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Current Research jobs at the University of Cambridge.

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Title Salary Reference Closes
Cambridge Mathematical Innovation Research Associate / Senior Research Associate (Fixed Term)
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Cambridge
£37,174-£59,139 LE46445 4 August 2025
Clinical Research Associate (Fixed Term)
Department of Oncology
£36,616-£70,425, £44,159-£76,280
RD46347 31 July 2025
Clinical Research Associate (Fixed Term)
Department of Clinical Neurosciences
Clinical (Nodal) £61,825-70,425 ZE46376 4 July 2025
Clinical Research Fellow [Clinical Research Associate] (Fixed Term)
Department of Medicine
Clinical Nodal - £36,616 - £70,425 or
Clinical StR - £44,159 - £76,280
RC46476 14 July 2025
Isaac Newton Trust and Sir John Plumb Academic Career Development Fellowship in Latin American History (Fixed Term)
Faculty of History
£37,174-£45,413 JJ46438 20 July 2025
Next Generation Fellow (Fixed Term)
Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, Central Cambridge
£37,174-£45,413 PM45775 30 January 2026
Post Doctoral Research Associate in Whole Organism Neuroscience (Fixed Term)
Department of Zoology
£37,174-£45,413 PF46470 3 August 2025
Post-Doctoral Research Associate (Fixed Term)
Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry
£32,546-£45,413 MA45283 11 July 2025
Postdoctoral Research Associate (Fixed Term)
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
£37,174-£45,413 LE46328 4 July 2025
Research Assistant (Biffi Group) (Fixed Term)
Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute
£32,546-£35,116 SW46263 9 July 2025
Research Assistant (Fixed Term)
Department of Psychology, Central Cambridge
£32,546-£35,116 PJ46285 7 July 2025
Research Assistant (Fixed Term)
Department of Surgery
£32,546-£35,116 RE46358 16 July 2025
Research Assistant (Fixed Term)
Department of Medicine
£32,546-£35,116 RC46467 13 July 2025
Research Assistant (Fixed Term)
Department of Psychiatry
£32,546-£35,116 RN46348 16 July 2025
Research Assistant (Fixed Term)
MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
£32,546-£35,116 SU46327 14 July 2025
Research Assistant (Fixed Term)
Department of Clinical Biochemistry
£30,805-£35,116 RG46409 20 July 2025
Research Assistant (Fixed Term) x 2
MRC Toxicology Unit, Central Cambridge
£32,546-£35,116 PU46090 7 July 2025
Research Assistant (Jackson Group) (Fixed Term)
Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute
£32,546-£35,116 SW46492 23 July 2025
Research Assistant (Part Time, Fixed Term)
Department of Paediatrics
£32,546-£35,116 pro rata RP46487 13 July 2025
Research Assistant (Part Time, Fixed Term)
The Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER), Cambridge Institute for Technology and Humanity
£32,546-£35,116 pro rata GO46048 6 July 2025
Research Assistant - Deep learning for Genomics (Bornelöv Group)
Department of Biochemistry, Central Cambridge
£32,546-£35,116 PH46415 8 July 2025
Research Assistant - Environmental impacts of food consumption and policy
Department of Zoology
£32,546-£35,116 PF46284 27 July 2025
Research Assistant / Associate (Fixed Term)
Department of Physics
£32,546-£35,116 or
£37,174-£45,413
KA46295 9 July 2025
Research Assistant in AI policy and design practice (Part Time, Fixed Term)
Cambridge Institute for Technology and Humanity, Cambridge
£32,546-£35,116 pro rata GO46336 13 July 2025
Research Assistant in the Ng'ipalajem Project (digital) (fixed-term)
McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
£32,546-£35,116 JC46341 4 July 2025
Research Assistant- Twigger Group (Fixed Term)
Department of Biochemistry, Central Cambridge
£32,546-£35,116 PH46444 11 July 2025
Research Assistant/Associate Materials Theory Group (Fixed Term)
Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, West Cambridge
£32,546-£35,116
£37,174-£45,413
LJ46345 3 July 2025
Research Assistant/Associate in Building Stock Modelling (Fixed Term)
Department of Engineering, Central Cambridge, UK
£32,546-£35,116, or
£37,174-£45,413
NM46266 6 July 2025
Research Assistant/Associate in Design of Next-Generation AI Hardware (Fixed Term)
Department of Computer Science and Technology, West Cambridge
£32,546-£35,116 or
£37,174-£45,413
NR46280 6 July 2025
Research Assistant/Associate in Machine Learning (Fixed Term)
Department of Engineering, Central Cambridge, UK
£32,546-£35,116 or
£37,174-£45,413
NM46277 3 July 2025
Research Assistant: Data Analysis
Department of Zoology
£32,546-£35,116 PF46340 15 July 2025
Research Associate (Fixed Term)
Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, Cambridge
£37,174-£45,413 PM46251 1 August 2025
Research Associate (Aliee Group) (Fixed Term)
Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute
£37,174-£45,413 SW46332 15 July 2025
Research Associate (Balasubramanian Group) (Fixed Term)
Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute
£37,174-£45,413 SW45402 3 July 2025
Research Associate (Data Science) (Fixed Term)
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
£37,174-£45,413 RI46350 28 July 2025
Research Associate (Fixed Term)
Department of Oncology
£37,174-£45,413 RD45862 4 July 2025
Research Associate (Fixed Term)
Department of Plant Sciences
£37,174-£45,413 PD46424 3 July 2025
Research Associate (Fixed Term)
Department of Psychiatry
£37,174-£45,413 RN46349 7 July 2025
Research Associate (Fixed Term)
Department of Physics, West Cambridge
£32,546-£35,116
£37,174-£45,413
KA46259 14 July 2025
Research Associate (Fixed Term)
The Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER), Cambridge Institute for Technology and Humanity
£37,174-£45,413 GO46112 6 July 2025
Research Associate (Fixed Term)
Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics, Cambridge
£37,174-£45,413 GP46392 16 July 2025
Research Associate - Atmospheric Modelling
Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry
£32,546-£45,413 MA45964 10 July 2025
Research Associate Bioinformatics (Fixed Term)
Department of Oncology
£36,924-£45,413 RD46190 20 July 2025
Research Associate RNA sensing with nanopores (Fixed Term)
Department of Physics, West Cambridge
£32,546-£35,116
£37,174-£45,413
KA46233 8 July 2025
Research Associate in Latin American Development (Fixed Term)
Department of Politics and International Studies, Cambridge
£37,174-£45,413 UE46372 7 July 2025
Research Associate: Graham Reynolds Curatorial Fellowship in British Art (Fixed Term)
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
£37,174-£45,413 DA46437 13 July 2025
Research Associates in Physics-inspired/physics-based computing (Fixed Term)
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
£37,174-£45,413 LE45926 15 July 2025
Research Fellow in Cleantech & Industrial Policy (Fixed Term)
Department of Land Economy
£37,174-£45,413 JP45809 15 July 2025
Research Projects Coordinator (Fixed Term)
Faculty of Law, Cambridge central
£32,546-£35,116 JK46472 23 July 2025
Senior Research Fellowship Sponsorship Scheme
Department of Zoology
PF46494 10 November 2025
Sponsorship for Early Career Research Award
Department of Medicine, Cambridge Institute for Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease
RC46365 29 July 2025