University Partnership Liaison, Co-PI-ready Research Scientist

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. Map and advance university and community-college partnership pathways for STEM education and workforce sponsored projects .

Posted 10/3/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in university sponsored research and partnership development, with a strong focus on STEM education and workforce projects. Proficient in proposal writing and navigating institutional processes to facilitate collaboration among academic and industry partners.

Highest-signal resume keywords

University Sponsored Research ExperienceProposal WritingSTEM Education Project ManagementNSF Sponsored-Project FamiliarityAcademic-Industry Partnership Development

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Hard Skills

Research DevelopmentProposal CoordinationEvaluation FramingPartnership DocumentationProject Design Facilitation

Soft Skills

Strong Written CommunicationCollaborationNetworking

Industry Keywords

STEM EducationCommunity-College Technician EducationK-14 PartnershipsNSFATERETRIEFIUSE

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Map and advance university and community-college partnership pathways for STEM education and workforce sponsored projects
Coordinate with institutional sponsored programs, research development, and faculty PIs on roles, scopes, and proposal timelines
Support research design, evaluation framing, and partnership documentation suitable for NSF-style and related education packages
Facilitate introductions among K-14, community-college, industry, and university partners when the project design calls for it
Contribute specialist qualifications and citeable past projects to WIL grant and sponsored-research packages when permissioned

Requirements

What you’ll need

Demonstrated experience in university sponsored research, research development, academic–industry or academic–K14 partnership, or Co-PI / senior-personnel roles on STEM education or workforce projects
Strong written communication for proposals, scopes of work, and partner correspondence
Ability to navigate IHE sponsored-programs processes and faculty collaboration norms
Open to full-time employment or project-based contract engagement; remote-first with travel as partner work requires
Prior NSF, ATE, RET, RIEF, IUSE, or related sponsored-project experience
Familiarity with community-college technician education or engineering education research communities
Prior projects you can cite (agency or institution, your role, year)