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DIRECTOR, RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT, Office of Research
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Position Number: 5656815
Location: Boston, MA
Position Type: Business - Marketing and Sales

DIRECTOR, RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT, Office of Research

Tracking Code: 24500629270621

Job Description
DIRECTOR, RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT, Office of Research

Category
Charles River Campus --> Professional
Job Location
BOSTON, United States
Tracking Code
24500629270621
Salary Grade
Grade 51
Position Type
Full-Time/Regular

The Office of Research, which provides resources to ensure a supportive and competitive environment for research and scholarship at Boston University, seeks a Director of Research Development. The Director leads a team of research professionals to provide comprehensive proposal development services, and to respond to relevant funding opportunities. This position will provide strategic direction to a staff facilitating full-service proposal development, at the central University level, for complex, multi-million dollar interdisciplinary and/or training grant proposals submitted by faculty teams across schools/colleges and research centers and institutes.

Research development services include disseminating competitive intelligence on funding programs, facilitating PI team building and ideation, writing and editing proposal sections, identifying, and securing external resources and leading external or red team review of proposals. The Director will lead and guide PIs through their submissions to a variety of federal agencies including; NSF, DoD, DoE, DARPA, NIH, ARPA-H. The Director is also responsible for responding to relevant funding opportunities, supporting the federal and foundation relations teams overseeing the limited submission processes and community funding opportunities. The Director will organize strategic workshops and events that enable faculty and researchers to submit high-quality, competitive proposals in alignment with best practices.

Required Skills

Master's degree and 8 years of related experience.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, natural or protective hairstyle, religion, sex, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military service, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, or because of marital, parental, or veteran status. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.

Required Skills

Job Location: BOSTON
Position Type: Full-Time/Regular
Salary Grade: Grade 51

To apply, visit https://jobs.silkroad.com/BU/External/jobs/314218