Research Positions (26) at Birmingham University in United Kingdom

Birmingham University in United Kingdom invites applications for vacant Research Positions, one of the largest and most diverse employers in the United Kingdom.

Research Fellow – School of Physics and Astronomy – 105415 – Grade 7

• United Kingdom Posting Dates03/13/2025

Be the First to ApplyThis project is to identify, synthesise and explore new 2D materials, searching for exotic quantum functionalities to form new sustainable electronics and new types of computing. Tuning nanostructures of these materials with extreme pressure will unlock entirely new physics and new applications.

Research Fellow – School of Metallurgy and Materials – 105457 – Grade 7

• United Kingdom Posting Dates03/13/2025

Be the First to ApplyThe School of Metallurgy and Materials invites applications for a Research Fellow to undertake blue skies research into the design and development of novel optical fibre sensors for chemical process monitoring and structural integrity assessment. We wish to recruit a self-motivated, entrepreneurial and competent experimentalist to generate proof-of-concept data and ideas for the creation of novel multi-functional optical fibre sensors for optical/electrical sensing applications.

Research Fellow (Ionosphere Modelling and Development) – School of Engineering – 104444 – Grade 7

• United Kingdom Posting Dates03/12/2025

Be the First to ApplyYou will join a group at the forefront of innovation in its field. SERENE’s upper atmosphere models are utilized by over 70 institutions in more than 25 countries around the globe. These models serve a dual purpose: advancing the state of the art in upper atmospheric science research and providing operational support for space weather products and services. Internationally and nationally, the SERENE group is actively engaged in shaping space weather policies and assessing associated risks. This group is committed not just to academic pursuits, but also to practical applications that have real-world impact.

Research Associate – Department of Nursing and Midwifery – 105416 – Grade 6

• United Kingdom Posting Dates03/12/2025

Be the First to ApplyThe Research Associate will play a key role in data collection and analysis, contributing to different phases of the study. The role is ideal for candidates with experience in qualitative research, trauma-informed approaches and mental health studies. The successful applicant will work within an interdisciplinary team including academics, practitioners and experts by experience.

Research Fellow (Postdoctoral) – School of Government – 105450 – Grade 7

• United Kingdom Posting Dates03/12/2025

Be the First to ApplyTo create and contribute to the creation of knowledge by undertaking a specified range of activities within an established research programme and/or specific research project.

Research Associate in Exoplanets – School of Physics and Astronomy – 105351 – Grade 6

• United Kingdom Posting Dates03/12/2025

Be the First to ApplyThe successful candidate will work as part of the BEBOP/CandY search for circumbinary exoplanets. The goal of the project is to discover and confirm circumbinary exoplanets. For this particular role, the applicant will primarily model radial-velocities, timings and astrometry to detect circumbinary planets.

Research Fellow in Systems Chemistry – School of Chemistry – 105456 – Grade 7

• United Kingdom Posting Dates03/10/2025

Be the First to ApplyWe are seeking applications for a 24-month Research Fellow position to work on Dr Oliver Maguire’s European Research Council Starting Grant ‘Electrochemically Programmable Biochemical Networks for Animate Materials’ and to support all activities in Dr Maguire’s research group.

Research Technician – Department of Inflammation and Ageing – 81830 – Grade 5

• United Kingdom Posting Dates03/06/2025

We are recruiting for a Research Technician within the College of Medicine and Health, Department of Inflammation and Ageing. The successful candidate will join the rheumatology research group based within the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. They will provide laboratory support to a multi-disciplinary team of clinicians and research scientists.

Research Fellow – School of Computer Science – 105408 – Grade 7

• United Kingdom Posting Dates03/05/2025

Be the First to ApplyIn this project, you will join a team of researchers who prove theoretical guarantees on the complexity of fundamental network design problems in modern computational models. You will have the opportunity to collaborate with leading researchers all over the world on this topic and to foster your own network.

Research Fellow – School of Chemical Engineering – 105425 – Grade 7

• United Kingdom Posting Dates03/04/2025

The post will be hosted within the Centre for Custom Medical Devices and the wider Healthcare Technologies Institute at the University of Birmingham. Specifically the Innovation Fellow will support an EPSRC funded Network Plus, 4D Health Tech. The vision for 4D Health Tech is to drive forward a new mindset in medical device engineering. We aim to embed time dimensional changes into medical device innovation pathways from design through to materials and manufacturing as well as testing practices.

Research Fellow – Department of Cancer and Genomic Sciences – 105445 – Grade 7

• United Kingdom Posting Dates03/04/2025

Be the First to ApplyApplications are invited for a highly motivated and organised post-doctoral Research Fellow to join the Stewart laboratory, based at the University of Birmingham, to work on the development of suppressor-tRNAs as a therapy for Ataxia-Telangiectasia.

Research Fellow – School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences – 58684 – Grade 7

• United Kingdom Posting Dates03/03/2025

Be the First to ApplyTo create and contribute to the creation of knowledge by undertaking a specified range of activities within an established research programme and/or specific research project.

Research Fellow (Aspire Project) – Birmingham Business School – 105372 – Grade 7

• United Kingdom Posting Dates02/28/2025

The post holder will contribute to the creation of knowledge by undertaking a specified range of research activities within the ASPIRE project. This will include reviewing existing literature, analysing data, and developing written academic and practitioner outputs to further the sector’s understanding of race-inclusive research cultures.

Research Fellow in Responsive Materials – School of Metallurgy and Materials – 105420 – Grade 7

• United Kingdom Posting Dates02/28/2025

To develop actuating materials for micro-scale devices or robots, the research approaches involve discovery of new materials exhibiting stimuli-induced chemo/physio-mechanical reactions or phase transformations, microstructural and mechanistic characterization, chemo-mechanics modelling, and development of methods for their integration to achieve compact material systems with intelligent capabilities.

Research Fellow – School of Computer Science – 105412 – Grade 7

• United Kingdom Posting Dates02/27/2025

The Research Fellow will play a crucial role within the Safeguarded AI project, funded by ARIA (Advanced Research and Invention Agency). As a key contributor, the Research Fellow will work in close collaboration with Dr. Mirco Giacobbe and Dr. Leonardo Stella, as part of an industrial collaboration with AstraZeneca, Cambridge UK, and will engage in cutting-edge research in AI safety, formal verification, dynamical systems and mathematical modelling for the analysis of biochemical processes.

Research Fellow – School of Philosophy, Theology and Religion – 105367 – Grade 7

• United Kingdom Posting Dates02/25/2025

The Research Fellow will contribute to the research and public engagement activities of the Birmingham Center for Philosophy of Religion, including the publication of books and papers arising from project research and the organization of conferences, workshops and public lectures. The appointee, as part of their career development, may also be required and supervise students.

Research Associate – Department of Applied Health Sciences – 103882 – Grade 6

• United Kingdom Posting Dates02/25/2025

This role provides an opportunity for a passionate mental health researcher to work closely with NHS mental health services and other partners to evaluate and improve children and young peoples’ mental health peer support, and deliver innovative mixed methods research through data collection, analysis and publication.

Research Fellow in Ironmaking Process Decarbonsation -School of Engineering – 105311 – Grade 7

• United Kingdom Posting Dates02/24/2025

The post holder will be part of a team, interact closely with industrial partners, and play a key role in developing and demonstrating a new industrial decarbonisation technology – PeroCycle, based on in-process CO2 splitting using a double perovskite made from non-critical materials of barium, calcium, niobium and iron (BCNF). PeroCycle technology targets deep decarbonisation of both blast furnace and DRI processes.

Clinical Research Fellow – Department of Metabolism and Systems Sciences – 104283 – Clinical

• United Kingdom Posting Dates02/24/2025

Be the First to ApplyWe are seeking to appoint two Clinical Research Fellows to join the Women’s Metabolic Health Research team within the NIHR funded BRC to develop a translational Women’s Metabolic Health research idea into a future competitive fellowship bid. The successful applicants will be expected to come out of clinical training to undertake the post and have appropriate permissions to do so.

Research Fellow in Thermochemical and Ceramic Materials – School of Chemical Engineering – 105307 – Grade 7

• United Kingdom Posting Dates02/21/2025

We are seeking a highly motivated researcher to join BCES for an industry-funded post aimed for the foundation industry decarbonisation with a focus on formulation, characterisation, manufacturing, scale-up, and reliability testing of novel structured thermochemical materials for CO2 splitting and ceramic materials for sustaining high-temperature hush ironmaking conditions.

Research Fellow – School of Physics and Astronomy – 105359 – Grade 7

• United Kingdom Posting Dates02/20/2025

We seek an individual with a theoretical background and work experience in theoretical treatment of non-equilibrium many-body dynamics primarily in one or more of: ultracold atoms, topological physics, quantum information or condensed matter. The successful candidate will develop the necessary theoretical models and perform computational calculations to explore various scenarios of quantum dynamical behaviour. This project involves a high degree of teamwork and interdisciplinary research, with the possibility of collaborating with experimental groups.

Research Fellow in Bioanalytical Chemistry – School of Chemistry – 105325 – Grade 7

• United Kingdom Posting Dates02/20/2025

We are seeking applications for a 24-month Research Fellow position to support all activities in Dr Ruchi Gupta’s group, and specifically to develop analytical methods for measurement of biomarkers in biological fluids such as saliva, urine and serum. The post holder should be able to perform chemical synthesis and characterisation protocols. Successful delivery will have a revolutionary impact on the early detection of diseases such as cancer.

Clinical Research Fellow – Department of Applied Health Sciences – 105381 – Clinical

• United Kingdom Posting Dates02/17/2025

We are seeking an enthusiastic and autonomous Research Fellow to join the PRE-EMPT study, a research project funded by the NIHR Programme Grants for Applied Research with the aim of preventing pre-term birth through cervical length screening and treatment. This research post is to support the teams working on the individual work packages. These include investigating the barriers and facilitators that affect the uptake of cervical length screening and treatment across diverse populations including women and health care workers. The Clinical Fellow will also support a health economics work package and then an implementation study. 

Research Fellow – School of Computer Science – 105324 – Grade 7

• United Kingdom Posting Dates02/13/2025

The research project concerned is entitled “Higher Algebra in Computer Science” and aims to further the development of homotopy type theory as a foundation for constructive mathematics.

Research Fellow in Neurogenetics to investigate how experience shapes the brain – School of Biosciences – 98709 – Grade 7

• United Kingdom Posting Dates01/30/2025

A Research Fellow with experience in behavioural neurogenetics of Drosophila is sought. The aim of the project is to investigate how experience and behaviour shape the brain throughout life, the impact that experience has on brain structure, and how behaviour as a source of experience can further impact it. We aim to discover and test underlying molecular mechanisms that regulate structural brain plasticity and neurodegeneration, linking molecules to cells, neural circuits, neurites, synapses, and behaviour. This project will use the fruit-fly Drosophila as a model organism.

Research Fellow – School of Chemical Engineering – 103383 – Grade 7

• United Kingdom Posting Dates01/30/2025

To create and contribute to the creation of knowledge by undertaking a specified range of activities within an established research programme and/or specific research project. The successful candidate will join an ambitious interdisciplinary team within the Advanced Nano Materials, Structures and Applications (ANMSA) Group, one of the leading academic groups in the field of development of novel micro and nanostructures, miniaturised diagnostic technologies and complementary optical processes.

Research Fellow – School of Chemical Engineering – 104014 – Grade 7

• United Kingdom Posting Dates01/17/2025

The Research Fellow will tackle the technical challenges in the development of innovative solutions to creating a highly effective high throughput selection method for peptide-based glycan binders using phase display technology. It will include incorporation of non-natural amino