Psychology Research Opportunities

 **This list of opportunities is updated every three months. If the positions listed are closed it may still be worth contacting the organizations to ask about new opportunities**

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1. Research Coordinator, Michigan Ross Behavioral Lab, University of Michigan

Deadline: Nov 15, 2024

Link: https://careers.umich.edu/job_detail/256432/behavioral-lab-research-project-coordinator

The research coordinator will collaborate with the lab manager, faculty, and graduate students to conduct

a diverse array of research studies. Your responsibilities will include managing the student research

requirement for marketing and management courses, as well as serving as the project manager for lab

experiments. The research covers a wide range of topics, including consumer behavior, organizational

behavior, group dynamics, behavioral economics, creativity, emotion, strategy, power, motivation,

teamwork, leadership, and more. The anticipated start date is January 2025. For questions about this

role, email talent.acquisition@umich.edu.

2. Neuroimaging Research Assistant, Solomonov Lab, Weill Cornell Department of Psychiatry

Deadline: Until filled

Link: https://www.solomonovlab.com/post/open-position-neuroimaging-research-assistant

We are looking for a skilled and highly motivated Research Assistant specializing in neuroimaging to join

the Solomonov Lab at the Weill Cornell Department of Psychiatry. We are an interdisciplinarycollaborative team working within the exciting intersection of computational and clinical neuroscience and

clinical psychology. The candidate will participate in randomized controlled trials of psychotherapy for

mid- and late-life depression and postpartum depression. The candidate will assist in analysis of datasets

spanning clinical, behavioral, and neuroimaging modalities. This position is ideal for a candidate who is

interested in pursuing doctoral studies in neuroscience, clinical psychology or medical school later on.

The position requires a 2-year commitment, full time in-person at our lab, located at 1300 York Avenue,

New York, with possibility of some remote days.

3. Research Coordinator, Behavior Change for Good Initiative, Wharton School of Business

Deadline: Until filled

Link: https://wd1.myworkdaysite.com/recruiting/upenn/Wharton/job/Solomon-Lab-Psychology/Research-

Coordinator–Behavior-Change-for-Good–Wharton-School_JR00097436

The Behavior Change for Good Initiative at the University of Pennsylvania is recruiting for a Research

Coordinator to support the work of Professors Katherine Milkman and Angela Duckworth, in addition to

the many experts in behavioral science on the BCFG Scientific Team, to start in June 2025.

The Research Coordinator will work on the analysis of field data from a wide variety of settings and assist

with the implementation and management of field experiments on behavior change. Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree with 1-2 years of related experience or equivalent combination of education and

experience. A background in Economics, Psychology, Behavioral Economics, or Behavioral Science is

preferred. The ideal candidate will possess a strong attention to detail, have taken courses on

econometrics, be proficient in either STATA or R, and feel comfortable working on UNIX servers.

4. Research and Communications Coordinator, Behavior Change for Good Initiative, Wharton

School of Business

Deadline: Until filled

Link: https://wd1.myworkdaysite.com/recruiting/upenn/Wharton/job/Solomon-Lab-Psychology/Research-

and-Communications-Coordinator–Behavior-Change-for-Good–Wharton-School_JR00097409

The Behavior Change for Good Initiative at the University of Pennsylvania is recruiting for a Research

and Communications Coordinator to support the work of Professors Katherine Milkman and Angela

Duckworth, in addition to the many experts in behavioral science on the BCFG Scientific Team, to start in

June 2025. The Research and Communications Coordinator will work on the analysis of field data from a

wide variety of settings, assist with the implementation and management of field experiments on behavior

change, and help communicate the findings from these projects to diverse audiences. Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree with 1-2 years of related experience or equivalent combination of education and

experience. A background in Economics, Psychology, Behavioral Economics, or Behavioral Science is

preferred. The ideal candidate will have excellent interpersonal, organizational and communication skills,

strong attention to detail, and experience with the Microsoft Office suite and digital communication and

design applications (e.g., Twitter, WordPress, Mailchimp, and Canva).

5. Team Manager, The Scaffolding of Cognition Team, Stanford University

Deadline: Until filled

Link: https://careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/team-manager-on-site-26871

The Department of Psychology is looking for a full-time Social Science Research Coordinator/Team

Manager (TM) to join the Scaffolding of Cognition Team, led by Dr. Cameron Ellis. The TM will assist in

research studying the development of infants’ perception, attention, learning, and memory. Duties will be

divided into research and administrative responsibilities. Research duties include assisting graduate

students, postdocs, and the PI in designing, creating, running, and analyzing experiments with infants andadults. Methods will include and neuroimaging research using fMRI, as well as experiments on web-

based platforms and in-person computer-based testing. Administrative duties include maintaining the

research group’s day-to-day functions. These include participant recruitment and scheduling, organizing

meetings and calendars, managing ethics approvals, and tracking finances. Other optional opportunities:

The TM will have opportunities for scientific involvement/exposure in conference presentations and

journal articles.

6. Research Assistant, The Child Study Center, Rutgers University – Newark

Deadline: Until filled

Link: https://jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/237779

The Child Study Center at Rutgers University-Newark, (http://www.childstudycenter-rutgers.com/) directed

by Dr. Vanessa LoBue seeks a full-time research assistant to work on two new federally funded projects.

Start date is flexible, but on or before December 1, 2024 is highly desirable. One project focuses on how

children learn about illness transmission, and the other focuses on the natural emotional input infants

receive from their environments. The primary role of the research assistant will be to work with local schools

and community organizations to recruit participants and organize data collections. The research assistant

will also be expected to play an active role in all stages of the lab’s ongoing research projects, including 1)

conducting experiments with infants, children, and adults in laboratory and school settings; (2) training and

supervising undergraduate and graduate researchers; (3) administrative duties, such as daily record

keeping, data management, equipment purchase, and maintenance of lab participant database; and (4)

providing general support to other researchers. Preferred start date is December 1st (with some flexibility),

with a 2-year desired commitment, further extendable depending on fit.

7. Research Assistant, The HELLO Lab, University of Connecticut

Deadline: Until filled

Link: https://jobs.hr.uconn.edu/cw/en-us/job/498643/research-assistant-1

The HELLO Lab at The University of Connecticut (UConn) is pleased to invite applications for a Research

Assistant position in the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences. The successful

candidate will be expected to contribute to the management of NIH-funded research projects investigating

parent-child interaction, home language environment, psychosocial development, executive function, and

language development in young children with and without hearing loss. The Research Assistant 1 will

work with children and their parents and a team of researchers including undergraduate research

assistants, research associates, postdocs, and faculty members. The position offers a unique opportunity

to obtain hands-on experiences in using cutting-edge head-mounted eye-tracking technology to study

parent-child interaction and word learning in typically developing and deaf/hard-of-hearing toddlers who

use cochlear implants and/or hearing aids.

—————————————————ADDITIONAL RESOURCES—————————————————

Advice and resources for applying to grad school:

• UCLA UGSP: Psychology Graduate School Application Resources

• List of psychology Ph.D. virtual info sessions

• Videos of Harvard Psychology professors discussing the grad school application process,

interviews, and more:

• Dr. Jamil Zaki’s guide to applying to Psychology PhD programs (thanks to Dr. Zaki for allowing us

to share this excellent resource!): zaki_gradApp_guide.pdf

• Yale Psychology Bootcamp: videos on what a career in research psychology looks like, how to

gain research experience, and how to apply to grad school:https://psychology.yale.edu/graduate/admissions/psychology-graduate-school-bootcamp; link to

Q&A answers: https://tiny.cc/PsychBootcamp2020Videos

• How-to’s, from templates for cold-emailing, to CV’s, to grants:

https://www.oacommunity.org/resources

• Listservs you can subscribe to, organized by area of psychology: If you would like to receive more

comprehensive job postings for a specific field of study (e.g., clinical psychology, developmental

psychology), we have compiled a list of field-specific listservs you can subscribe to. In our own

experience, undergraduates often don’t know about these listservs (we didn’t!) but many useful

research opportunities and jobs are posted here.

—————————————–MORE PLACES TO FIND JOB POSTINGS—————————————–

1. A list of paid undergraduate summer research opportunities in Neuroscience (and other life sciences),

compiled by C. Aizenman, Neuroscience @ Brown:

http://bit.ly/SummerResearchUndergrad

2. A list of summer undergraduate and post-bac programs in cognitive neuroscience:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Nn_3INaaLhdQKwWy5_2KKEurj2scn6efdb8CrC15cyk/edit#gid

=0

3. A list of paid internships in developmental psychology (and also psychology more generally),

maintained by Meltem Yucel:

https://www.psychresearchlist.com/

4. A list of psychology job and internship positions, maintained by Dr. Camilla McMahon at Miami

University:

https://psychologyjobsinternships.wordpress.com/

5. A list of psychology job and internship research openings, maintained by the Department of

Psychology at Georgetown University

https://gupsychology.wordpress.com/

6. A list of post-bac programs in psychology, maintained by the American Psychological Association:

https://www.apa.org/ed/precollege/psn/2020/03/post-baccalaureate-programs

7. A list of post-bac programs in clinical psychology, maintained by the Council of University Directors of

Clinical Psychology:

http://clinicalpsychgradschool.org/pbacc.php

8. Career centers and lists of job openings:

a. b. The Society for Research in Child Development Career Center: https://careers.srcd.org/jobs/

Indeed.com also has academic job postings.

By Rick DelVecchio
Rick DelVecchio Director of Career Development