UCF's Institute of AI seeks to strengthen university research, development, and scope of impact by building and maintaining mutually beneficial relationships with external vendors, organizations, and officials, and to address society's biggest challenges in areas such as energy, aerospace, computer vision, cybersecurity, transportation, health care, and the environment.
Requirements
- Understanding of AI technologies and their applications in academia and industry.
- Familiarity with grant management, compliance, and reporting.
- Experience working in or with higher education institutions, especially in research development or academic program coordination.
- Experience developing and marketing online graduate programs or continuing education initiatives.
- Exposure to securing external funding (e.g., NSF grants like REU or S-STEM).
- Experience organizing and delivering seminars, workshops, or consulting services for industry or academic audiences.
Responsibilities
- Markets, assesses and leads efforts to pursue opportunities to obtain external funding for research in academic activity, such as NSF’s REU and NSF’s SSTEM programs.
- Markets, assesses, and leads efforts to develop online programs for graduate degrees in specialized areas of Artificial Intelligence.
- Markets, assesses and leads efforts to coordinate business opportunities with industry partners & makes regular site visits to various client locations to provide client academic support.
- Coordinates the management and support of existing and new graduate programs in the Institute of Artificial Intelligence at UCF.
- Oversees support for faculty involved in academic business and external funding efforts.
- Manages grant (hosting) activity ensuring compliance and timeliness.
- Develops, maintains and delivers reports to stakeholders.
Other
- Bachelor's or Master's degree and 4+ years of relevant experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience pursuant to Fla. Stat. 112.219(6).
- Must be authorized to work for any U.S. employer, as sponsorship is not available for this position.
- Excellent presentation, negotiation, and relationship-building skills.
- Unless explicitly stated on the job posting, it is UCF’s expectation that an employee of UCF will reside in Florida as of the date the employment begins.
- Pursuant to Florida State Statute 1010.35, prior to offering employment to certain individuals in research-related positions, UCF is required to conduct additional screening.
