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Titlesort descending Department/location Salary Category Posted Closes Reference
David Sainsbury Career Development Fellow x 2 Sainsbury Laboratory £61,619-£77,955 Research 10 December 2025 30 January 2026 PT48190
Group Leader Research Fellowship Sponsorship Scheme Department of Genetics See job description for details. Research 3 December 2025 28 February 2026 PC44210
Imaging AI Research Associate (Fixed Term) Department of Radiology £37,694-£46,049 Research 6 January 2026 1 February 2026 RQ48442
Imaging Data Sharing Research Associate (Fixed Term) Department of Radiology £37,694-£46,049 Research 6 January 2026 20 January 2026 RQ48440
Janeway Institute Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (Research Assistant or Research Associate) (Fixed Term) Faculty of Economics £33,002-£35,608 £37,694-£46,049 Research 10 November 2025 30 January 2026 JH47890
Judith E. Wilson Poetry Fellow (Fixed Term) Faculty of English £47,389-£59,966 Research 6 January 2026 4 February 2026 GG48301
Marie Curie MetaExplore PhD position (Fixed Term) Department of Biochemistry See job description for details. Research 15 December 2025 12 January 2026 PH48291
Marie Curie ON-Tract PhD position (Fixed Term) Department of Biochemistry See job description for details. Research 15 December 2025 12 January 2026 PH48293
Munby Fellowship in Bibliography 2026 - 2027 University Library £41,064 Research 5 January 2026 1 February 2026 VE48125
Next Generation Fellow (Fixed Term) Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience £37,174-£45,413 Research 23 April 2025 30 January 2026 PM45775
Post-Doctoral Research Associate: Modelling Atmospheric Oxidation in the Tropics Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry £33,002-£35,608 £37,694-£46,049 Research 7 January 2026 4 February 2026 MA48457
Postdoc in Systems Neuroscience Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience £33,002-£46,049 Research 16 December 2025 18 January 2026 PM48280
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Early Cancer Research (Fixed Term) (Internal Applicants Only) Department of Oncology £37,694-£46,049 Research 4 December 2025 1 February 2026 RD48167
Postdoctoral Research Associate (Fixed Term) Department of Zoology £37,694-£46,049 Research 6 January 2026 9 February 2026 PF48443
Postdoctoral Research Associate (Fixed Term) Department of Genetics £37,694-£46,049 Research 9 December 2025 25 January 2026 PC48219
Postdoctoral Research Associate in 3D Genomics (Fixed Term) Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics £37,694-£46,049 Research 7 January 2026 21 January 2026 LE48426
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Applied Mathematics (Fixed Term) Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics £37,694-£39,906 Research 9 December 2025 2 February 2026 LE48159
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Mathematics for Technical Art History (Fixed Term) Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics £37,694-£46,049 Research 15 December 2025 29 January 2026 LE48217
Research and Outreach Associate (Fixed Term) HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre of Islamic Studies £33,002-£35,608 £37,694-£46,049 Research 9 December 2025 31 January 2026 VN48213
Research Assistant Judge Business School £33,002-£35,608 Research 16 December 2025 30 January 2026 NS48304
Research Assistant (Fixed Term) Department of Zoology £33,002-£35,608 Research 13 November 2025 14 January 2026 PF47939
Research Assistant (Fixed Term) Department of Medicine £33,002-£35,608 Research 9 December 2025 12 January 2026 RC48225
Research Assistant (Fixed Term) (Part Time) Department of Pharmacology £33,002-£35,608 pro rata Research 16 December 2025 15 January 2026 PL48312
Research Assistant - Proteomics Facility (Part Time, Fixed Term) Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute £33,002-£35,608 Research 22 December 2025 19 January 2026 SW48397
Research Assistant / Research Associate (Fixed Term) Department of Plant Sciences £33,002-£35,608 £37,694-£46,049 Research 7 January 2026 28 January 2026 PD48454
Research Assistant / Research Associate (Fixed Term) Department of Plant Sciences £33,002-£35,608 or £37,694 - £46,049 Research 23 December 2025 12 January 2026 PD48408
Research Assistant / Research Associate (Fixed Term) Department of Plant Sciences £33,002-£46,049 Research 16 December 2025 12 January 2026 PD48274
Research Assistant / Research Associate* (Fixed Term) C.I.M.R. Medicine £33,002-£35,608 £37,694-£46,049 Research 7 January 2026 6 February 2026 SC48447
Research Assistant in Technical GIS (Fixed Term) McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research £33,002-£35,608 Research 19 December 2025 16 January 2026 JC48382
Research Assistant [Maternity Cover] Department of Haematology £33,002-£35,608 Research 24 December 2025 22 January 2026 RB48416
Research Assistant/Associate (Fixed Term) Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy £33,002-£35,608 £37,694-£46,049 Research 16 December 2025 31 January 2026 LJ48306
Research Assistant/Associate in Empirical Finance (Fixed Term) - Cambridge Endowment for Research in Finance Judge Business School £33,002-£46,049 Research 20 November 2025 9 February 2026 NS48022
Research Assistant/Associate in Evolutionary Biomechanics (Fixed Term) McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research £33,002-£46,049 Research 28 November 2025 12 January 2026 JC48078
Research Assistant/Associate in Technical GIS (Fixed Term) McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research £33,002-£35,608 or £37, 694-£46,049 Research 19 December 2025 16 January 2026 JC48383
Research Assistant/Associate in Theoretical Finance (Fixed Term) - Cambridge Endowment for Research in Finance Judge Business School £33,002-£46,049 Research 20 November 2025 9 February 2026 NS48020
Research Assistant/Research Associate (Fixed Term) Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology £33,002-£46,049 Research 19 December 2025 18 January 2026 NQ48310
Research Assistant/Research Associate - Automated Language Teaching & Assessment (Fixed Term) Department of Computer Science and Technology £33,002-£35,608 £37,694-£46,049 Research 18 December 2025 28 January 2026 NR48359
Research Assistant: Conservation Science Group - Dynamic Baselines for Carbon Markets (Fixed Term) Department of Zoology £33,002-£35,608 Research 18 December 2025 18 January 2026 PF48364
Research Associate (Fixed Term) MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit £37,694-£46,049 Research 6 January 2026 20 January 2026 SU48446
Research Associate (Fixed Term) Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience £37,694-£46,049 Research 2 December 2025 12 January 2026 PM47878
Research Associate (Fixed Term) Department of Plant Sciences £37,694-£46,049 Research 23 December 2025 26 January 2026 PD48413
Research Associate (Fixed Term) Department of Medicine £37,694-£46,049 Research 16 December 2025 13 January 2026 RC48311
Research Associate (Part Time, Fixed Term) Faculty of Education £37,694-£46,049 pro rata Research 19 December 2025 18 January 2026 JR48370
Research Associate (PDRA), Heritage (Fixed Term) Fitzwilliam Museum £37,694-£46,049 Research 19 December 2025 25 January 2026 DA48314
Research Associate - Bonfio Group (Fixed Term) Department of Biochemistry £37,694-£46,049 Research 16 December 2025 14 January 2026 PH48316
Research Associate - Lilley Group (Fixed Term) Department of Biochemistry £37,694-£46,049 Research 8 January 2026 13 February 2026 PH48461
Research Associate - Smith Group (Fixed Term) Department of Biochemistry £37,694-£46,049 Research 16 December 2025 23 January 2026 PH48297
Research Associate in Innovation and Operations Management (Fixed Term) Judge Business School £37,694-£46,049 Research 5 December 2025 23 February 2026 NS48188
Research Associate in Morphogenesis (Fixed Term - 4 Years) Gurdon Institute £37,694-£46,049 Research 11 December 2025 18 January 2026 PR48183
Research Associate in Morphogenesis - Lab Manager (Fixed Term - 4 Yrs) Gurdon Institute £37,694-£46,049 Research 11 December 2025 18 January 2026 PR48185
Research Associate in NanoPhotonics (Fixed Term) Department of Physics £33,002-£35,608 £37,694-£46,049 Research 8 January 2026 10 February 2026 KA48469
Research Associate in Neurocomputation (Fixed Term) Department of Psychology £33,002-£35,608 £37,694-£46,049 Research 6 January 2026 27 January 2026 PJ48441
Research Associate on the Physics of Learning (Fixed Term) Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics £37,694-£46,049 Research 1 December 2025 15 January 2026 LE48106
Research Associate [Temporary Cover] Department of Veterinary Medicine £37,694-£46,049 Research 17 December 2025 31 January 2026 PP48335
Research Associate/Assistant in Human Evolutionary Anatomy (Fixed Term) McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research £33,002-£46,049 Research 28 November 2025 12 January 2026 JC48080
Research Associate/Assistant in observational Event Horizon Telescope (mm-VLBI) Science (Fixed Term) Institute of Astronomy £37,694- £46,049 or £34,610 - £35,608 Research 19 December 2025 12 January 2026 LG48329
Research Associate/Assistant Research Professor - Automated Language Teaching & Assessment (Fixed Term) Department of Computer Science and Technology £37,694-£59,966 Research 18 December 2025 28 January 2026 NR48360
Research Associate/Senior Research Associate MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit £37,694-£56,535 Research 7 January 2026 6 February 2026 SU48458
Research Associate/Senior Research Associate (Fixed Term) MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit £37,694-£56,535 Research 7 January 2026 6 February 2026 SU48449
Smuts Visiting Research Fellowship (Fixed Term) Academic Division £63,606-£67,468 Research 2 January 2026 10 February 2026 AK47762