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Develop perception and learning methods for humanoid robots in autonomous manufacturing. The doctorate combines RGB-D data, scene understanding, synthetic data, simulation-to-reality transfer and robot manipulation, with experimental validation on physical platforms. The project is hosted by the Advanced Manufacturing Lab and includes collaboration with researchers and industrial partners. Apply…

Funding for mid-career researchers from any discipline who have the potential to become international research leaders and whose work relates to human life, health and wellbeing.

Independent postdoctoral research contributing to NASA astrophysics, encompassing theoretical, observational and instrumental work. Successful applicants become Einstein, Hubble or Sagan fellows. Applications close on 28 October 2026 at 19:00 US Eastern; appointments normally begin around 1 September 2027.

Research-master’s and doctoral study at Monash campuses in Australia is supported by a living stipend and eligible relocation allowance. The domestic Round 4 deadline is October 31, 2026, for January–June enrolment in the following year. Apply with graduate research admission through myApp.

Three-year fellowships develop basic research on plant function at whole-organism and smaller scales. Applicants either bring expertise from another discipline into plant biology or acquire new methods with a mentor outside plant biology. One or two mentors may participate; with two mentors, at least one must research plants. Awards start between July and October 2027. Applications are due by…

Lead experimental development in the Attochirality ERC project, commissioning circularly polarised attosecond sources, pulse-characterisation methods and spin-resolved electron detection. Coordinate reaction-microscope experiments on chiral electronic dynamics and mentor junior researchers. This full-time appointment is initially for one year and can be renewed up to five years. The preferred…

A 30% student assistant position supports virtual-reality experiments on embodied learning in physics and mathematics at the Professorship for Learning Sciences and Higher Education. Tasks include preparing VR equipment, running participant sessions according to study protocols, conducting interviews and managing research data. Training is provided, and prior VR experience is not required. The…

Fully funded doctoral positions combine supervision at ETH Zurich with a Max Planck institute or the ELLIS Institute Tübingen. Fellows have a primary research location and complete a mandatory 12-month exchange at their co-supervisor’s site, earning an ETH doctorate. Research spans machine learning, AI for science, computational biology, neuroinformatics, robotics, control and related learning…

Mid-career staff recruitment in nuclear chemistry. Develop nanofunctional materials for radionuclide separation and analysis, investigate degradation under irradiation, and study material-surface responses involved in selective recognition. The work supports integrated analytical platforms and compact devices. The tentative assignment is at the Nuclear Science Research Institute in Tokai-mura,…

Investigate how mice learn and generalize between virtual and real environments in the Optophysiology Lab at IMBIT. The project combines behavioural experiments, neural recordings and quantitative analysis with development and in-vivo validation of a two-photon miniscope. The researcher will contribute to device design, model behavioural and neural data, and help interpret and publish findings.…

A twelve-month postdoctoral project beginning in January 2027 studies electroactive chiral materials derived from [7]helicene, quasi[8]circulenes and neutral helical radicals incorporating tetrathiafulvalene. Combining helical scaffolds with electron-donor units is intended to influence charge delocalization, molecular packing, conductivity and spin filtering. The work builds on preliminary…

Model nuclear reactors and fuel cycles for nuclear nonproliferation research. The work includes reactor-core physics, material inventories, radiation detector response and safeguards analysis, in collaboration with the Nuclear Nonproliferation Division. Applications are made on the employer’s recruitment portal; no closing date is stated. Initial appointment up to 24 months, with extensions…

Develop optical spectroscopy and plasma diagnostic systems for isotope applications. Research includes experimental design, laser-induced and optical-emission measurements, and analysis of challenging materials in collaboration with the Isotope Applications Research group. Applications are made on the employer’s recruitment portal; no closing date is stated. Initial appointment up to 24 months,…

Investigate generative AI for engineering design, combining large language models with formal design grammars. Explore how models represent, reason about and generate designs with human collaborators, with applications in products, manufacturing and structures. The fully funded salaried doctorate includes teaching support in design, product development and CAD, and begins between February and…

Develop non-invasive neurotechnology based on focused ultrasound and targeted drug delivery. Projects may combine hardware and software, MRI-guided targeting, electrophysiology, closed-loop neuromodulation and preclinical experiments, with collaboration on clinical translation.

Lead chemical biology and drug design connecting multiomic discovery to target identification. The team develops chemical probes and emerging modalities, including targeted degradation and molecular glues, and integrates experimental chemistry with computational and generative design while managing scientific programmes and external partners.

Lead clinical pharmacology and pharmacometric strategy for rare-disease and oncology programmes. Responsibilities include modelling and simulation, Phase 1–3 study design, regulatory documentation and health-authority interactions, working with clinical, translational and preclinical teams.

Develop interfaces for dexterous robot teleoperation by combining wrist or forearm surface electromyography with egocentric computer vision. Research covers signal processing, representation learning, motor-intent decoding, object and hand understanding, multimodal reasoning and real-time sensing. The role focuses on robotics and interactive systems; it has no clinical or biomedical focus.…

Neuroscience Trials Australia, part of the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, is recruiting a Senior Clinical Research Associate for its Clinical Operations team. The role leads sponsor monitoring and site activities across a portfolio of academic investigator-initiated and commercially sponsored neuroscience clinical trials: site monitoring, relationships with investigators,…

The researcher will develop colloidal quantum-dot chemistry for infrared optoelectronics. Work emphasizes surface passivation, ligand exchange, trap suppression, doping and energy-level alignment, including III–V and other infrared nanocrystals. The role connects synthesis and spectroscopy with processable inks and collaborations on photodetectors. Applications close on 3 December 2026 at 23:59…

Sana Qadar explores the cognitive processes involved in reading and the effects of narrative fiction with Genevieve McArthur, Lili Yu and Raymond Mar. The episode considers literacy difficulties, reading research and the relationship between stories, cognition and wellbeing, alongside readers' personal experiences.

Evolutionary biologist Toby Kiers joins Steven Strogatz to explore how mycorrhizal fungi exchange nutrients with plants and influence soil carbon storage. The conversation examines decentralized resource allocation, partnerships between fungi and roots, and experiments using fluorescent tracers and imaging robots to observe underground networks. Kiers also describes efforts to map fungal…

Zoe Weil discusses how recommendation and ranking systems can use in-session behavioral signals to model intent and optimize purchasing outcomes. The episode examines event-to-feature models, low-latency ranking infrastructure, evaluation against business outcomes, and the distinction between click relevance and useful recommendations. It also considers privacy tradeoffs in personalization and…