The Graduate School reception desk and Graduate Admissions recruitment team have moved to the first floor of the Reese building, centrally located on the UNC Charlotte campus.
This relocation aims to better serve the graduate student community and prospective students by providing improved accessibility and convenience for all visitors.
The Graduate and Postdoctoral Writing Center is a new initiative created through a collaboration among the Graduate School, the Division of Research and the Writing Resources Center. Launching in Fall 2023, the center’s team will include the Graduate School’s Associate Teaching Professor of Writing, the Director of Charlotte’s Writing Resources Center, a faculty fellow, two doctoral writing fellows and part-time administrative support.
The Graduate Writing Center seeks a faculty fellow to provide grant-writing training to Charlotte postdoctoral scholars and graduate students in doctoral and research master’s degree programs. Course release and/or compensation to be negotiated based on faculty salary and teaching load.
Responsibilities
Build and deliver curricula (delivered through workshop series or academic courses) that train cohorts of postdoctoral scholars and graduate students to find and apply for grants in both STEM and social science fields (similar to the Catalyst program for faculty). This may involve sourcing and collaborating with peers who serve as guest speakers. Topics might include:
Searching for funding opportunities using PIVOT and other resources
Interacting with program officers
Analyzing solicitations
Preparing all components of the proposal
Designing figures, tables, and infographics to enhance clarity
Budget design and budget justification writing
Preparing supporting materials such as CVs, current and pending funding forms, data management plans, etc
Routing proposals through the Division of Research (when applicable)
Identifying next steps if proposal is declined
The resubmission process
Provide one-on-one coaching and grant proposal review to help postdoctoral scholars and graduate students submit competitive proposals
Search for and publicize postdoctoral scholar and graduate student grant opportunities via postdoc and graduate student newsletters
Create and maintain a collection of grant-writing resources on the Thomas L. Reynolds Center for Graduate Life and Learning website
Collaborate with the Associate Teaching Professor of Writing to improve postdoctoral scholars’ and graduate students’ writing skills and habits related to grant writing.
Qualifications
Open to tenured or tenure-track faculty, with Associate rank or higher
Experience writing grant proposals, particularly NSF or NIH-funded grants
Experience managing a successful grant as a PI or Co-PI
Strong mentorship and teaching skills
The initial appointment would be for 18 months, with annual renewal options. Desired Start Date: January 2024
Application review will begin on Monday, October 2. Interested faculty are encouraged to send a resume and letter of interest outlining why they believe they will be successful in this position to Dean Mukherjee at pmukherj@charlotte.edu.
The Graduate School and its partners, like you, continue to manage and support enrollment management efforts to recruit, enroll and retain students in more than 150 graduate programs of study. We recognize the need to place emphasis on improving awareness of UNC Charlotte’s graduate offerings, which includes increasing lead generation and cultivating applicant connection throughout the admissions process to grow enrollment.
The Graduate School will be partnering with a trusted vendor, Carnegie, to implement a website lead generation strategy and we need your help.
Key Terms
Lead Generation
Nurturing
Lead generation is the process of attracting future students to our portfolio of programs and increasing their interest through nurturing − with the end goal of converting them into a student. Generating leads is a fundamental point in an individual’s journey to becoming a satisfied student. Website lead generation and reporting are critical components of an effective graduate student funnel. The website lead generation forms will collect key information like first and last name, email and cell phone number and automatically associate the contact record with the program they are searching for.
Lead nurturing is the process of building relationships with prospective students by building trust, educating, anticipating needs, establishing awareness, and building brand recognition. Nurturing is important because it’s our opportunity to provide value to future students and help them learn more about UNC Charlotte. Website leads are approximately seven times more likely to convert compared to other sources. All leads/contacts will feed into the current Slate communication campaigns and begin nurturing.
Current State
Over 80% of UNC Charlotte graduate program web pages do nothave a lead generation form on their website.
Future State
The ‘Request for Information’ form will be embedded on each graduate program webpage by OneIT before the fall 2023 semester (Phase 1). If you prefer to opt out of this lead generation form, please email grad-comm@uncc.edu with the programs that will be opting out by May 5, 2023.
Phase 2 will include embedding each form on the college-level program webpage during the fall semester.
If you have a graduate program that would not like to embed a lead generation form on your program website, please let us know by sending an email to grad-comm@uncc.edu with the programs that will be opting out by May 5, 2023.
Thank you for your partnership,
Pinku Mukherjee, Ph.D. Irwin Belk Distinguished Professor of Cancer Research Interim Associate Provost and Dean of the Graduate School
Sam Finley Director of Marketing and Communications UNC Charlotte | The Graduate School
Sources: HubSpot Academy, Understanding Lead Generation Ruffalo Noel Levitz (RNL) Graduate and Online Enrollment Workshop
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