Research Development Officer

Texas A&M University System•College Station, TX

19h

About The Position

The RDO will work under the direction and guidance and be trained by the Senior Research Development officer. Provides advice to individual faculty and research teams on funding opportunity announcement (FOA) requirements with a focus on external federal and other agency funding opportunities. Aids and advises faculty on writing grant applications that are aligned with FOAs, with attention to the review criteria and the relevant agency application guides. Advises on elements of competitive grant applications and provide support in proposal narrative development, review, feedback, and editing. Provides general editing services to SPH faculty as needed with their academic manuscripts, conference presentation materials, and all other types of written work.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Educational Administration, and Human Resource Development, or related field.
Three (3) years of combined experience and/or training in the following for a total of three (3) years of experience in: participating in or designing and conducting empirical research at academic or research institutions; documenting college-based and multidisciplinary research programs; developing or writing proposals submitted to federal, state, or private research funding agencies; and providing technical and general editing for faculty whose primary language is not English.
Master’s degree in Public Health, Educational Administration, and Human Resource Development, or related field.
One (1) year of combined experience and/or training in the following for a total of one (1) year experience in: participating in or designing and conducting empirical research at academic or research institutions; documenting college-based and multidisciplinary research programs; developing or writing proposals submitted to federal, state, or private research funding agencies; and providing technical and general editing for faculty whose primary language is not English.

Responsibilities

Responsible for Proposal, Grant, and Funding Applications/Writing including locating and providing advice to individual faculty and faculty teams about funding opportunity announcements (FOA) and their associated submission requirements; supporting the writing of external research funding applications; working in consultation with faculty in the preparation and writing of successful proposals to competitions at the federal (e.g., NIH, HRSA, NSF, NASA), state (CPRIT, THHS), and local levels; providing support, reviews, and critiques of proposal narrative development, and providing feedback, suggestions, and editing; advising on elements of competitive grant applications; providing insight during the proposal writing process to ensure that the objectives and goals of the faculty member or team are clearly visible to the members of funding agency proposal review panels; and conferring with individual faculty regarding the review of previous grant applications and provides strategic advice on resubmissions.
Responsible for editing including providing editing services to SPH faculty on research funding proposals, research manuscripts for publication, book chapters, written conference materials (PowerPoints, posters, etc.), university, SPH, and departmental documentation, and all other forms of written work.
Responsible for performing development administration tasks including keeping abreast of federal and state funding agency priorities and initiatives; connecting researchers to funding opportunities and research resources; developing tools and guidance documents related to proposal development; and interpreting grant proposal requirements and PI eligibility and locating all needed proposal development resources needed by the members of faculty proposal development teams.
Responsible for communication including coordinating, creating, and updating SPH and departmental resources for research faculty; preparing and maintaining written boilerplate information related to the School of Public Health, centers, departments, and university; disseminating notices about research progress and successful funding; and performing other duties as assigned.
Responsible for professional development including attending training programs for professional development and continuing education in research development, technical writing, and other topics related to core job duties.