The Scientific Review Manager coordinates the scientific peer review process across the Gilbert Family Foundation’s Curing NF research portfolio. This role recruits and convenes expert reviewers, administers peer review policies and procedures, manages conflicts of interest, and prepares application summary statements. The Scientific Review Manager also supports stakeholder communication and scientific program coordination for the Foundation’s NF1 meeting and represents the Foundation professionally within the scientific community.

About the role 

• Partner with the Program and Grants & Operations teams to establish application and peer review timelines for each funding cycle
• Identify, recruit, and coordinate expert reviewers to evaluate the scientific and technical merit of research applications
• Plan and facilitate scientific review panels and meetings, including reviewer assignments, materials, schedules, and follow-up activities
• Administer peer review criteria and scoring rubrics, supporting consistent evaluation across scientific areas and stages of research
• Apply and maintain peer review policies and procedures, including conflict-of-interest identification, disclosure, and recusal requirements
• Synthesize reviewer feedback and prepare clear, accurate summary statements for research applications
• Build and maintain reviewer records and an internal database of scientific experts
• Recommend improvements to peer review and grantmaking processes that strengthen consistency, efficiency, and the applicant and reviewer experience
• Coordinate stakeholder communications, timelines, abstracts, presentation materials, and scientific programming for the Foundation’s NF1 meeting in partnership with internal teams
• Develop relationships with scientific experts, maintain awareness of relevant NF1 research developments, and represent the Foundation at scientific conferences and other external engagements, as needed 

About you 

Minimum Qualifications

• Doctoral degree in biomedical sciences, or a master’s degree in a related field with substantial experience in scientific peer review
• 4 years of relevant experience in scientific peer review administration, research grant program management, or a comparable research funding environment
• Experience identifying and recruiting subject matter experts and coordinating scientific review panels, study sections, or comparable review groups
• Ability to evaluate research applications across multiple scientific areas and synthesize expert feedback into clear, accurate written summaries
• Knowledge of conflict-of-interest requirements and practices within a scientific peer review environment
• Demonstrated project management skills, including the ability to manage concurrent deadlines, funding cycles, and priorities
• Strong written and verbal communication, organization, and attention to detail

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience performing a scientific review function within a federal agency, scientific society, academic institution, research funder, or disease-focused foundation
• Experience administering multi-stage review processes involving applications across distinct scientific disciplines or stages of research
• Familiarity with Neurofibromatosis Type 1 research or a related biomedical research field
• Experience using Salesforce or a comparable grants management platform

What you’ll get 

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About us 

The Gilbert Family Foundation is a private nonprofit foundation founded by Jennifer and Dan Gilbert to accelerate a cure for neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) and build economic opportunity and equity in the city of Detroit. The Gilbert Family Foundation supports groundbreaking, cutting-edge research in hopes of eradicating NF1, a genetic disorder that causes tumors to grow on nerves anywhere in the body. Additionally, the Foundation supports the economic stability and mobility of residents in Detroit by investing in wealth-building opportunities and breaking down systemic barriers. 

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