Grants advisor

As a member of the SBD Grants Office team, you are expected to take a pro-active role in developing funding strategies supportive to research collaborations, with university management and researchers. And you monitor Funding Agencies’ strategies, raising awareness of the relevant funding opportunities and trends, and you are pro-actively following up with the community. Besides you engage in hands-on in the development and professionalization of research project proposals.

Your tasks include:

• Staying informed about (inter)national grant opportunities, most prominently in the Dutch and European R&I funding landscape, pro-actively informing the UT community

• Pro-actively working with UT stakeholders in the development and implementation of funding strategies of identified strategic areas, including:

• early advice on funding opportunities and trends, as well as identification of relevant stakeholders and networks

• facilitating good relationships with policymakers, stakeholders and networks, including representing the UT community in relevant events

• actively supporting the creation of (inter)national partnerships/ teams for the development of grant proposals

• and importantly, guiding the process of grant proposal development, including active contributions to the development of non-scientific sections of the proposal.

For more information about this vacancy, please contact Dr. Telma Esteves at +31534895920 or [email protected].

Please submit your application up until May 26, 2024 at the latest by filling in the form including a motivation letter and current CV (choose ‘apply now’ below). The application should indicate the names of two reference persons, as a reference check may be conducted.

Further screening or assessment may also be part of the procedure.

The first interviews will take place in the week of May 27, 2024.

The Strategic Business Development (SBD) team works to increase the economic and social impact of the University of Twente by connecting the university’s outstanding research capabilities with the market and wider society, both in the Netherlands and beyond, in ways that are effective and distinctive.

SBD contributes specifically to the university’s broad knowledge transfer objectives by both increasing and expanding its strategic and sustainable partnerships with companies, funds, Top Consortiums for Knowledge and Innovation (TKIs), non-profit organisations such as hospitals, and government bodies at regional, national and international level.

SBD operates proactively, creating and responding to opportunities as they arise in order to generate impact and achieve the ambitions expressed in ‘Shaping 2030’. SBD acts in response to society’s demands and supports scientists in the initial phase of their collaborations.

SBD also provides expertise to the university’s organisation and its stakeholders with a view to shaping collaboration, ensuring that promising initiatives find their way within relevant faculties and/or research groups.

SBD creates new opportunities for the University of Twente, connecting external parties with the right scientific domains and positioning the Chief Development Officer as a leading ambassador for the organisation.

SBD believes in the power of collaboration both within and beyond the university. SBD’s role is one of facilitation, while providing direction and coordination wherever necessary, all in close collaboration with research institutes, faculties, research centres, Novel-T, HTT, and other parties.

In terms of organisational structure, SBD consists of a Chief Development Officer, Managing Director, Grants Office, Project Management Office, Impact Development Office and a secretariat. The team sources internal or external expertise as necessary. The Chief Development Officer works on a creative and cooperative footing with the directors and managing directors of the faculties, Novel-T and HTT. All of the groups and individuals involved engage in close and structured collaboration in multidisciplinary teams.