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Found 52 vacancies

Titlesort descending Department/location Salary Category Posted Closes Reference
Field Archaeologist x 8 (Fixed Term) Department of Archaeology - CAU £27,205.00 [from May 2026] Research 1 April 2026 30 June 2026 JD49262
Marie Curie Research Fellow (Fixed Term) Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology See job description for details. Research 9 March 2026 26 April 2026 NQ49025
Postdoctoral Research Associate (Fixed Term) Centre for Research in Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities £37,694-£46,049 Research 27 March 2026 3 May 2026 VM49238
Postdoctoral Research Associate (Fixed Term) Department of Clinical Neurosciences £37,694-£46,049 Research 13 April 2026 19 April 2026 RR49251
Postdoctoral Research Associate (Fixed Term) Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy £33,002-£46,049 Research 26 March 2026 26 April 2026 LJ49226
Postdoctoral Research Associate x 2 - Bacterial Engineering & Mammalian Cell Systems (Fixed Term) C.I.M.R. Pathology £37,694-£46,049 Research 31 March 2026 27 April 2026 SH49293
Research Assistant (Fixed Term) Faculty of Economics £33,002-£35,608 Research 24 March 2026 1 May 2026 JH49200
Research Assistant (Fixed Term) Department of Clinical Biochemistry £33,002-£35,608 Research 10 April 2026 10 May 2026 RG49381
Research Assistant (Fixed Term) Department of Medicine £33,002-£35,608 Research 17 April 2026 17 May 2026 RC49456
Research Assistant (Fixed Term) Department of Psychology £33,002-£35,608 Research 7 April 2026 21 April 2026 PJ49339
Research Assistant (Fixed Term) C.I.M.R. Clinical Neurosciences £33,002-£35,608 Research 15 April 2026 29 April 2026 SD49422
Research Assistant (Fixed Term) Department of Pathology £33,002-£35,608 Research 9 April 2026 30 April 2026 PK49364
Research Assistant - Bonfio Group (Fixed Term) Department of Biochemistry £33,002-£35,608 Research 17 April 2026 24 April 2026 PH49358
Research Assistant - Bonfio Group (Fixed Term) Department of Biochemistry £33,002-£35,608 Research 17 April 2026 24 April 2026 PH49357
Research Assistant - Patil Group (Fixed Term) Department of Biochemistry £33,002-£35,608 Research 8 April 2026 6 May 2026 PH49338
Research Assistant in 3D video quality (Fixed Term) Department of Computer Science and Technology £33,002-£35,608 Research 11 March 2026 28 April 2026 NR47142
Research Assistant in Ann Dowling Net Zero Impact for AIA (Fixed Term) Department of Engineering £33,002-£35,608 Research 13 April 2026 11 May 2026 NM49387
Research Assistant in Developmental Mechanics (Fixed Term) Gurdon Institute £33,002-£35,608 Research 27 March 2026 26 April 2026 PR49246
Research Assistant in Early Human Development (Fixed Term) Gurdon Institute £33,002-£35,608 Research 15 April 2026 10 May 2026 PR49418
Research Assistant in Mixed-Methods Primary Care Research (Fixed Term) Department of Public Health and Primary Care, The Primary Care Unit £33,002-£35,608 Research 15 April 2026 14 May 2026 SN49424
Research Assistant/ Associate (Fixed Term) Department of Computer Science and Technology £33,002-£35,608 £37,694-£46,049 Research 27 March 2026 26 April 2026 NR49243
Research Assistant/Associate (Fixed Term) Department of Pharmacology £34,610 - £35,608 £37,694 - £46,049 Research 30 March 2026 27 April 2026 PL49274
Research Assistant/Associate (Fixed Term) Department of Computer Science and Technology £33,002-£46,049 Research 23 March 2026 23 April 2026 NR49181
Research Assistant/Associate in EvEx (Fixed Term) Cambridge Institute for Technology and Humanity £33,002-£35,608 £37,694-£46,049 Research 14 April 2026 24 May 2026 GO49394
Research Assistant/Associate in Exascale Computing for Advanced Engineering (Fixed Term) Department of Engineering £33,002-£35,608 £37,694-£46,049 Research 10 April 2026 22 May 2026 NM49379
Research Assistant/Associate in Machine Learning (Fixed Term) Department of Engineering £33,002-£46,049 Research 17 April 2026 15 May 2026 NM49458
Research Assistant/Associate in Optical Wireless Communication and Signal Processing x 3 (Fixed Term) Department of Engineering £33,002-£35,608 or £37,694-£46,049 Research 14 April 2026 28 April 2026 NM49410
Research Assistant/Associate in Sociology: Data Collection and Analysis (Part Time, Fixed Term) Department of Sociology £34,610-£35,608 or £37,694-£46,049 Research 8 April 2026 29 April 2026 JM49332
Research Assistant/Research Associate (Fixed Term) Department of Computer Science and Technology £34,610 - £35,608 £37,694 - £46,049 Research 31 March 2026 30 April 2026 NR49295
Research Assistant/Research Associate (Fixed Term) Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology £33,002-£35,608 £37,694-£46,049 Research 15 April 2026 10 May 2026 NQ49413
Research Assistant/Research Associate in Vapour Deposition of Multijunction Perovskite Solar Cells Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology £33,002-£35,608 £37,694-£46,049 Research 19 March 2026 18 May 2026 NQ49154
Research Associate (Fixed Term) Department of Pathology £37,694-£46,049 Research 31 March 2026 30 April 2026 PK49300
Research Associate (Fixed Term) Department of Physics £33,002-£35,608 £37,694-£46,049 Research 10 April 2026 26 April 2026 KA49383
Research Associate (Assay Development and Screening Scientist ) Department of Clinical Neurosciences £37,694-£46,049 Research 14 April 2026 28 April 2026 RR49405
Research Associate (Carroll Group) (Fixed Term) Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute £33,002-£35,608 £37,694-£46,049 Research 15 April 2026 13 May 2026 SW49430
Research Associate (Fixed Term) Department of Physics £33,002 - £35,608 or £37,694 - £46,049 Research 16 April 2026 3 May 2026 KA49434
Research Associate (Fixed Term) Department of Pathology £37,694-£46,049 Research 17 April 2026 8 May 2026 PK49457
Research Associate (Fixed Term) Department of Physics £34,610-£35,608 £37,694-£46,049 Research 26 March 2026 26 April 2026 KA49227
Research Associate (Fixed Term) Department of Medicine £37,694-£46,049 Research 9 April 2026 21 May 2026 RC49365
Research Associate (Fixed Term) Department of Clinical Neurosciences £37,694-£46,049 Research 9 April 2026 23 April 2026 RR49367
Research Associate (Jackson Group) (Fixed Term) Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute £37,694-£46,049 Research 13 April 2026 3 May 2026 SW49390
Research Associate (Translational RNA Therapeutics) Department of Clinical Neurosciences £37,694-£46,049 Research 10 April 2026 24 April 2026 RR49376
Research Associate in Cell Biophysics & Biological Active Matter (Fixed Term) Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics £37,694-£46,049 Research 7 April 2026 4 May 2026 LE49271
Research Associate in Early Human Development (Fixed Term) Gurdon Institute £37,694-£46,049 Research 15 April 2026 10 May 2026 PR49415
Research Associate in Experimental Active & Intelligent Matter (Fixed Term) Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics £37,694-£46,049 Research 8 April 2026 5 May 2026 LE49354
Research Associate in Galaxy Formation and Evolution (Fixed Term) Department of Physics £34,610 - £35,608 £37,694 - £46,049 Research 8 April 2026 22 April 2026 KA49355
Research Associate in III-V Devices (Fixed Term) Department of Physics £34,610 - £35,608 £37,694 - £46,049 Research 26 March 2026 26 April 2026 KA49239
Research Associate or Research Associate (Honorary Resident Doctor / GP) [Part Time, Fixed Term] Department of Public Health and Primary Care, The Primary Care Unit please see advert for further details Research 1 April 2026 4 May 2026 SN49316
Research Associate [Clinical], Research Endoscopy Fellow Department of Oncology £38,831-£73,992 Research 17 April 2026 10 May 2026 RD49452
Research Associate, Digital Identity and e-KYC Research Programme (Fixed Term) Judge Business School £37,694-£46,049 Research 17 April 2026 5 May 2026 NS49459
Research Associate, El-Erian Institute of Behavioural Economics and Public Policy (Fixed Term) Judge Business School £37,694-£46,049 Research 9 April 2026 30 April 2026 NS49363
Research Nurse (Fixed Term) Department of Surgery £37,694-£46,049 Research 24 March 2026 20 April 2026 RE49190