Early Career Researchers: Current Opportunities

Below is a list of opportunities for Early Career Researchers. These are current, open positions for PhD students or Postdocs in labs that utilise different brain mapping techniques. Additional training opportunities are also advertised below e.g., summer schools, and statistical training programs.


ASIA

Postdoctoral Fellow - Shuimu Tsinghua Scholar Program, Tsinghua University, China

AI for Neuroimaging, The Lab for Brain Imaging Research at Tsinghua (BIRTH) -Deadline: First round: March 28, 2025 Second round: September 26, 2025

Apply: Email birthlab163@outlook.com and follow these instructions


PostDoctoral Researcher or Research Assistant - Xiang Jianbang Research Group, Sun Yat-Sen University, China

The XIANG Jianbang Research Group at the Sun Yat-sen University School of Public Health (Shenzhen) is dedicated to interdisciplinary research in the fields of precision exposure and health perception, exposomics, and human health. Deadline: December 16, 2025

Apply: Email xiangjb@mail.sysu.edu.cn (subject: "Postdoc Application + Name") and follow these instructions


AUSTRALASIA

Postdoctoral Research Associate (Physics) - University of Sydney, Australia

Camperdown Campus, Deadline: 12th May, 2025.

Apply here: https://usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/USYD_EXTERNAL_CAREER_SITE/job/Camperdown-Campus/Postdoctoral-Research-Fellow--Physics-_0133282-1


EUROPE

Functional Neuroanatomy Summer School - University of Bangor, Wales, UK

Dates: 1-5th September 2025, Application Deadline: 15th May, 2025.

Apply here: https://www.bangor.ac.uk/courses/other-courses/visceral-mind-functional-neuroanatomy-summer-school


Postdoctoral Position. The Geometry of Temporal Cognitive Maps - Université Paris-Saclay, France.

Cognition and Brain Dynamics.

Apply here: https://brainthemind.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/syg-postdoc-positions.pdf


POSTDOC in Advanced MRI Analysis Methods - Max Planck Institute, Germany

Department of Neurophysics, MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, for more info see here.

Apply here: https://www.cbs.mpg.de/departments/neurophysics/applications


Lecturer/Senior Lecturer - Imperial College London, UK

Bioengineering Department. Deadline: 27th April, 2025

Apply here: http://imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-jobs/description/index.php?jobId=23546&jobTitle=Lecturer%2FSenior+Lecturer


Fully Funded PhD Opportunity- Technische Universität Dresden, Germany

Computational Machinery of Cognition (CMC) Lab, for more info see here. Deadline: 30th April, 2025.

Apply here: https://forms.gle/qiAv5NZ871kvQ1u96


Lecturer in Computational Cognition - UCL, London, UK

Division of Psychology and Language Sciences (PaLS). Deadline: 30th April, 2025.
Apply here: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DML927/lecturer-in-computational-cognition


Joint Industry-Academic Postdoctoral Fellowships - University of Oxford, UK

The closing date for applications is midday on Weds 30 April and interviews are scheduled for Thursday 3 July.
Apply here: https://www.rdm.ox.ac.uk/work-with-us/novo-nordisk-oxford-fellowships/research-projects


NORTH AMERICA

Scholarships to Enhance and Empower Diversity Workshop - University of Chicago.

Dates: August 24-28th 2025. Application window: 24 Feb 2025 - 18 Apr 2025.
Apply here: https://ibro.org/training-opportunity/see-diversity-to-success-workshop/


Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York

Neuroimaging of Ageing. More info: https://discuss.afni.nimh.nih.gov/t/postdoctoral-research-fellow-position-in-neuroimaging-of-aging/8745
To apply: contact Dr. David Zhu (Professor of Radiology and Associate Director of Gruss Magnetic Resonance Research Center) via email: david.zhu@einsteinmed.edu.


Canada Leads 100 - University Health Network, Canada

Canada Leads 100 Challenge will recruit 100 world-leading early career scientists.

Apply here: https://www.uhn.ca/corporate/AboutUHN/canadaleads