Megan --

A  little over three years ago, we hired a grants writer for our then
pre-award office, and in the course of the past two years, we have grown
$1M per year in committed funds, so I would say that the investment was
well worth it. I had a specifric role in mind for this individual and
defined the work that she would do. I have a job description if you
would like to see it.  Send me your e-mail address and I can forward the
information to you directly and not "busy" up the listserv for others.
Our Institutional Grant Writer did not work in "administration" but had
a specific charge.

Maggie Bryan-Peterson, CRA
Director
Grants Administration/Research Services
E230 Thompson Hall
SUNY Fredonia
Fredonia, NY  14063
716-673-3528
FAX: 716-673-3802

-----Original Message-----
From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org] On
Behalf Of Megan Delaney
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 11:37 AM
To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org
Subject: [RESADM-L] Grant Writer in a Sponsored Programs office?

Our administration has offered us the opportunity to hire a Grant Writer
to work from our Research and Sponsored Programs office. We are a medium
sized office in a state University looking to jump start faculty
enthusiasm and increase our number of grant submissions, however, we
have some hesitations that faculty members will actually utilize and
seek assistance from someone in this position. We are worried about
their potential work flow and assigned duties, we do not need any
assistance in pre or post award management.

Our questions are the following:

 1. Do you know of any Grant Writers under the umbrella of a Sponsored
 Programs office and if so:
 * What are their assigned duties?
 * How is their work flow?
 2. If you had to hire someone as a Grant Writer in a Sponsored
 Program office and did not need help with pre-award
 administration,  what would be your "dream job" for this person?
 3. Do you have a specific job description you would be willing to
 share with us?

Any other thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Megan

--
Megan E. Delaney
Pre-Award Officer
Research and Sponsored Programs
Montclair State University
College Hall Room 307
Montclair, NJ 07043
Phone: (973) 655-6923
Fax: (973) 655-5150
http://www.montclair.edu/pages/orsp/

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