Research Scientist & Manager of Grant Development at The Chicago School in Wichita, KS

Job description

• Kansas Health Science University is seeking a doctoral-trained Research Scientist & Manager of Grant Development to serve as a scientific collaborator for faculty and students while leading the University’s grant development and research funding efforts. This is a composite scientific and grants leadership role, with research and scholarship at its foundation. The individual will work directly with faculty and students on research design, methodology, scientific writing, manuscripts, publications, and scholarly dissemination. The position will also serve as KHSU’s in-house grant expert, scientific grant writer, and proposal reviewer, leading the development of competitive funding applications and helping grow the University’s external funding portfolio. The individual will identify funding opportunities, shape fundable research concepts, develop and review proposals, manage the grant-development pipeline, and oversee grant administration within the Division of Research.
• This role combines the work of a research scientist with leadership in grant development and external funding. The individual will directly strengthen faculty and student research while serving as KHSU’s in-house grants expert and helping translate promising research ideas into competitive, externally funded projects. The position will play a central role in growing both the scientific capacity and external funding portfolio of KHSU’s research enterprise.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a scientific collaborator and methodological resource for faculty and student research.
• Support research design, methodology, analysis planning, interpretation, and dissemination.
• Provide scientific and methodological consultation across research projects.
• Contribute directly to abstracts, posters, presentations, manuscripts, and peer-reviewed publications.
• Participate as a research collaborator, investigator, or co-investigator when appropriate.
• Mentor faculty and students in research methods, scientific writing, and scholarly productivity.
• Help move research projects from initial concept through publication and dissemination.
• Lead KHSU’s research grant-development pipeline and external funding strategy.
• Serve as the University’s in-house expert for scientific grant writing, proposal development, and grant review.
• Identify federal, state, foundation, community, and other funding opportunities aligned with institutional and investigator priorities.
• Develop and help investigators refine fundable research concepts.
• Write, edit, and review competitive proposals, including specific aims, significance, innovation, approach, feasibility, evaluation, and impact.
• Critically review proposals for scientific rigor, clarity, competitiveness, and responsiveness to sponsor priorities.
• Coordinate proposal-development timelines, contributors, and submission requirements.
• Lead resubmissions and responses to reviewer or sponsor feedback.
• Develop longer-term funding strategies for investigators and research programs.
• Contribute directly to increasing the number, quality, competitiveness, and success of external funding applications.
• Help grow KHSU’s externally funded research portfolio and institutional funding capacity.
• Oversee grant administration within the Division of Research, including appropriate preaward and post-award activities.
• Coordinate proposal routing, institutional approvals, sponsor requirements, and submission processes.
• Support and coordinate grant budgets and budget justifications in partnership with Finance and institutional leadership.
• Oversee grant calendars, submission records, award tracking, reporting timelines, and grant-management systems such as Cayuse.
• Coordinate progress reporting, renewals, sponsor deliverables, and other post-award requirements.
• Develop and maintain grant-related processes, templates, resources, and guidance for investigators.
• Serve as the Division of Research point person for grant-related matters while collaborating with Finance, Compliance, and other institutional offices.

Requirements

• PhD, DrPH, EdD, or other research-focused doctoral degree.
• Demonstrated experience conducting scientific research.
• Strong knowledge of research design and methodology.
• Strong scientific writing, editing, and critical-review skills.
• Peer-reviewed publication record.
• Experience in academic medicine, biomedical science, public health, health professions education, clinical research, or a related field.
• Experience contributing to successful grant applications or funded projects.
• Experience with federal, state, foundation, or community-based funding opportunities.
• Experience developing or substantively writing competitive grant proposals.
• Experience mentoring faculty or students in research or grantsmanship.
• Strong organizational, project-management, and communication skills.
• Experience serving as an investigator or co-investigator on funded research.
• Demonstrated record of successful grant development or externally funded projects.
• Experience with federal funding agencies such as NIH, HRSA, AHRQ, CDC, NSF, or similar sponsors.
• Experience developing grant budgets and budget justifications.
• Familiarity with Cayuse or similar grant-management systems.

Skills

Required

• Scientific research
• Research design and methodology
• Scientific writing and editing
• Critical review
• Grant writing and proposal development
• Grant review
• Mentoring
• Organizational skills
• Project management
• Communication skills

Preferred

• Grant budget development

Benefits

• Kansas Health Science University offers a generous compensation and benefits package, as well as the opportunity to work for a leader in the field of education. Some of our key benefits include: generous paid time-off, medical and dental coverage, company-paid life and disability insurance, retirement plan with employer contribution, multiple flexible spending accounts (FSA), tuition reimbursement, professional development, and regular employee appreciation events.