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C2D3 are inviting applications to join our Steering Committee. We are appointing one PhD student and one Early Career Researcher (ECR).
About the committee
We are delighted to announce that Accelerate Science 2025 funding call in collaboration with the Cambridge Centre for Data Driven Discovery (C2D3) is now live!
We are offering small grants for Cambridge University researchers pursuing innovative applications of AI in research or real-world contexts with a focus on inter and multidisciplinary collaboration.
This year applications are open under three categories:
Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute
Join us at the world-leading CRUK Cambridge Institute. We're a unique department of the University of Cambridge, core funded by Cancer Research UK's charitable activities, and we're eagerly searching for a postdoctoral Research Associate to join our Aliee Group.
The University of Cambridge and the University of Canterbury have a reciprocal visitor exchange programme between the two universities entitled the Cambridge–Canterbury Exchange Programme.
Applications are invited for two visiting fellowships at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. Academic staff members of any subject may apply. Further particulars may be obtained from the Strategic Partnerships Office at https://www.strategic-partnerships.admin.cam.ac.uk/exchange-programmes.
Department of Zoology
The Centre for Pathogen Evolution (CPE) at the Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge invites applications for a Research Assistant to a project on evolutionarily smart SARS-CoV-2 vaccines. It is an exciting opportunity for an experienced data scientist to support and maintain the national and international reputation for excellence in research of the CPE.
Department of Engineering
British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025-26
The British Academy (BA) have now announced their popular Postdoctoral Fellowships scheme, with a deadline for submissions of 1st October 2025. This communication is to provide departments with an overview of the University’s processes for this round of the scheme.
Scheme Overview
Department of Oncology
Are you passionate about driving breakthroughs in breast cancer research? Join our team at the Precision Breast Cancer Institute (PBCI), led by Professor Jean Abraham, and make a real impact on beating breast cancer. We're seeking a talented and highly motivated bioinformatician to revolutionise patient care and advance our world-class breast cancer research.
Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a talented computer scientist to join our team as a researcher within the Green Algorithms Initiative in the Department of Public Health and Primary Care, one of Europe's leading academic departments of population health sciences. The post will suit researchers interested in understanding computers energy usage to improve carbon footprint monitoring and reduce the environmental impacts of digital activities.
Department of Engineering, Central Cambridge
A position exists, for a Research Associate in the Department of Engineering, to work on probabilistic machine learning for the purpose of understanding and improving the performance of Large Language Models and Vision-Language Models. The post holder will also support teaching activities on the MPhil in Machine Learning and Machine Intelligence in the Department of Engineering.
The post holder will be located in Central Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK.
The key responsibilities and duties are:
University of Aberdeen
Cambridge Institute for Technology and Humanity, Cambridge
The Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (CFI) within the Cambridge Institute for Technology and Humanity invites applications for a part-time Research Assistant to work on the Desirable Digitalisation: Rethinking AI for Just and Sustainable Futures programme. There is flexibility between working 0.2 FTE, up to 0.5 FTE.
This is a fixed-term post where funding is available for 12 months in the first instance.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
The Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology at the University of Cambridge is seeking a Research Associate in Data Science to develop, maintain and analyse databases related to pregnancy studies.
About Obstetrics & Gynaecology:
Department of Oncology
Are you interested in accelerating novel interventions for the early diagnosis of cancer and risk stratification of individual at risk of cancer? Applications are invited for a highly motivated Clinical Research Associate to join a state-of-the-art translational research programme headed by Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald and Dr Massimiliano di Pietro, focusing on novel endoscopic and non-endoscopic tools for the early detection of early upper GI neoplasia.
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
The Board of Electors to the Professorship of Data-Intensive Mathematical Physics invite applications for this Professorship held in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP) from persons whose work uses modern data-driven techniques, such as AI, to address significant open research questions in mathematical physics, to take up appointment as soon as possible.
Department of Engineering, Central Cambridge
We are seeking a highly motivated Research Assistant/Associate to join EPSRC and industry funded Digital Roads (DR) Prosperity Partnership at the University of Cambridge. This programme is a collaboration between industry and academia, now in the final 24 months of a 60-month effort.
The programme integrates research and innovation across both physical and digital technologies, to deliver a cyber-physical platform for the autonomous inspection, digital representation, and maintenance of highways.
The Public Engagement Starter Fund is an exciting opportunity for University of Cambridge researchers to apply for small grants to undertake innovative public engagement with research activities.
Applications to the 2025 Public Engagement Starter Fund, for grants of up to £4000, can be submitted until 5 September 2025.
The Cambridge-Africa programme is pleased to announce that the call for proposals to the ALBORADA Research Fund is now open.
Applications are invited from pairs of researchers (post-doctoral level and above) from the University of Cambridge or an affiliated institute and African universities or research institutes, across all disciplines, to initiate and/or strengthen research collaborations. Please note that the African applicant can be based in any African country and the awards are no longer restricted to African researchers from sub-Saharan Africa.
Dr Ramit Debnath will be guest editing a special collection for Nature Portfolio’s Humanities and Social Sciences Communications on the application of large language models (LLMs) in psychological sciences - which is now accepting submissions!
Past Opportunities:
Opportunities that are no longer available to apply for are archived here.