• Conduct market research
  
  • Seek out and track new business opportunities
  • Build and maintain relationships with prime contractors and donors
  • Provide strategic analysis of new business opportunities
• Communicate directly and regularly with all stakeholders in relation to the global initiatives within CANR
• Assists in provision of research compliance process components, including budget review and justification, feasibility, research billing process, conflict of interest reporting, program evaluation and monthly and annual reporting processes
• Create reports, documents, and templates as related to new business development
• Identify need for and provide training to faculty and staff
• Provide operational expertise for assigned tasks and apply creative problem solving techniques to research and solve business problems to assist customers and provide potential solutions
• Demonstrates awareness and appreciation for the global multi-dimensional and diverse perspectives within CGC and CANR, and makes decisions based upon inclusive excellence, data, facts, and best practices in order to expand the global portfolio in CANR

• Coordinate pre-award proposals
  
  • Collects, analyzes, and synthesizes data using systematic methods such as research, surveys, focus groups, and other fact finding methods to identify new business opportunities
  • Serve as liaison between faculty and donors, contractors, and MSU central services
  • Coordinate proposal meetings, dissemination of information, ensure compliance with proposal solicitation and MSU requirements
  • Collect, create, and review supporting documents
  • Responsible for timely submission of proposals (w/ required MSU approvals)
  • Track proposal status, conduct post-proposal de-brief meetings
• Prepare grant proposal budgets and budget narratives
  
  • Liaise with faculty and OSP

• Knowledge equivalent to that which normally would be acquired by completing a four-year college degree program in Business Administration, Finance, or a research-related field;
• One to three years of related and progressively more responsible or expansive work experience in performing responsibilities related to the operational activities of CGC or related experience;
• Experience with proposal development, grant and contract administration, and research administration.
• Experience with developing budgets
• Experience in word processing, spreadsheet, and database software
• or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Knowledge of basic computer terminology and operations, ability to use e-mail and the Internet
• Completion of MSU training certificate Essentials of Research Administration within one year of hire, if applicant has not already completed this course.

• Experience in budgeting for grant proposals
• Willingness to travel domestically
• Ability to work in a team
• Ability to work in a cross cultural environment and communicate with international colleagues residing overseas

Michigan