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Title Assistant Vice President for Faculty Research and Team Development Appointment Status Tenure Department IU Indianapolis Office for Research Location Indianapolis Position Summary

Indiana University Research seeks a faculty leader to serve as Assistant Vice President (AVP) for Faculty Research and Team Development. This new unit brings together the former separate divisions of Research and Faculty Development and Team-Based Research Development. It helps faculty across IU campuses develop competitive research and creative activity, build productive collaborations, and pursue funding and recognition appropriate to their work. The AVP is one of three AVP unit leaders within the Office for Research Development (ORD), alongside Research Development Services (RDS) and Arts and Humanities Research Development.

The AVP leads the first two of the three stages of ORD’s collaborative proposal development pathway, i.e., 1) Engage and Form – faculty outreach, research ideation, and tiger-team launch; 2) Align and Partner – team finalization and partner development; and 3) Develop to Ready – sustained proposal development support and submission-ready package. The primary responsibility is to support the following:

• Identifying promising ideas and investigators,
• Forming teams, especially Pre-request for Proposals (RFPs)
• Aligning institutional and sponsor priorities, and
• Securing the people and partnerships needed to pursue significant opportunities through building strategic focuses of IU Research’s internal funding programs.

The AVP must work seamlessly and in strong partnership with ORD’s Research Development Services (RDS) unit which focuses on Stage 3 of the pathway) to transition prepared teams to sustained proposal and budget development and also collaboratively works with the Arts and Humanities Research Development unit across the pathway.

Appointment, Work Location, and Return to Faculty

This is an internal search open to all currently tenured associate professors and full professors at any Indiana University campus. The AVP role is a full-time, 12-month administrative appointment. IU has a strong preference for full-time, in-person work in Indianapolis; the role also requires engagement with faculty and leaders on other IU campuses and with external partners.

The administrative appointment is at will and may be ended at any time for any reason by either IU or the appointee, subject to applicable law and university policy. This provision applies to the administrative assignment; the underlying tenured faculty appointment is governed separately. The preferred start date for this position is January 4, 2027 or sooner.

If the appointee returns to a 10-month faculty position, the faculty salary will consist of the 10-month faculty base salary in effect when the appointee began this role, adjusted for any standard annual merit raises applicable to that base during the administrative appointment. The appointment memorandum will document the faculty and administrative components of the 12-month salary and the allocation of subsequent raises. Other provisions of IU policy ACA-08, Faculty Members Holding Administrative Positions, will apply.

Applications received by November 29th, 2026 will receive full consideration. Interested applicants should provide the following: cover letter, and curriculum vitae (CV).

Basic Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• A current tenured faculty appointment as an associate professor or full professor at Indiana University on any campus.
• Prior successful history external funding and research and team development.
• Demonstrated leadership and sound judgment, with the ability to work effectively with faculty and university leaders across disciplines, units, and campuses.

Preferred Qualifications

• A Ph.D. in a STEM or science discipline, including the life and health sciences. However, faculty from all disciplines who meet the required qualifications are encouraged to apply.
• Success obtaining extramural support as a principal investigator or collaborator, or guiding large, multidisciplinary research or creative activity initiatives.
• Experience with faculty mentoring, internal research funding, limited submissions, major sponsor opportunities, or the formation of competitive research teams.
• Experience supervising professionals, leading a research program or center, and building relationships with academic leaders and external partners.

Department Contact for Questions

The search committee is chaired by Edward Dallis-Comentale, Ph.D., Assistant Vice President for Arts and Humanities Research Development. Questions regarding the position or application process may be directed to Dr. Dallis-Comentale at ecomenta@iu.edu.

Additional Qualifications Salary and Rank Special Instructions

IU Research is a university-wide unit that supports faculty and advances research and creative activity across IU Indianapolis, IU Bloomington, and IU’s regional campuses. Because this role serves the university as a whole, eligible faculty from any IU campus are encouraged to apply.

For Best Consideration Date 11/29/2026 Expected Start Date 01/04/2027 Posting Number IU-101774-2026