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The Alan Turing Institute
The Turing Internship Network offers doctoral students currently enrolled in a PhD at a university in the UK or Ireland (or a recent graduate within 6 months) the opportunity to undertake exciting 3 to 12-month placements at the Turing or one of the Turing’s partners.
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
We invite applications for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in studying the three-dimensional organization of the genome, in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics. The successful candidate will join the team of Dr. Gamze Gursoy, working on topics related to computational biology and genomics.
Fitzwilliam Museum
The Fitzwilliam Museum: Opening up the past to transform our futures.
Department of Psychology
A post-doctoral Research Associate position in Neurocomputation is available to work with Prof Zoe Kourtzi at the Adaptive Brain Lab, Univ of Cambridge, UK (http://www.abg.psychol.cam.ac.uk).
Are you passionate about uncovering the neural mechanisms that support learning and brain plasticity? Join our cross-disciplinary team at the forefront of neuroscience and computational science.
ai@cam is launching the second edition of its AI Sciencepreneurship Bootcamp, an intensive two-day programme designed to help researchers translate AI-for-science ideas into practical, entrepreneurial ventures. Running from 11–12 February 2026, the bootcamp will support researchers working across scientific domains, offering hands-on training, technical guidance, and access to Cambridge’s wider innovation ecosystem.
Department of Radiology
We are excited to announce an opportunity for an Imaging AI Postdoctoral Research Associate position in the group of Marc Dewey (Professor of Radiology) in the Department of Radiology.
This position is funded by the first Academy of Medical Sciences (AMS) Professorship grant to the University of Cambridge (https://acmedsci.ac.uk/more/news/academy-international-research-professorships).
The Impulse Programme (University of Cambridge, Maxwell Centre) supports tech researchers who want to explore the commercial potential of their brilliant ideas — including those working in disciplines not traditionally associated with start-ups, but where innovative applications and translational opportunities exist.
Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry
Limited funding: The funds for this post are available for 42 months in the first instance.
Applications are invited for a PDRA funded through the NERC to join the "Determination of Tropical Oxidising Capacity through model calibration" (DeTOX) project.
Department of Engineering
Applications are invited for a University Assistant/Associate Professor in Robotics. The successful candidate will join the Information Engineering Division. The candidate will lead a research programme in the broad area of robotics.
Department of Zoology
Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Associate to join the Social Fluids Laboratory (https://leboeuflab.com) led by Dr Adria LeBoeuf in the Department of Zoology (https://www.bio.cam.ac.uk/staff/adria-leboeuf).
ai@cam are pleased to share the launch of their Local Government AI Accelerator, a new funding scheme designed to support collaborative AI innovation between the University of Cambridge and local authorities.
The programme offers grants of up to £25,000 for proof-of-concept projects that develop AI solutions in partnership with local authorities. The fund represents a new approach to AI innovation in public services, connecting academic expertise with real-world operational needs.
Sainsbury Laboratory
Applications are invited for a Research Associate (RA) position in the group of Professor Henrik Jonsson at the Sainsbury Laboratory, Cambridge University, to carry out fundamental research in the field of computational morphodynamics in plants. The work will be within the BBSRC-funded project "Tipping the balance: utilising hormonal crosstalk to control stem cell plasticity", with the aim of building a virtual shoot meristem using multi-level data and computational modelling to investigate stem cell plasticity.
Early Career Fellowships
For early career researchers, with a research record but who have not yet held a full-time permanent academic post, to undertake a significant piece of publishable work..
Fellowships can be held at UK universities with research degree awarding powers. The Fellowships are intended to assist those at a relatively early stage of their academic careers, and it is hoped that the appointment would lead to a more permanent position for the individual, either within the same or another university.
Funding opportunity from The AI Hub in Generative Models
Collaborations led by UK academic researchers can bid for up to £100,000 for dataset creation projects through this call, which aims to encourage development of new datasets supporting scientific advancement and technological innovation.
The availability of rich, diverse, and well-curated datasets is vital for advancing scientific and technological innovation. Dataset challenges serve as a mechanism for benchmarking algorithms, identifying novel solutions, and fostering collaborative research.
The INTEGRATE project are calling all UK based post-docs interested in data science in biomedical research! Do you want to expand your network across disciplines and connect with your peers across the UK? If so, applications are now open to join their ‘Bytes & Bench’ Mentoring Scheme Pilot.
We are pleased to announce that Round 1 of the Royal Society’s 2026 Wolfson Fellowships scheme will be opening on the 7th January 2026, and the University’s internal selection process will now commence.
The programme is to enable UK Universities to strategically recruit and attract outstanding international researchers to the UK’s scientific community. This can be achieved through one of the following routes:
The EPSRC has announced the Turing AI Global Fellowships.
Department of Engineering
This is a four-year (1+3 MRes/PhD) studentship funded through the Cambridge EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Infrastructure and Built Environment: Unlocking Net Zero (FIBE3 CDT). Further details can be found at https://www.net-zero-fibe-cdt.eng.cam.ac.uk/
Department of Engineering
This is a four-year (1+3 MRes/PhD) studentship funded through the Cambridge EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Infrastructure and Built Environment: Unlocking Net Zero (FIBE3 CDT). Further details can be found at https://www.net-zero-fibe-cdt.eng.cam.ac.uk/.
Open to UK and overseas students starting an MPhil in Advanced Computer Science at Cambridge University. This scholarship will cover full fees for a home student, or £25,000 of fees for an overseas student, and will be awarded at the discretion of the Admissions Tutor and the Senior Tutor.
The award holder must matriculate at Queens’ College. Details of the scholarship recipient will be shared with the donor.
This scholarship is possible thanks to the generosity of Jan Metzger (1995, MPhil).
Department of Psychology
CAM-DTP ESRC Studentship, 2026 PHD ENTRY
Supervisor-Led Topic Proposal: AI-Enhanced Assessment in Higher Education
DEPARTMENT/LOCATION: Department of Psychology, Institute for Technology and Humanity, Digital Education Futures Initiative (DEFI) Innovation Lab; University of Cambridge
The Cambridge ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership [CAM-DTP] is pleased to offer an interdisciplinary studentship available for admission in October 2026.
Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute
Dr Hana Aliee wishes to recruit a student to work on the project entitled: Generative Modelling for Foundational Discovery in Biomedicine.
For further information about the research group, please visit our website at https://www.cruk.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/aliee-group/
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Opportunities that are no longer available to apply for are archived here.