Specific tasks include: - Write original text and create technical documents and other materials by collecting, organizing, interpreting, and classifying information for research and reporting purposes. - Research, analyze and edit a variety of technical, statistical, medical, and scientific material to ensure the accurate preparation of documents; including reviewing grants and investigator-initiated trials prior to submission to funding agencies or regulatory review. - Assume role of project manager for writing assignments, which include project planning, time management, keeping team members informed and on task, and submitting finished projects on time and in specified format. - Mentor faculty on their writing skills to increase the funding success rate. - Serve as editor for manuscripts to ensure they are drafted in accordance with MCCCC formatting as well as within the reporting guidelines and policies of the respective grant or journal. - Interpret technical, medical, and scientific information and write clear, concise and audience friendly (public and medical professionals) news articles and other key materials for communications department. - Assure compliance with regulatory and institutional policies as applicable. - Stay up to date with cutting-edge scientific developments, both conceptual and technical, and scientific writing best practices and innovations in scientific writing, grant development and research development to continuously improve best practices. - Engage in regular discussion with MCCCC leadership and principal investigator(s) to draft outlines, confirm communication style, and decision parameters. - Work with leadership to obtain approval for and assemble collections of abstracts to be distributed in conjunction with key scientific conferences and meetings. Key grant-writing experience required: 1. NIH / NCI (National Cancer Institute) - R 01 – Standard research project grants; cornerstone of NIH-funded research - R 21 – Exploratory/developmental grants; high-risk, high-reward studies - R 03 – Small grants; often for pilot studies or data analysis - R 50 - NCI Research Specialist (Clinician Scientist) Award - P 01 – Program Project Grants; multi-project, collaborative research - P 30 – Cancer Center Support Grants (CCSG); foundational for comprehensive cancer centers - P 50 – SPORE grants to support organ site-specific translational research - U 01 – Cooperative Agreements; for more collaborative and guided research - T 32 – Institutional training grants (useful if you're writing about education/training cores) - K Awards (K 01, K 08, K 23, etc.) – Career development awards - F 31 / F 32 – Pre and post-doctoral fellowships - DP 2 / DP 5 – NIH Director’s New Innovator and Early Independence Awards (highly competitive, high-impact) 2. Department of Defense (DoD) – Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) - Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program (PRCRP) - Breast, Prostate, Ovarian, and Lung Cancer Research Programs 3. American Cancer Society (ACS) - Research Scholar Grants - Clinician Scientist Development Grants - Postdoctoral Fellowships 4. Experience with other foundations/cancer-specific funding agencies, including - American Association for Cancer Research - Breast Cancer Research Foundation - Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance - Leukemia & Lymphoma Society - National Comprehensive Cancer Network - Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. This position is not eligible for F-1 OPT STEM extension.