Manage scientific or technical project resources.

Manage scientific or technical project resources. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 5 occupations and seen in 6 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Direct scientific or technical activities. in Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates .

Detailed work activities are the most granular shared layer in O*NET's work-activity hierarchy (Generalized → Intermediate → Detailed → occupation-specific task). The figures below describe how this activity shows up across the economy and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the work will be automated.

AI exposure

Of the 6 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 5 (83%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

Exposure estimates overlap with model capabilities — whether a model could speed the task up — not whether the work will be done by software. Observed AI use is augmentation and assistance today, not jobs replaced.

Member tasks

Occupation-specific tasks O*NET maps to this detailed work activity, most important first.

• Track laboratory supplies and expenses such as participant reimbursement. · Social Science Research Assistants · importance 3.8 · direct LLM exposure
• Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies. · Chemical Technicians · importance 3.7 · exposure with tools
• Order supplies needed to maintain inventories in laboratories or in storage facilities of food or beverage processing plants. · Food Science Technicians · importance 3.7 · exposure with tools
• Purchase laboratory supplies, such as chemicals, when supplies are low or near their expiration date. · Chemists · importance 3.4 · exposure with tools
• Verify all financial, physical, and human resources assigned to research or development projects are used as planned. · Molecular and Cellular Biologists · importance 3.2 · exposure with tools
• Allocate and manage laboratory space and resources. · Social Science Research Assistants · importance 3.0 · no direct exposure

Occupations that perform this

• Social Science Research Assistants
• Food Science Technicians
• Chemical Technicians
• Chemists
• Molecular and Cellular Biologists

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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  title  = {Manage scientific or technical project resources.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/detailed-activities/manage-scientific-or-technical-project-resources}
}