Biology Grant Writing Specialist (R&D) at Umami Bioworks, Apply online!
At Umami Bioworks, we are pioneering cultivated, ‘not caught’ seafood by developing the production system for delicious, nutritious, and affordable cultivated fish, starting with IUCN Red Listed species that are difficult to farm and being driven extinct by human consumption. We are partnering with food producers to scale our cultivated seafood production system to provide people around the world with a stable, resilient, local supply of seafood free from mercury, antibiotics, microplastics, and ocean pollutants.
Umami Bioworks is looking to hire an inquisitive, innovative, and independent Grant Writing Specialist to join our R&D team in India or work remotely.
Location: India R&D Center (Hybrid)
About the role: We are seeking an experienced and driven Grant Writing Specialist to join the UMAMI team. The ideal candidate will have strong business acumen, be highly creative, and have a deep understanding of B2B models. This role requires someone who can identify and develop high-end market opportunities for our unique cultivated seafood technology, enabling our clients to produce cultured seafood cells for use in finished product applications.
Responsibilities:
- Landscape Analysis & Opportunity Identification: Conduct thorough research to identify potential grant opportunities & rank the best fits.
- Technology Understanding: Gain a deep understanding of our cultivated seafood technology, including its capabilities and limitations, to understand gaps and potential extensions for R&D grant opportunities.
- Grant writing: Lead the development, writing, and submission of grant proposals. Act as the owner of grant concept brainstorming and drafting of high-quality proposals.
- Grant lifecycle management: Act as liaison to all funding agencies and grant collaborators, maintain records and fulfill reporting requirements.
- Stakeholder management: Research and maintain a list of potential partners and collaborators, both academic and industry, for future grant proposals. Build relationships with these stakeholders to understand areas of scientific interest as well as unique technologies and approaches that could be applied to future grant proposals.
- Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaborate closely with internal and external stakeholders to research, develop, and craft proposals and to prepare and submit grant applications.
Core Competencies:
- Grant writing and management: Knowledge of and experience with grant-writing and post-award processes to routinely deliver high-quality grant applications.
- Stakeholder management: Proven ability to determine next steps, prioritize your work based on key objectives and deadlines, and coordinate stakeholders to deliver on schedule with minimal oversight.
- Innovative Thinking: Bring creativity and innovation to identify new uses and applications for our technologies and to assess potential problems such technologies could solve.
- Research: Strong skills in technical research to identify sources for background, map current state of the field, and shape internal thinking about high-potential approaches.
- Communication: Strong communication skills with proven capability with multiple internal and external stakeholders.
Experience:
- B.S. in technical field (biology, chemistry, engineering, or similar), Master’s degree preferred.
- 2+ years of experience in grant writing is strongly preferred.
- Experience with US grant agencies and processes is strongly preferred.
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