Associate Director of Research Development

University at Buffalo; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The University at Buffalo's Primary Care Research Institute (PCRI) in the Department of Family Medicine seeks an Associate Director of Research Development to expand funding opportunities, coordinate proposal development, and support investigators and community partners in creating competitive grant submissions.

The role includes identifying opportunities, leading proposal coordination across PI teams, budgeting support, and ensuring compliance with sponsor guidelines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in business administration, management, education, public health, epidemiology, or research related field.
• Five years qualified experience in health planning, grant development, or research required.
• Experience must include demonstrated people skills.
• Working understanding of research design principles.

Responsibilities

• Identifies, evaluates, and disseminates funding opportunities aligned with investigator, departmental, clinical, and community partner priorities, and provides recommendations based on sponsor priorities, competitiveness, and funding requirements.
• Leads the coordination of proposal development efforts among PCRI principal investigators and their teams by supporting project design, proposal framing, proposal writing and editing, and the development of competitive funding applications.
• Collaborates with investigators, the Director of Finance and Research Administration, the Department Administrator, and community partners to support project planning, proposal budgets, budget justifications, and other components necessary for proposal development.
• Coordinates the preparation, assembly, review, and submission of grant and contract proposals, ensuring alignment with sponsor requirements, submission guidelines, and compliance expectations.
• Assists in identifying and facilitating partnerships that support competitive funding opportunities and project development.

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in business administration, management, education, public health, epidemiology, or research related field

Master’s Degree in business administration, management, education, public health, epidemiology, or research related field

Job description

Associate Director of Research Development

Position Title Associate Director of Research Development

The Primary Care Research Institute ( PCRI ), based in the Department of Family Medicine, is seeking an Associate Director of Research Development responsible for expanding funding opportunities by identifying and disseminating funding opportunities, coordinating proposal development and submission activities, supporting investigators and community partners in developing competitive proposals, and facilitating grant submissions that advance PCRI’s research mission.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Identifies, evaluates, and disseminates funding opportunities aligned with investigator, departmental, clinical, and community partner priorities, and provides recommendations based on sponsor priorities, competitiveness, and funding requirements.
• Leads the coordination of proposal development efforts among PCRI principal investigators and their teams by supporting project design, proposal framing, proposal writing and editing, and the development of competitive funding applications.
• Collaborates with investigators, the Director of Finance and Research Administration, the Department Administrator, and community partners to support project planning, proposal budgets, budget justifications, and other components necessary for proposal development.
• Coordinates the preparation, assembly, review, and submission of grant and contract proposals, ensuring alignment with sponsor requirements, submission guidelines, and compliance expectations.
• Assists in identifying and facilitating partnerships that support competitive funding opportunities and project development.

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Our Research Foundation of SUNY is an EOE and welcomes all to apply including veterans and individuals with a disability.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in business administration, management, education, public health, epidemiology, or research related field
• Five years qualified experience in health planning, grant development, or research required.
• Experience must include demonstrated people skills.
• Working understanding of research design principles.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in business administration, management, education, public health, epidemiology, or research related field.
• Ten years qualified experience in grant writing.

Driving Requirements This position will never drive a university owned vehicle.

Salary Range

Salary Range $75,000 - $90,000

Additional Salary Information

The salary range reflects our good faith and reasonable estimate of the possible compensation at the time of posting, the role and associated responsibilities, and the experience, education, and training of the selected candidate.

Work Hours

8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Campus

Downtown Campus

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UB is an AA/EOE and welcomes all to apply including veterans and individuals with disabilities. Arrangements will be made if an applicant has a disability in order to provide access to the application, interview and selection process upon request. Reasonable accommodation requests must be made in a timely manner by email at [e-mail] or by phone [phone].

Number of references required

3