Research Development Officer

* Regularly review and disseminate funding opportunities relevant to PVAMU’s research strengths.* Monitor federal and state agency announcements, upcoming deadlines, and* emerging topic areas.* Serve as a point of contact for faculty seeking clarification or assistance in* understanding funding requirements.* Disseminate tailored funding opportunity briefs to colleges, departments, and research clusters.* Help develop and deliver workshops, seminars, and training sessions on research development topics (proposal development, budgeting basics, agency-specific guidance).* Offer one-on-one consultations and small-group sessions to address specific proposal needs.* Coordinate internal review processes for limited submissions and assist in organizing multidisciplinary proposal teams.* Maintain a database of faculty research interests and capabilities.* Collaborate with Research Administration and other units to ensure smooth handoffs during the proposal development lifecycle.* Performs other duties needed.* Bachelor’s degree* Three years of experience securing federal funding through proposal development with experience in NIH funding requests for large proposals and experience writing on scientific and/or medical topics* Knowledge of the National Institutes of Health and environment for biomedical research.* Understanding of a broad spectrum of research designs, methodology, and scope, such as basic, clinical, translational, health services, and education research.* Ability to multitask and work cooperatively with others.* Oral and written communication skills.* Master's degree or Doctoral degree.* Three years or more of experience writing, editing, and/or developing competitive proposals to federal, state, or industry.* Working knowledge of standard office equipment and software applications such as Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, Qualtrics, and Adobe Acrobat Pro.* Ability to work cooperatively with all people.* Organizational skills.* Ability to independently make decisions.* Excellent verbal and written communication skills.* Demonstrated ability to work on multidisciplinary teams to develop proposals.* Ability to multitask effectively on multiple projects simultaneously.* Detailed and deadline oriented.* Experience working with university research administration and faculty with knowledge of the scientific process and proposal development.* Familiarity with Grants.gov, Research.gov, ASSIST, ezFedGrants, NSPIRES and key requirements for proposals requested by Justice, ED, USDA, NIH, NSF, NASA, DOE, and DOD.* Demonstrated knowledge of proposal administration.* Demonstrated knowledge of proposal development.**Background Check Requirements:** The Texas A&M University System is one of the largest systems of higher education in the nation, with a statewide network of twelve universities, eight state agencies, a comprehensive health science center, Texas A&M-Fort Worth and Texas A&M-RELLIS.The A&M System is committed to providing an educational and work environment that is conducive to the personal and professional development of each employee.Each member institution provides equal opportunity and access to all students, employees and prospective employees. #J-18808-Ljbffr