Research Associate

The Department of Mechanical Engineering is seeking a Research Associate to contribute to cutting-edge research in materials and structural testing within liquid hydrogen environments. This collaborative project will be conducted between the Composites Research Group and the Translational Energy Research Centre/Energy Innovation Centre.The ideal candidate...

Contract type: Fixed term 18-months 1st September 2024 to 28th February 2026Working pattern: FTE 100%Location: Sheffield OR Sheffield (Hybrid)Are you interested working in a nationally leading research group delivering high impact health services research?We have an exciting opportunity to join the School of Medicine and Population Health at the University...

A Research Associate funded by a Wellcome Trust Collaborative Award in Science is available in the research group of Professor Dylan Childs. The grant is led by Professor Michael Brockhurst at the University of Manchester, together with lead investigators Professor Dylan Childs at the University of Sheffield, Professors Steve Paterson and Joanne Fothergill...

Would you like to work with Voluntary, Community, Social Enterprise (VCSE) organisations to improve the Professional Support e.g. mentoring they provide to their employees? We are looking for a Research Associate with skills in action/participatory methods including qualitative interviews, questionnaires and running stakeholder groups.We are looking for...

We are looking to appoint an independent and motivated Research Associate to join the research group led by Dr Matt Towers. The successful applicant will work on a BBSRC-funded project investigating how cells in the developing chick wing 'know' their positions so that they can use this information to develop into the different skeletal elements (humerus,...

Contract type: Fixed-term for 5 months full time; part time working is possibleLocation: Sir. Frederick Mappin BuildingWe are recruiting a dedicated Research Associate on a UK Water Industry Research (UKWIR) funded project "Understanding water infrastructure risks - major bursts, traffic volumes and the condition of road infrastructure" which aims to examine...

We have an exciting opportunity in the School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering for a dedicated Research Associate to join our Royal Society-funded project "Interlocking prefabricated 3D-printed low-carbon concrete wall panels for low-income housing construction in South Africa". This project, in collaboration with Stellenbosch University in...

Contract type: Fixed-term with a start date of 1st October 2024 until 30th June 2026 due to study funding.Working pattern: 70%, working days to be agreed with the successful candidateLocation: Sheffield (hybrid)Are you interested in working for a top University in a team delivering high impact health services research?We are looking for a Research Associate...

Are you an ambitious researcher with skills in computational ecology and/or mathematical modelling? Are you interested in multiple-stressor impacts on biodiversity and looking for your next challenge?The Beckerman Lab is hiring a Research Associate (Post-Doc) for a NERC (UKRI)-funded project on assessing and managing chemical impacts on UK freshwater...

Contract type: Fixed term (1st March 2026)Applications are invited for a Research Associate in the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences. You will be working with Professor David Lidzey, on a 'Nonplanar spray-coated solar cells' project.You should have (or be about to obtain) a PhD in physics, or in an appropriate area of materials science, physical...

Applications are invited for a Research Associate in Statistics in the School of Mathematics andStatistics. You will be working with Dr Jill Johnson and Professor Jeremy Oakley on researchfunded by the NERC project "Towards Maximum Feasible Reduction in Aerosol ForcingUncertainty" (Aerosol-MFR).Aerosol-MFR is at the frontier of addressing a long-standing...

Contract Type: Fixed term from 1 September 2024 (or as soon as possible thereafter) for a period of two yearsAn exciting opportunity has arisen for a Research Associate to work on a BBSRC-funded project which focuses on zebrafish tail regeneration and specifically on how regeneration is initiated after wound closure. The project builds upon our Nature Comms...

Contract type: Fixed term for 2 yearsLocation: Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN)An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Better Outcomes in Motor Neuron Disease (MND) research team, supporting the team to ensure the delivery of high-class clinical research. The key responsibilities of this role are to work on clinical research...

We have an exciting full-time opportunity in the School of Education for someone with a strong background in the history of education and oral history methods to join a 2-year ESRC-funded project examining the history, lived experience and possible futures of the School Meals Service in the UK.You should have (or be very close to having) a PhD in History or...

Contract Type: Fixed-term 6 months, but with an end date no later than 01 January 2025.Working Pattern: Part time, working 17.5 hours per week (50% FTE)Faculty: Faculty of EngineeringAre you interested in working within an internationally connected, world-leading multidisciplinary research team on a computational journalism project?We are welcoming...

Contract type: Fixed-term for three years from October 2024The Dynamics Research Group at the University of Sheffield is seeking to appoint a highly-motivated Research Associate in Dynamics to carry out a research project on "new machine learning methods for populations of cardiac digital twins".This post offers an exciting opportunity to work within a...

Contract Type: Fixed-term for 15 monthsWe have an exciting opportunity for a Post-Doctoral Research Associate to join a dynamic tissue engineering research group led by Professors Craig Murdoch and Helen Colley within the School of Clinical Dentistry. In collaboration with Dr Dawn Walker (Department of Computer Science), this ambitious multidisciplinary...

Position Overview: We are looking for a medically trained clinical research associate with a strong background in pediatrics, endocrinology, or genetics. This role will contribute to a collaborative research initiative focused on investigating hypogonadism in rare neurological disorders. Project Collaboration: This research is conducted in partnership with a...

The University of Sheffield's School of Biosciences seeks a passionate individual to join a collaborative research team working on climate change mitigation.This position is part of a UKRI-funded project that examines potential unintended consequences of large-scale land-based CO2 removal strategies; it will focus on the expansion of oil palm plantation as...

Contract Type: Fixed Term for 12 months, with an immediate start dateWe have an exciting opportunity in the Materials Science and Engineering department for someone to conduct work on steels used in transport applications.As the Research Associate, you will be responsible for delivering an in-depth analysis of various grades of steel produced via different...