Senior Research Scholar/ Associate Director for Research

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Senior Research Scholar/ Associate Director for Research

Duties: Fellowship Program: Center has a highly competitive pre-and post-doctoral fellowship program that brings about twenty fellows to the Center each year. Deepen and advance fellows’ academic research through close collaboration with and mentoring by faculty; train fellows to effectively communicate their research to policy audiences; and develop lasting professional relationships across fields, generations, sectors, and nations. Responsible for this program, working closely with faculty, fellows, the fellowship and student programs administrator, and other staff. Overseeing fellowship selection and recruitment; designing and running (with faculty colleagues) the biweekly Fellows’ Policy Workshop; overseeing and conducting mentorship and advising. Grant Opportunities, Proposals, Reports, Stewardship: Responsible for proactively identifying funding opportunities from university sources, major foundations, and government organizations for Center scholars, including identifying new collaborative research projects; drafting funding proposals (in close coordination with scholars and staff); liaising with program officers at current and prospective funders; and writing timely, comprehensive, and effective reports on all center grants. Research: Research is both an administrator and scholar who is considered a vital part of the scholarly community at Center and who is excited to pursue an active research agenda on topics of high relevance to the Center’s intellectual agenda. Conduct and publish research on an ongoing basis. In general, expected annual productivity is at least one book chapter or article for a leading academic peer-reviewed press or journal, as well as publications in policy-oriented media outlets such as blogs or op-eds. Policy Outreach and Strategic Initiatives: Research plays a key role in setting the tone and culture of the Center, suggesting and designing new strategic initiatives, including speakers and special events, and working with staff to devise policy outreach opportunities such as site visits to military installations and partnerships with media organizations. Co-chairs the weekly Social Science seminar (with the social science co-director). May assume other responsibilities as requested by the co-directors such as co-teaching a Center undergraduate course with a faculty member.

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