Engineering Grant Development Manager

NORDP, Inc.; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

403(b) match

Time off

Tuition benefits

Job summary

Marquette University is seeking an Engineering Grant Development Manager to support faculty in securing external funding for engineering research. The role partners with investigators to develop competitive proposals, reviews aims and narratives, and helps communicate significance and feasibility to sponsors.

The position focuses on proactive research development, coordinating large multi-investigator proposals, and pre-award budgeting.

Responsibilities

• Faculty Proposal Development, Editing, and Grantsmanship: Partner with faculty investigators to develop competitive research proposals, review aims, objectives, narratives, and provide recommendations to improve organization, clarity, and sponsor responsiveness.
• Proactive Faculty Research Development and Proposal Planning: Develop knowledge of college faculty programs, engage with Assistant Professors to develop proposal plans, identify funding opportunities and pathways.
• Large and Collaborative Proposal Coordination: Coordinate development of large, multi-investigator proposals, manage timelines, document assignments, and submission checklists.
• Pre-Award Budget and Administrative Coordination: Develop proposal budgets, identify cost-sharing, initiate records in Kuali, and coordinate with offices for budget development.

Job description

Engineering Grant Development Manager

Posting Number: 201104889 Employment Status: Full Time Job Family: Research and Lab Services

Position Overview

Be The Difference Begins with Great People.

Are you looking for a new opportunity where you can make the difference in the lives of students and faculty? We're always looking for highly talented individuals to join our team – people who think big, care deeply, and believe in being the difference in their work and community.

We prioritize student success, access to education, and service in our work to educate well-rounded servant leaders who transform their fields, our society and the world. Our Catholic, Jesuit approach emphasizes student engagement with the world around them and formation of the heart and mind.

We believe in our mission: The search for truth, the discovery and sharing of knowledge, the fostering of personal and professional excellence, the promotion of a life of faith, and the development of leadership expressed in service to others. These core values guide our relationships with our students, each other, and our community.

Marquette University offers a rich and competitive Total Rewards package including medical, dental, vision, 403(b) with up to 8% university match, generous time off package, and tuition benefits for employees, spouses, and dependents with no payback requirement! For more information, please view our https://www.marquette.edu/human-resources/total-rewards.php.

This is your next opportunity to join an organization that invests in their employees' career journey by diversifying their skills, deepening their expert knowledge, encouraging a healthy work-life balance, focusing on personal wellbeing, providing leadership training, and sustaining a culture of respect and inclusion.

Duties and Responsibilities

• | 1. Faculty Proposal Development, Editing, and Grantsmanship: Partner with faculty investigators in the development of competitive research proposals. Review faculty-generated aims, objectives, technical narratives, and research approaches and provide substantive recommendations to improve organization, clarity, consistency, responsiveness to sponsor requirements, and overall presentation. Assist faculty in interpreting solicitations and review criteria and in organizing proposal content to communicate the significance, impact, feasibility, and relevance of the proposed work effectively. Draft and develop supporting proposal materials as appropriate, including project summaries, broader impacts or impact statements, management plans, facilities and resources descriptions, institutional information, letters and related documents, and other nontechnical or administrative proposal components.
• | 2. Proactive Faculty Research Development and Proposal Planning: Develop and maintain knowledge of College faculty research programs, expertise, funding histories, and emerging research directions in order to provide proactive research-development support. Meet regularly with faculty to discuss prospective funding opportunities and proposal plans, including meeting with Assistant Professors at least once each semester to develop and update individualized proposal-development plans. Identify potential funding pathways, anticipated proposal timelines, collaborators, and other resources needed to support faculty funding strategies. Encourage appropriate proposal activity and follow through with faculty on identified opportunities rather than functioning solely in response to faculty requests. Identify external and internal grant-writing seminars, sponsor workshops, webinars, and other professional-development opportunities relevant to faculty and communicate these opportunities to appropriate investigators.
• | 3. Large and Collaborative Proposal Coordination: Coordinate the development of large, multidisciplinary, multi-investigator, center-scale, training, instrumentation, and multi-institutional proposals. Develop and manage proposal timelines, internal deadlines, document assignments, required components, meetings, collaborator materials, institutional information, and submission checklists. Coordinate College administrative activities associated with these proposals and maintain communication among investigators, departments, external collaborators, and relevant university offices. Integrate proposal components and monitor progress toward submission deadlines.
• | 4. Pre-Award Budget and Administrative Coordination: Work with faculty investigators to develop proposal scope within sponsor budget limitations and available institutional resources. Prepare and maintain College proposal budget worksheets and work with faculty and the Associate Dean for Research to identify and address cost-sharing, matching, equipment, personnel, and other institutional resource needs. Initiate proposal records in Kuali and provide budget, scope, and other proposal information to the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs for development of the institutional budget, completion of required