Gina,
This is very helpful, thank you very much.
Megan

Gina Betcher wrote:

>Yes, I am a grant writer disguised as a grant developer. My assigned
>duties involve:
>
>- coordinating collaborative research teams
>- writing sections and definitely editing to one voice
>- reviewing very rough drafts and developing these into strong
>proposals
>- writing out the budget and justification
>- dotting all the i's and crossing all the t's
>- submitting proposals
>- presenting on grant writing and proposal development
>- securing copies of funded proposals (from sponsors and direct
>from PIs) as requested from faculty
>- and more
>
>There's only one and a half of me (we have one part time grant
>developer) to serve all university faculty. The workflow is constant
>and, at times, overwhelming (I am used to it).
>
>
>
>
>
>
>>>>Megan Delaney <xxxxxx@MAIL.MONTCLAIR.EDU> 5/2/2007 11:36 AM
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>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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