Predoctoral Research Jobs at Princeton

The Research Specialist in the Confocal Imaging Facility (CIF) laboratory in the Department of Molecular Biology at Princeton University assists the Director in all aspects of the day-to-day operations of the facility. The Confocal Imaging Facility provides support for Princeton University faculty and student research utilizing multiple imaging modalities and a total of 14 imaging systems. The CIF provides researches with the ability to visualize a vareity of samples, from monolayers and small organisms, such as developing fly and fish embryos, to very thick sections from brain and other organ tissues. This position reports directly to the Facility Director.

The Laboratory Animal Resources (LAR) group at Princeton University is a centralized administrative department reporting to the Dean for Research and is responsible for animal and veterinary care of all research animals at Princeton University. The Veterinary Technician provides support to all Laboratory Animal Resources (LAR) Facilities. This position reports directly to the Assistant Director of Veterinary Services. Veterinary Technicians are considered essential services staff. Essential services staff performs jobs that are necessary and required to maintain basic University operations during scheduled or unscheduled work closures due to emergencies, events or other situations.The position requires that the individual is willing and able to work with all species of laboratory...

The primary role of the research specialist will be to assist graduate students and post-doctoral researchers within the Neuroscience of Attention & Perception Laboratory (NAPL) on non-human primate (NHP) studies investigating neural mechanisms of cognition. The research specialist will work alongside fellow lab members to implement a variety of research modalities, including monitoring behavior, electrophysiological recordings, micro-stimulation, pharmacological manipulations, optogenetics, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and computed tomography (CT) scans. The position involves regular interaction with laboratory research animals and requires the candidate who is trained in assisting with the management of the NHP colony (in close collaboration with veterinary staff and the lab's...

We are seeking a clinical coordinator for the Rutgers-Princeton Center for Computational Cognitive Neuroscience. The position involves recruiting participants with mental health conditions, as well as healthy controls, for behavioral studies; administering clinical assessments, cognitive batteries and self report instruments to the study participants and running the behavioral tasks. Additional responsibilities include working with researchers at Princeton and Rutgers to identify and design new studies that could be run at the Center, writing and updating study protocols for these studies for review by the Instititutional Review Board, and coordinating the Center seminar series and workshops. Note that while the position involves working with researchers and running research studies,...

The Levine Lab, which is part of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University, is seeking a full-time research assistant to contribute to projects on eco-evolutionary dynamics involving competing orchard flies. These projects will include a combination of outdoor mesocosm experiments, field collections, and laboratory-based measurements of evolution at the phenotypic and genomic levels. The position may also include work on a meta-analytic analysis of previous studies of competitor-induced evolution. Candidates will be selected based on their ability to contribute to both the field and lab components of the projects.We aim to have the successful applicant start on January 1, 2026, though there is some flexibility. The initial contract will be for one year,...

The Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP) is an interdisciplinary center at Princeton University. The center is a nexus of expertise in technology, engineering, public policy, and the social sciences on campus. In keeping with the strong University tradition of service, the center’s research, teaching, and events address digital technologies as they interact with society. The goal of the CITP Emerging Scholars program is to train scholars who have completed their undergraduate studies but require more coursework or research preparation to improve their chances of admission to highly competitive Ph.D. programs or another competitive career path, such as impactful placement in government, nonprofits, or the private sector. The program provides intensive research and/or work...

Based in Princeton’s School of Public & International Affairs and under the direction of Prof. Atif Mian, the Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy & Finance (JRCPPF) promotes research and teaching at the intersection of finance, macroeconomics, and policy. We seek to hire talented and motivated predoctoral research specialists to assist multiple economics and finance faculty working with the center. This position is ideal for graduating seniors or master’s degree students interested in economics or finance, planning to pursue doctoral studies within two years. Previous research specialists have been accepted to top Ph.D. programs, including Stanford, Princeton, Harvard, Yale, MIT, Northwestern, Duke, London School of Economics, Columbia, NYU, Barcelona GSE, and the University of...

The International Economics Section and Louis A. Simpson Center for the Study of Macroeconomics has an opening for a pre-doc (Senior Research Specialist) for one academic year. This position offers an ideal transitional job for recent graduates who are interested in international economics or macroeconomics and are considering further studies in economics. It offers the opportunity to see what a career doing frontier academic research involves. The successful candidate will gain experience working with some of the world’s leading researchers in economics. They will be expected to assemble and manage data sets, to program and simulate non-linear models, and to assist faculty members in all aspects of their research. This is a one-year term position with the possibility of renewal...

The Princeton Program in Public Finance is looking to hire full-time pre-doctoral fellows (Senior Research Specialists). The position involves responsibilities that serve as excellent preparation for Ph.D. programs in economics, including data processing and analysis, survey design, simulation techniques, literature reviews, and presentations.Research fellows will work with Professors Henrik Kleven, Ilyana Kuziemko, and Evan Soltas. along with their co-authors, on topics such as income and wealth inequality, entrepreneurship, gender equality, regional economic development, political economy, and the subsidies on the housing market and social insurance policies.  The position involves empirical analysis, including more sophisticated statistical modeling, and could also involve...

The Industrial Relations Section (IRS), a center for research in labor economics and related fields, invites applications from motivated individuals for positions assisting faculty members in all aspects of their research.  Predoctoral research specialists join a pool and are assigned to work with one to two faculty at any given time.  Assignments can rotate on a semester or annual basis so that research specialists gain experience with different types of research topics, tools, and methods. Current faculty are: Zachary BleemerPauline CarryEllora DerenoncourtSimon JägerDavid LeeOwen Zidar The Section is renowned for its inclusive, supportive atmosphere, in which faculty, staff, and students interact in both formal and informal activities.  Section research staff also...

The Princeton Language and Intelligence Initiative at Princeton University invites applications for a Lead Research Software Engineer. This multidisciplinary initiative has three Research thrusts: (a) Better design, evaluation, safety and understanding of large AI models (especially language models); (b) Applications of large AI models to many academic disciplines; and (c) Studying the impact of large AI models on society and the world. The Initiative will produce open-source software and models.  In this position, you will be a lead and integral member of dynamic research teams focused on building innovative and complete software solutions for cutting-edge AI research and making fundamental contributions to AI projects with Princeton’s world-class researchers. As a Lead RSE, you will...

Petascale EM Imaging Specialist The Princeton Neuroscience Institute is searching for an accomplished scientist to lead acquisitions of petascale image datasets via volume electron microscopy (EM). The Institute is the only site in the world hosting beam deflection transmission EM and multibeam scanning EM instruments, both of which have sufficient throughput for petascale connectomics. The Institute leads the FlyWire Consortium, which in 2023 released the first connectome of an adult brain, that of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. The Institute is a key performer in the NIH BRAIN CONNECTS program, which aims to scale connectomics up to the whole mouse brain.

The Ludwig Princeton Branch at Princeton University seeks applicants for a Research Specialist position to join a laboratory focused on studying cancer immunology, and the effect of diet and obesity on cancer progression. The successful candidate will work with Professor Lydia Lynch and members of the lab to design and perform experiments with a particular focus on immunometabolic pathways in vitro and in vivo including analysis of mouse model of obesity and cancer. This is a one-year appointment with the possibility of extension.  Depending on the prior experience of the applicant, candidates at a variety of levels, based on the requirements below, will be considered. Rank and salary are dependent upon qualifications and experience. The finalist will be required to pass a background...