Description
Grant and Partnerships Manager
Location: Austin, TexasType: Full-time, In-OfficeReports to: Executive Director, STATION TEXAS
About STATION TEXAS
STATION TEXAS is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit accelerating entrepreneurship and innovation to create jobs, attract talent, and grow abundance across the state. By connecting leaders in venture capital, academia, government, and the military, STATION TEXAS drives collaborative efforts around “rising tide” opportunities like Army Futures Command, ARPA-H, and the Texas Space Commission. Through statewide programming, public events, coworking, mentorship, and founder education, STATION TEXAS is catalyzing the infrastructure that makes Texas the best place to start and scale world-changing companies.
Role Overview
As the Grant and Partnerships Manager at STATION TEXAS, you will be the driving force behind our grant strategy—identifying, pursuing, and securing funding that empowers us to support the most exciting deep tech startups in Texas. You’ll work closely with leadership and funders to craft compelling proposals for projects in sectors like aerospace, biotech, defense, energy, robotics, and artificial intelligence. This is your chance to turn visionary science-fiction into Texas-built reality.
Responsibilities
Grant Identification & Pipeline Building
- Proactively research and track federal, philanthropic, foundation, and industry funding opportunities (e.g., ARPA-H, NSF, DoD, DOE).
- Build and maintain a prioritized pipeline of grant opportunities aligned with STATION TEXAS’ strategic initiatives.
Proposal Development & Submission
- Lead the full grant lifecycle: research, concepting, writing, editing, budgeting, compliance, and submission.
- Collaborate with internal teams and external partners to gather necessary data, narratives, letters of support, and financials.
- Tailor grant applications to fit funder priorities while preserving the STATION TEXAS voice.
Reporting & Compliance
- Track and manage all reporting deadlines and compliance requirements post-award.
- Partner with leadership and finance teams to submit accurate and timely financial and programmatic reports.
- Ensure adherence to IRS, federal agency, and foundation policies.
Strategic Contribution
- Align grant-seeking efforts with organizational strategy and initiatives in partnership with the Executive Director.
- Support collaborative grant submissions with universities, regional accelerators, and corporate partners.
- Coordinate efforts with STATION DC on federal and policy-aligned opportunities.
Success Looks Like
- You’ve created needed marketing and program collateral within 30 days.
- You’ve built a pipeline of at least $10M in unrestricted grant and related funding opportunities within your first month.
- You’ve secured $1M in unrestricted grant funding within 12 months.
Requirements
About You
- 5+ years of experience in grant writing or institutional fundraising; experience with innovation, tech, or government grants preferred.
- Proven success securing $1M+ in competitive funding from government or major foundations.
- Expert storyteller with the ability to turn complex ideas into compelling, fundable proposals.
- Deep knowledge of federal funding (DoD, ARPA-H, NIH, NSF, DOE, SBA) and Texas-specific funding ecosystems.
- Exceptional organizational skills and ability to juggle multiple priorities.
- Highly mission-driven with a passion for entrepreneurship, innovation, and regional economic growth.
- Responsive, deadline-driven, and flexible to work evenings/weekends when needed.
- Tech-savvy and organized—email inbox at zero, strong with G Suite, CRM tools, and password security.
- Intend to stay in Texas for at least two years.
Benefits
Our Team Culture
- We have a passion for startups, innovation, and public service.
- We over-communicate and deliver on deadlines—or communicate early if we can’t.
- We are professional, polished, and positive, whether meeting with students or CEOs.
- We love being in the heart of downtown Austin and value in-person collaboration.
- We thrive in fast-paced environments like SXSW, DREAMCON, and Austin Startup Week.
- We end every day with Inbox Zero.
Benefits
- 4 weeks paid time off (one week is between Christmas and New Year’s)
- Personal health, vision and dental insurance paid 100% by Capital Factory
- Additional benefits such as 401k program (50% company matching), life insurance, short & long term disability and and employee assistance program
- Parental leave including 10 weeks paid leave for birthing parents and 4 weeks paid leave for non-birthing parents
- $1,000 personal innovation budget on your first year anniversary and then an additional $500 each anniversary thereafter
- Coworking membership at Capital Factory with garage parking space, metro pass, or rideshare credits and access to the onsite gym
- A priceless network
About Capital Factory
Capital Factory is the launchpad for the most ambitious entrepreneurs building venture-scale companies outside of Silicon Valley. Headquartered in Austin—with boots on the ground in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, and Washington, DC—Capital Factory invests through multiple venture funds and partners with leading corporations and the U.S. government to drive innovation. Since 2010, Capital Factory has helped thousands of founders connect with investors, customers, and talent—earning recognition from Pitchbook as the most active investor in Texas.
