Research Dev Associate III

The University of Utah Vice President’s Clinical and Translational (VPCAT) Research Scholars Program is seeking an experienced Research Development Associate III (RDA) to support the research and career development of early-career faculty scholars.

VPCAT is a two-year faculty mentoring and career development program designed to help early-career clinical and translational researchers develop the skills, mentorship, and experience needed to become successful, funded investigators. VPCAT provides integrated support in scientific career development, grant writing and management, and leadership development through its Matrix Mentoring Model that includes scientific, senior, peer, self, and staff mentorship.

This role focuses on providing individualized grantsmanship review, proposal consultation, education, and research development support to faculty scholars. Faculty scholars develop the scientific content; the RDA helps them strengthen how they organize, communicate, and align their research ideas with sponsor expectations while building their grant writing skills. The RDA will also contribute to VPCAT curriculum, research-development resources, funding landscape awareness, partnerships, and program improvement.

With strong knowledge of research development, this role independently implements a wide range of strategic, proactive, and capacity building activities designed to enable and enhance research and may include strategic research advancement, communication of research and research opportunities, enhancement of collaboration and team science, and proposal development. May train other Research Development Associates.