The Center for Open Science (COS) builds the tools to make it possible and easy for the research community to make scientific investigations' data, results, and outcomes open, transparent, and reproducible. 

This position will be responsible for strategic planning, implementation, and execution of the COS’s new Data Science effort and building towards engaging the metascience community to share insights, collaborate on research studies, and disseminate insights across the community. This includes extracting insights from internal data sources at COS, such as the Open Science Framework (OSF) and connecting these insights to external data sources across the scholarly landscape.

This is a fully remote position with a requirement to attend up to 4 in person meetings per year. This position will remain open for applications until September 10, 2024.

See the complete position announcement online.

The Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS) at Princeton University is pleased to introduce a groundbreaking fellowship program. As a leading global institution in interdisciplinary research on international issues, PIIRS is dedicated to advancing innovative scholarship that addresses the world's most pressing challenges. The PIIRS Postdoctoral Fellows Program is integral to that mission.

PIIRS will award multiple postdoctoral fellowships to its inaugural cohort in 2025-2026, recent PhDs in the Social Sciences who have demonstrated exceptional scholarship, congruent with the Institute's intellectual focus, that simultaneously advances theoretical debates in their disciplinary field; creatively speaks to and engages with a multidisciplinary audience; and deepens substantive regional knowledge of specific places. 

Applications are due by November 1, 2024.

For complete details and to apply, see the announcement on the Princeton website.

For 100 years the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) has provided the policy and philanthropic communities with access to the social and behavioral scientists working to innovate and evaluate scalable solutions to pressing societal problems.

The Vice President of Innovation, a new position at the SSRC, will lead work across the SSRC to leverage the organization’s unique assets in the development of new funded initiatives aimed at advancing research-led innovation.

See the complete position announcement on the SSRC website. The position was advertised on August 23.

The Environmental Justice (EJ) Scholars Program invites EJ expertise, knowledge, and skills from research scholars, academics, public health and health care professionals, and EJ leaders from community-based organizations to work with staff members at various NIH ICOs.

Environmental Justice scholars will be hosted by one or more NIH Institute, Center, or Office (ICO). During the program period, EJ scholars will collaborate with NIH staff on one or more research, education, or training relevant activities, contributing to the wider NIH community. EJ scholars may partner with NIH intramural and/or extramural (grant funded) scientists on projects of shared interests.

Scholars are expected to dedicate up to 25% of their time for up to 10 months to support and collaborate with their host ICO(s). Scholars will work virtually, unless otherwise agreed upon with their host ICO(s). The scholar will work with the host ICO on the structure and terms of their work plan prior to position commencement.

A stipend up to $25,000 may be available. Travel and living expenses for on-site EJ Scholars events may be available.

Please submit your application package by Friday, October 11th, 2024, at 11:59 PM EDT. See complete details and application instructions on the NIH website.

The Department of Sociology at Loyola University Maryland invites applications for a tenure track Assistant Professor to begin July 2025. Tenure-track faculty teach three courses per semester and actively engage in research in the area of their scholarly interest. 

The department seeks to hire an individual who has research interests in inequality, health, and the social and physical environment, and who makes use of qualitative or quantitative methodologies to explore access to resources, equity of outcomes, and/or activism pertaining to health/medicine. Successful applicants will also have the desire to teach sociological theory, introductory sociology, and an introductory course in society and policy as an introduction to environmental studies. While the department is open to any focus, special consideration will be given to applicants who can extend the department’s global focus or focus on the ways in which race, gender, and class intersect to impact health outcomes at a systemic level.

Application review will begin on October 15, 2024, and will continue until the position is filled. For complete details and to apply, see the online position announcement.

The Women of Color in Engineering Collaborative (WCEC) is seeking a Database and Diversity Specialist (DDS) who embodies the values, principles, and priorities that guide their initiatives. This contract position is ideal for a professional with a passion for diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging,  to oversee the daily administration of programming at the WCEC. This position will collaborate in the maintenance of the forthcoming Inspiring Leaders Profiles Database that highlights the expertise of Women of Color in Engineering for the growing collaborative. This position will also collaborate in the maintenance of the forthcoming Resource Center, a comprehensive hub of resources curated from our growing collaborative. This position will also assist in other WCEC program administration. This remote position requires a commitment of up to 10 hours per week with an initial training week of up to 20 hours.

Application Deadline:August 16, 2024

See the complete listing on Idealist.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s U.S. Program (USP) works to expand access to life-changing opportunities. Their primary focus in education is ensuring that all students--especially Black and Latino students, and students from low-income backgrounds--have an opportunity to earn a degree or certificate that prepares them for a successful career and fulfilling life.

As Senior Program Officer, you will be at the forefront of transforming the education-to-workforce data ecosystem to advance equity and opportunity for all learners. In this critical role, you will apply your expertise in education data, AI, and other emerging technologies to collaborate with internal and external partners to develop, refine, and implement innovative solutions that enhance the availability, adoption, and use of key education and workforce outcome metrics related to equitable value.

The position is based in either Seattle or Washington, DC. For complete details and to apply, see the position announcement online.

The Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program is a full-time, hands-on training and educational program that provides early career individuals with the opportunity to spend 12 weeks at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) in Washington, DC learning about science and technology policy and the role that scientists and engineers play in advising the nation.

NASEM is seeking early-career scientists, engineers, and medical professionals and/or late-stage graduate students with a strong interest in science and technology policy work. International students already based in the United States and individuals with under-represented backgrounds in the sciences, engineering, and medicine are encouraged to apply. They highly encourage those with strong interest but little experience in policy to apply.

The full 12-week program will take place in-person in Washington, D.C. from March 3 – May 23, 2025. Applications Close September 9, 2024, 11:59pm EDT.

For complete information, see the NASEM website

NYU Langone Collaborative Center in Children’s Environmental Health Research and Translation (CEHRT) is seeking applications for Year 4 of its pilot project program, intended to initiate innovative developmental and translational research to address children’s environmental health (CEH) issues.

See complete details in the attached PDF.

The Pipeline Grants Competition seeks to support early- career scholars (Assistant Professors, Lecturers and Adjunct Assistant Professors) and promote diversity by prioritizing applications from scholars who are underrepresented in the social sciences and/or employed at under-resourced colleges and universities. This includes racial, ethnic, gender, disciplinary, institutional, and geographic diversity. The program is a collaboration between the Russell Sage Foundation and the Economic Mobility and Opportunity program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Only faculty who have not previously received a research grant or a visiting fellowship from RSF are eligible to apply. RSF expects to fund about 20 one-year projects by assistant professors, lecturers, and adjunct assistant professors. Proposals are due on October 22, 2024, for funding starting in Summer 2025. Individual applicants can apply for grants of up to $35,000; teams of two or more eligible applicants can apply for grants of up to $50,000. RSF will pair grantees with mentors conducting research on related issues and provide an honorarium for the mentors. On occasion, RSF will deem a project or applicant more appropriate for its Presidential Grants Competition and review a Pipeline Grants proposal as a letter of inquiry for that competition instead.

See complete program details online.