Associate Dean for Research and Innovation

University of North Dakota; Grand Forks (ND); On-site; USD 86,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

University of North Dakota in Grand Forks invites applications for a tenured Professor to serve as Associate Dean for Research and Innovation in the College of Education & Human Development (CEHD), beginning July 1, 2027. Reporting to the Dean, you will lead CEHD’s research, scholarship, and external funding initiatives.

The Associate Dean will work across departments and centers, strengthening opportunities for ambitious ideas to become sustained programs of research, collaboration, and

Qualifications

• Earned terminal degree in a field related to CEHD.
• Record of research, scholarship, and/or creative activity sufficient for tenure as Professor.
• Experience with externally funded research and grant development.
• Academic, research, or administrative leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and implementation of a College-wide research and innovation strategy.
• Advance CEHD's research strength and external funding opportunities.
• Strengthen CEHD’s capacity to secure external funding and grants.
• Foster interdisciplinary research teams and collaborations.
• Oversee sponsored research support, administration, and investments.
• Coordinate CEHD centers, institutes, and research initiatives.
• Advise on strategic allocation of research resources.
• Translate CEHD research through external partnerships and impact.

Skills

Collaboration across disciplines

Strategic thinking

Relationship building

Education

Terminal degree in CEHD-related field

Job description

Salary/Position Classification

• $95,000+ commensurate with discipline and experience for 9-month contract, plus additional administrative stipend of $7,500 and summer salary, Exempt
• 40 hours per week
• This position will work onsite at UND Grand Forks, ND campus

Purpose of Position

The College of Education & Human Development (CEHD) invites applications for a tenured faculty member at the rank of Professor to serve as Associate Dean for Research and Innovation, beginning July 1, 2027. Reporting directly to the Dean and serving as a member of CEHD's leadership team, the Associate Dean provides strategic and operational leadership for CEHD's research, scholarship, innovation, external funding, research administration and infrastructure, centers and institutes, and research impact.

The Associate Dean will play a central role in advancing CEHD's research enterprise within the context of the University of North Dakota's R1 research mission. Working across departments, disciplines, centers, and external partnerships, the Associate Dean will help create the conditions for ambitious ideas to develop into sustained programs of research, scholarship, innovation, and impact.

This position requires a leader who can recognize opportunities across traditional academic boundaries, connect people and resources, and strengthen the systems that support research. CEHD faculty, staff, and students engage in a broad range of disciplinary, interdisciplinary, methodological, and community-engaged scholarship across education, human development, behavioral and mental health, movement and health sciences, learning and technology, and related fields. The Associate Dean will support this breadth while helping faculty and research teams pursue increasingly significant external funding, collaboration, visibility, and scholarly impact.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead development and implementation of a College-wide research and innovation strategy in partnership with the Dean, faculty, academic leaders, research staff, centers, and University partners.
• Identify and advance areas of research strength and emerging opportunity where CEHD has potential for distinctive regional, national, or international impact.
• Strengthen CEHD’s capacity to secure external funding, including large-scale, interdisciplinary, multi-investigator, training, center-level, and institutional awards.
• Foster interdisciplinary research teams and connect faculty with collaborators, funding opportunities, research infrastructure, and institutional resources.
• Provide strategic leadership and oversight for College-level sponsored research support, research administration, research investments, and use of research-related resources.
• Provide strategic coordination and oversight of CEHD centers, institutes, laboratories, and research initiatives, supporting their growth, sustainability, collaboration, and alignment with College priorities.
• Identify research infrastructure, staffing, technology, space, and other investments needed to strengthen CEHD’s research capacity and advise the Dean regarding strategic allocation of resources.
• Advance the translation and application of CEHD research and scholarship through partnerships with schools, healthcare organizations, communities, government, industry, tribal nations and communities, foundations, and other external partners.
• Foster a collaborative research culture that supports faculty research development, interdisciplinary scholarship, student engagement in research, and recognition and visibility of research accomplishments.
• Build relationships with funding agencies, foundations, research organizations, governmental entities, advancement partners, and other organizations that can strengthen CEHD’s research enterprise.
• Serve as a member of the Dean’s leadership team and advise the Dean on research strategy, sponsored programs, external funding, centers and institutes, innovation, infrastructure, and scholarly impact.
• Represent CEHD in University, regional, and national research initiatives, partnerships, committees, and leadership networks.

Required Competencies

• Demonstrated ability to build productive collaborations across disciplines, units, institutions, or organizations.
• Strong strategic, communication, organizational, and relationship-building skills.
• Demonstrated commitment to supporting excellence across diverse forms of research, scholarship, and methodology.

Minimum Requirements

• Earned terminal degree in a field related to the disciplines within CEHD.
• Record of research, scholarship, and/or creative activity sufficient for appointment with tenure at the rank of Professor within an academic unit of CEHD.
• Demonstrated experience with externally funded research, sponsored projects, or significant grant development.
• Evidence of successful academic, research, or administrative leadership.
• Successful completion of criminal history background check

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identityand eligibility to work in the US and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.This position does not support visa sponsorship for continued employment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Significant record of externally funded research or leadership of externally funded projects.
• Experience leading interdisciplinary or multi-investigator research teams and developing complex collaborative proposals.
• Experience providing leadership or oversight for research centers, institutes, laboratories, or similar initiatives.
• Experience with research administration, sponsored programs, grant personnel, or research-support infrastructure.
• Experience strategically managing research resources, budgets, F&A, space, or related infrastructure.
• Experience developing external partnerships that advance research, innovation, translation, or impact.
• Experience mentoring researchers and developing externally funded research programs.
• Experience working within a high-research-activity or R1 university environment.

To Apply

Applications must be received by 10/26/2026.