Research Development Specialist II (Grant Proposal Development) - Microbiology and Immunology

Galveston, Texas, United States

Research Academic & Clinical

UTMB Health

Requisition # 2403659

Minimum Qualifications:

Master's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM), Social Science, or Public Health. Two years of experience developing or writing proposals to/for federal, state, or local agencies. May substitute a terminal degree for required experience on a one-for-one basis.

Job Summary:

To provide grant proposal development expertise to faculty members and research personnel to enable competitive individual and team extramural research funding and facilitate research excellence in collaboration with the Office of Strategic Research Development. May support faculty in a single department, or across multiple departments and/or center(s) in all phases of the research proposal process.

Job Duties:

• Provides strategic, proactive, catalytic, and capacity-building proposal writing expertise to faculty members and researchers.

• Provides analytical, technical, and professional support in writing funding proposals, including development of hypotheses, aims, and objectives, grantsmanship and limited scientific review.

• Proposal development duties include obtaining competitive intelligence on funding programs; facilitating PI team building; substantive editing of proposal sections. Work cooperatively with grant/contract specialists, and other Research Development team members in pursuit of these objectives.

• Identifies and maintains research alliances with potential collaborative partners and funding agencies to formulate and implement specific research projects.

• Monitors funding agency changes and priorities and identifies funding opportunities suited for faculty member(s) based upon their research expertise.

• Serves as proposal development expert to staff and researchers.

• Adheres to internal controls and reporting structure.

• Performs related duties as required.

Knowledge/Skills/ Abilities

• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, particularly the capacity for the integration and synthesis of written text that represents a melding of multidisciplinary research.

• Demonstrated capacity for independent decision making, research development, and working on multidisciplinary teams on project and proposal development.

• Requires ability to multi-task and work cooperatively with others.

• Advanced use of Microsoft Word, Excel and Reference Managers

• Specialized software programs may be required.

Working Environment/Equipment

Standard office environment. May require travel to conferences or meetings with funding agencies or professional development. Standard office equipment.

• Official Regulatory Statement for Healthcare jobs’ Job Descriptions: May be exposed to such occupational hazards as communicable diseases, blood borne pathogens, ionizing & non-ionizing radiation, hazardous medications and disoriented or combative patients or others.

Salary Range:

Commensurate with Experience

Equal Employment Opportunity

UTMB Health strives to provide equal opportunity employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. As a VEVRAA Federal Contractor, UTMB Health takes affirmative action to hire and advance women, minorities, protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

Compensation