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Found 50 vacancies

Title Department/location Salary Category Posted Closessort descending Reference
Research Assistant/ Research Associate Department of Oncology £33,002-£35,608 £37,694-£46,049 Research 22 January 2026 15 February 2026 RD48601
Research Associate (Fixed Term) Department of Psychiatry £37,694-£46,049 Research 30 January 2026 15 February 2026 RN48703
Marie Curie MetaExplore PhD position (Fixed Term) Department of Biochemistry See job description for details. Research 13 January 2026 15 February 2026 PH48291
Research Assistant (Fixed Term) Department of Zoology £33,002-£35,608 Research 27 January 2026 15 February 2026 PF48560
Research Assistant/Associate - Computational Biology Sainsbury Laboratory £33,002-£35,608 £37,694-£46,049 Research 16 January 2026 15 February 2026 PT48534
Research Associate in Applied Social Cognition: Detecting and Predicting Violence (Fixed Term) Department of Psychology £37,694-£46,049 Research 28 January 2026 15 February 2026 PJ48669
Postdoctoral Research Associate (Fixed Term) Department of Zoology £37,694-£46,049 Research 29 January 2026 15 February 2026 PF48652
Research Associate (Blouet and Karadotttir Labs) (Fixed Term) Cambridge Stem Cell Institute (SBS) £37,694-£46,049 Research 16 January 2026 16 February 2026 PS48533
Research Associate in Astrophysical Discs and Exoplanets (Fixed Term) Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics £37,694-£46,049 Research 27 January 2026 16 February 2026 LE48607
Research Assistant/Research Associate (Fixed Term) Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology £33,002-£35,608 £37,694-£46,049 Research 29 January 2026 16 February 2026 NQ48688
Research Associate (Fixed Term) C.I.M.R. Medicine £37,694-£46,049 Research 4 February 2026 18 February 2026 SC48741
Imaging AI Research Associate (Fixed Term) Department of Radiology £37,694-£46,049 Research 11 February 2026 19 February 2026 RQ48442
Research Assistant/Associate in photonic fabrication and integration Department of Engineering £34,610-£35,608 £37,694-£46,049 Research 5 February 2026 19 February 2026 NM48762
Research Assistant in the Cognitive Neuroscience of Anxiety (Fixed Term) Department of Psychology £33,002-£35,608 Research 23 January 2026 22 February 2026 PJ48616
Postdoctoral Research Associate In Digital Minds (Fixed Term) Cambridge Institute for Technology and Humanity £37,694-£46,049 Research 6 February 2026 22 February 2026 GO48724
Research Assistant (Fixed Term) Department of Computer Science and Technology £33,002-£35,608 Research 12 February 2026 22 February 2026 NR48824
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 - Godlee Group (Fixed Term) Department of Biochemistry £37,694-£46,049 Research 26 January 2026 24 February 2026 PH48634
Research Assistant (Biffi Group) (Fixed Term) Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute £33,002-£35,608 Research 27 January 2026 24 February 2026 SW48641
Research Assistant - Cardiometabolic Disease, Human Brown Adipose Tissue and Stem Cell Models (Fixed Term) Department of Clinical Biochemistry £33,002-£35,608 Research 12 February 2026 24 February 2026 RG48830
Research Associate (Fixed Term) Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience £37,694-£46,049 Research 9 February 2026 24 February 2026 PM48794
Research Associate in Computational Mechanics (Fixed Term) Department of Engineering £37,694-£46,049 Research 10 February 2026 24 February 2026 NM48805
Research Associate (Fixed Term) Department of Surgery £37,694-£46,049 Research 10 February 2026 25 February 2026 RE48809
Assistant Research Professor in the structural basis of stress signalling systems C.I.M.R. Clinical Biochemistry £47,389-£59,966 Research 5 February 2026 26 February 2026 SG48757
Research Associate in ultracold atoms (Fixed Term) Department of Physics £34,610 - £35,608 £37,694 - £46,049 Research 12 February 2026 26 February 2026 KA48833
Research Associate - Chemical Biologist (Fixed Term) Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry £33,002-£35,608 £37,694-£46,049 Research 21 January 2026 26 February 2026 MA48582
Research Associate - Chemical Biologist x 2 (Fixed Term) Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry £33,002-£35,608 £37,694-£46,049 Research 21 January 2026 26 February 2026 MA48583
Renfrew Fellow (Fixed Term) McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research £37,694-£46,049 Research 26 January 2026 27 February 2026 JC48479
Research Assistant/Research Associate (Fixed Term) Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology £33,002-£46,049 Research 13 February 2026 27 February 2026 NQ48842
Research Assistant (Fixed Term) Department of Oncology £33,002-£35,608 Research 5 February 2026 28 February 2026 RD48776
Group Leader Research Fellowship Sponsorship Scheme Department of Genetics See job description for details. Research 3 December 2025 28 February 2026 PC44210
Research Assistant Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry £33,002-£35,608 Research 3 February 2026 28 February 2026 MA48713
Research Assistant/Research Associate (Fixed Term) Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology £34,610-£35,608 £37, 694-£46,049 Research 6 February 2026 28 February 2026 NQ48777
Postdoctoral Researcher in Translational Oncology (Fixed Term) Department of Oncology £37,694-£46,049 Research 21 January 2026 28 February 2026 RD48576
Research Assistant/Associate Exoplanetary Science (Fixed Term) Institute of Astronomy £34,610 - £35,608 £37,694 - £46,049 Research 10 February 2026 1 March 2026 LG48785
Postdoctoral Research Associate - Landscape Restoration and Connectivity (fixed-term) Department of Zoology £37,694-£46,049 Research 11 February 2026 1 March 2026 PF48812
Postdoctoral Research Associate (Fixed Term) Department of Zoology £37,694-£46,049 Research 30 January 2026 1 March 2026 PF48653
Research Nurse [Temporary Cover] Department of Oncology £37,694-£46,049 Research 11 February 2026 1 March 2026 RD48511
Research Assistant (Fixed Term) Department of Geography £33,002-£35,608 Research 2 February 2026 1 March 2026 LC48708
Mellon Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Fixed Term) Faculty of History £37,694-£46,049 Research 9 February 2026 1 March 2026 JJ48791
Research Associate in AI for Chemistry (Fixed Term) Department of Physics £34,610-£35,608 £37,694- £46,049 Research 13 February 2026 1 March 2026 KA48834
Research Assistant x 2 (Fixed Term) Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy £33,002-£35,608 Research 3 February 2026 2 March 2026 LJ48717
Research Assistant (Gilbertson Group) (Fixed Term) Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute £33,002-£35,608 Research 3 February 2026 3 March 2026 SW48729
Clinical or Non-Clinical Career Development Fellow (Fixed Term) Department of Medicine Research - £37,694-£46,049 or Clinical £38,831-£73,992 Research 30 January 2026 5 March 2026 RC48701
Clinical Research Training Fellow (Fixed Term) Department of Medicine £38,831-£73,992 Research 30 January 2026 5 March 2026 RC48699
Research Associate in Christian Theology (Fixed Term) Faculty of Divinity £37,694-£46,049 Research 4 February 2026 5 March 2026 GF48706
Post-Doctoral Research Associate (Fixed Term) Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy £34,610-£35,608 £37,694-£46,049 Research 6 February 2026 8 March 2026 LJ48766
Research Assistant in Experimental Design for Thermoacoustics Experiments (Fixed Term) Department of Engineering £33,002-£35,608 Research 26 January 2026 9 March 2026 NM48629
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Paleoclimate Statistics and Dynamics (Fixed Term) Department of Geography £33,002-£46,049 Research 5 February 2026 26 March 2026 LC48712
Research Assistant/ Research Associate in Vivo Testing of Biological Grafts for Haemodialysis Vascular Access (Fixed Term) Department of Engineering £34,610 - £35,608 £37,694 - £46,049 Research 11 February 2026 26 March 2026 NM48813