Senior Grants Strategist – AI, Cyber & Computing

University of Texas at San Antonio; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 73,000 - 89,000; Full time

Job summary

The Senior Grant Development Manager position with the University of Texas at San Antonio is a campus-based role within the CAICC. It leads the development of highly competitive extramural funding proposals and coordinates proposal teams across departments to advance research and recognition opportunities.

You will identify funding opportunities, provide editing and writing support, mentor investigators, and liaise with sponsors and internal units to secure funding and prestigious awards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field.
• Five (5) years of related work experience.
• This position may require the ability to maintain the security and integrity of UT San Antonio per Texas EO-GA-48.

Responsibilities

• Conducts market intelligence and identifies and disseminates funding opportunities that align with the University's strengths, faculty expertise, and specific research agendas.
• Engages in strategic consultations with PI/PDs and teams to include solicitation analysis, feedback on strategy, identifying collaborators or areas for collaboration, early budget conceptualization, and prior submission review analysis and response.
• Consults with PI/PDs and collaborators to translate early ideas and concepts into competitive narratives for extramural funding, including advising on funding sources as well as strategies for meeting technical and broader impact or dissemination requirements.
• Provides critical and editorial review of grant and other applications for extramural funding or scholarly awards/recognitions.
• Collaborates with PI/PD and sponsored projects staff, manages proposal development process for interdisciplinary or otherwise complex teams of researchers, including facilitating team meetings, establishing and executing proposal development timeline, providing guidance on preparation, and assisting with the collection of documents from all collaborators.
• Maintains institutional/unit data, writes and maintains templates/boilerplate text, and other support documentation for proposal development activities (i.e., facilities or resource descriptions, letters, data management plans).
• Provides targeted support and grantsmanship mentoring for new investigators or investigators pursuing new directions/lines of funding.
• Engages with internal and external partners to develop research collaborations and serves as a liaison to sponsor organizations (federal/state government, private foundations, and companies).
• Supports nominations to highly prestigious awards.
• Manages or supports the limited submissions program.
• Conducts training sessions on grantsmanship topics relevant to the research community.
• Engages in strategic planning activities with unit leadership and research teams regarding goals and expectations for extramural funding, teaming initiatives, and other priority areas.
• Engages in critical review or editing of technical project reports (post-award).
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Verbal and Written Communication

Microsoft Office Suite

Attention to Details

Collaboration and Teamwork

Time Management

Project Management

Proposal Writing

Maintain current awareness

Education

Bachelor's Degree in related field

Job description

The Senior Grant Development Manager position with the University of Texas at San Antonio is a campus-based role within the CAICC. It leads the development of highly competitive extramural funding proposals and coordinates proposal teams across departments to advance research and recognition opportunities.

You will identify funding opportunities, provide editing and writing support, mentor investigators, and liaise with sponsors and internal units to secure funding and prestigious awards.