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Grants Management Specialist
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Office
Office of Research Operations and Analysis
Division
Division of Extramural Activities
Branch
Grants Management
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Bruce Mertz serves as a Grants Management Specialist (GMS) for NINDS since August 2019. He began his thirteen (13) year career in grants management at USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture serving as a Team Leader and Program Specialist. Prior to joining the federal government in 2005, Bruce was the founding Executive Director of the non-profit Future Harvest – A Chesapeake Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture. Bruce has lived in Maryland with his wife since 1995. Bruce is a native of Pennsylvania and acquired a bachelor’s degree in Biology from Kutztown University, and a Master’s degree in Entomology from Penn State University.