Associate Dean Research

Overview

Please direct questions about this position to Dean Kelly Joyce (kajoyce)

Position Information

Position Number 004719

Functional Title Associate Dean for Research

Position Type Administration - Faculty

Position Eclass E2 - SAAO II 12 Month Leave Earning

University Information

Located in North Carolina’s third-largest city, UNC Greensboro is among the most diverse, learner-centered public research universities in the state, with 18,000 students in eight colleges and schools pursuing more than 150 areas of undergraduate and over 200 areas of graduate study. UNCG continues to be recognized nationally for academic excellence, access, and affordability. UNCG is ranked the No. 1 most affordable institution in North Carolina for net cost by the N.Y. Times and No.

1 in North Carolina for social mobility by The Wall Street Journal — helping first-generation and lower-income students find paths to prosperity. Designated an Innovation and Economic Prosperity University by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, UNCG is a community-engaged research institution with a portfolio of more than $67M in research and creative activity. The University’s 2,600 staff help create an annual economic impact for the Piedmont Triad region in excess of $1B.

Primary Purpose of the Organizational Unit

The College of Arts and Sciences promotes discovery and learning by students and faculty in the sciences, the humanities, and the arts. The College empowers students to succeed by embracing the challenges of a complex, changing world.

Position Summary

Duties for the Associate Dean for Research include:

• Provides strategic leadership in developing and refining the College’s research mission and activities towards meeting current and future funding goals.
• Facilitates faculty development of fundable and sustainable research programs. Along with the Office of Research and Engagement (ORE), provides mentorship by helping faculty identify their goals, find resources, and grow their program of research.
• Assists faculty to form successful collaborative research groups that integrate and support individual programs of research. Creates mechanisms to facilitate team projects within the College and across all units at UNCG.
• Works with existing interdisciplinary groups in the College, such as the Humanities Network and Consortium (HNAC) and Research and Instruction in STEM Education (RISE).
• Assists in developing proposals and fellowships along with budgets for submission.
• Supervises the College’s Office of Research and approves proposals on behalf of the College within the Cayuse online system.
• Coordinates College funding programs for: pilot research that will lead to proposals for significant external funding; travel to funding agencies; external peer review of draft proposals; and summer grant preparation assistance.
• Chairs the Research Assignment Committee of the College.
• Represents the College on the UNCG Research Advisory Council and other university forums.
• Coordinates some of the Department and Program Reviews in the College.
• Conducts or directs special projects as assigned. Acts in other matters and capacities as delegated by the Dean.