them to train, evaluate, and improve AI using their own expertise and standards. Our APEX benchmarks measure how AI performs on economically valuable work, while our enterprise evaluations and post-training capabilities turn those insights into measurable improvements across real-world workflows.

Our work sits at the intersection of frontier AI, human expertise, and real-world application. We’re solving problems few companies have encountered, with the opportunity to influence what the world’s most advanced AI systems become capable of doing. We’re looking for people who bring different perspectives, take ownership, exercise sound judgment, and hold themselves to an exceptionally high standard. You’ll have the opportunity to do consequential work alongside talented colleagues who challenge one another, collaborate openly, and share a commitment to excellence.

Mercor is profitable and recently raised a $750 million Series D at a $20 billion valuation. We work in person five days a week in San Francisco, New York, and London.

About Mercor Mercor’s mission is to organize human intelligence to power the AI economy. We’re a leading AI data company, building the layer between human expertise and frontier models. Millions of domain experts on the platform are paid over $4 million per day to train frontier AI models. Mercor’s APEX benchmark family measures AI’s real-world impact on professional work. Mercor Enterprise brings this same infrastructure to Fortune 500 companies: helping companies capture how their best people actually work, translating that expertise directly back into agents.

Mercor is creating a new category of work where expertise powers AI advancement. Achieving this requires an ambitious, fast-paced and deeply committed team. You’ll work alongside researchers, operators, and AI companies at the forefront of shaping the systems that are redefining society. Mercor is a profitable Series C company valued at $10 billion. We work in-person five days a week in our San Francisco, NYC, or London offices.

About the Role We’re looking for a Research Grants Coordinator to help run Mercor’s research funding programs. Initially, you’ll be responsible for $10m of funding.

You’ll work closely with our research team and external researchers to move promising projects from initial application through funding, delivery, and publication. You’ll coordinate the day-to-day grantmaking process, build relationships across the research community, and make sure applicants and grantees receive clear, timely support. This role suits someone who is highly organized, enjoys working with researchers, and takes ownership of getting things done.

What You’ll Do

- Manage the grant process: Manage applications, organize reviews with Mercor researchers, track decisions, and keep applicants informed.

- Outbound to grantees: Reach out to applicants and potential applicants to make them aware and keep them informed of the grants process.

- Support grantees: Serve as the main operational contact for funded researchers, coordinating onboarding, answering questions, and connecting them with relevant people and resources.

- Coordinate agreements and payments: Work with legal, finance, and operations to get grants set up and funding delivered on time.

- Build processes for how we work: Build straightforward systems for tracking grants, managing communications, and reporting on program progress.

- Organize events: Organize kickoff, checkin, and wrapup events for grantees and the wider research community.

What We’re Looking For

- Experience: Ideally 2–4 years in program coordination, research operations, grant administration, consulting, or a related role.

- Organization: Strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple projects, deadlines, and relationships.

- Communication: Clear, concise writing and confidence working with researchers, applicants, and internal teams.

- Ownership: You follow through, resolve problems independently, and know when to ask for input.

- Practical judgment: Comfortable handling confidential proposals and funding information, adapting to changing priorities, and improving processes as you go.

Mercor is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to providing equal opportunity to all employees and applicants. Mercor does not discriminate based on actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, related medical conditions and lactation), gender identity or gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, disability, protected medical condition as defined by California or local law, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, California, or local laws and ordinances. Further, Mercor prohibits discrimination, harassment, and retaliation based on any combination of protected characteristics. This Policy applies to all areas of employment, including recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, compensation, benefits, discipline, termination, and all other privileges, terms, and conditions of employment. This Policy and the law prohibit employment discrimination against any employee or applicant based on any legally protected status.