Director of Sponsored Research and Programs
North Central College, IL • Naperville, IL • Posted July 22, 2026
Position Overview
Employment Status: Administrative
Description of Key Responsibility:
+ Identify and recommend grant opportunities that align with the College’s strategic plan and work with the Provost and Deans to identify faculty who could potentially serve as PIs.
+ Continue developing a culture of grant seeking among faculty and make recommendations for strategic investments that build capacity to support faculty scholarship and creative work.
+ Work with the Center for the Advancement of Faculty Excellence ( CAFE ) to advance the mission of supporting faculty scholarship by developing and facilitating professional development opportunities on the topics of proposal writing and grants management.
+ Provide guidance to PIs on proposal development strategies including the facilitation of outreach to program officers at granting organizations.
+ Coordinate organizational meetings with PIs to discuss funder guidelines, generate ideas, assist with conce...
Description of Key Responsibility:
+ Identify and recommend grant opportunities that align with the College’s strategic plan and work with the Provost and Deans to identify faculty who could potentially serve as PIs.
+ Continue developing a culture of grant seeking among faculty and make recommendations for strategic investments that build capacity to support faculty scholarship and creative work.
+ Work with the Center for the Advancement of Faculty Excellence ( CAFE ) to advance the mission of supporting faculty scholarship by developing and facilitating professional development opportunities on the topics of proposal writing and grants management.
+ Provide guidance to PIs on proposal development strategies including the facilitation of outreach to program officers at granting organizations.
+ Coordinate organizational meetings with PIs to discuss funder guidelines, generate ideas, assist with conce...