Director of Grants, Research and Academia
Manages a team responsible for securing and managing funding for research and academia programs.
Compensation by seniority
Simulated
Median
$162k
Mean
$169k
10th–90th pct
$123k–$224k
Observations
783
Confidence: 35% · based on 783 simulated observations · last updated 7/27/2026
Historical trend & projection
Median total compensation at the typical seniority level for this role, 2021–2025, projected forward under three scenarios.
Simulated
Common skills
People Management
Core
Strategic Planning
Core
Budgeting & Forecasting
Process Improvement
Education requirements
Share of postings that require or prefer each level — a signal of typical hiring bars, not a hard rule.
Bachelor's Degree
52% require · 26% prefer
Master's Degree
23% require · 32% prefer
No College
Explore education impact for related majors →12% require · 11% prefer
Common next roles
Demand snapshot
Active openings (simulated)7,576
Posting growth+17.3%
Median days to fill18 days
SimulatedEmployed (US, simulated)102,340
Projected growth2.4%/yr
SimulatedRole characteristics
Remote-friendliness50%
Automation exposure15%
Sources & freshness
Compensation and demand figures on this page are simulated demo data, deterministically generated for this build of CareerAtlas — not verified real-world observations.
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