Scientific Writer

Weill Cornell Medical College • New York, NY

6d • Onsite

About The Position

Works with the Principal Investigator and other faculty and post-doctoral associates on writing research proposals for grant funding.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree
• Masters degree and/or above in biomedical science with proven scientific writing experience will be given preference.
• Bachelors degree in biomedical science with a thorough understanding of Biology/Molecular biology and proven writing skills required.
• At least 3 years experience in scientific writing in the academic/research setting.
• Must have excellent English speech and writing skills and proven experience in editing and scientific writing.
• Must be highly computer literate with experience in MS Office and Adobe Software and be able to manage scientific databases
• Must keep up-to-date with the relevant literature in the field
• Multi-tasking abilities
• Excellent communication skills

Responsibilities

• Assists Principal Investigator(s) in writing and editing research grants for funding. This includes large programmatic multi-PI, multi-Institutional grants.
• Prepares research proposals for foundation grants and for research alliances with pharmaceutical companies.
• Collaborates with PI's and administrators from WCM and other institutions on joint grant submissions.
• Helps write annual progress reports for federal, foundation and research alliance grants.
• Works with the PI and other senior faculty in drafting manuscripts for publication.
• Helps write and edit progress reports and review articles for faculty, postdoctoral associates and students.
• Maintains and updates documents required for grant submission, including but not limited to - biosketches of all PIs and key personnel, other support documents and facilities and resources documents.
• Maintains reference document libraries for manuscript and grant submission.
• Performs other job related duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees