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.
Research Fellow in Systems and Computational Neuroscience - Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Deadline: 25th May, 2025 (AEST)
For more info and to apply: https://careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/job/676758/research-fellow-systems-and-computational-neuroscience
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
NORTH AMERICA
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.
Research Scientist - New York University, New York
Full time, in-person research scientist to ensure the efficient and safe operation of MRI scanning equipment and related technologies, while overseeing the training, supervision, and performance of researchers.
More info and to apply: https://apply.interfolio.com/166773
Postdoctoral in Deep Learning in Medical Image Processing - University of California, Irvine
Deadline: May 31, 2025
Apply here: https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09488
Postdoctoral Fellow - University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Texas
Interested fields include: Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Biomechanics, Physics, or Neuroscience
To apply: Email Dr. Nian Wang (nian.wang@utsouthwestern.edu) with a cover letter, your CV and contact information for three references.
Lab website: https://labs.utsouthwestern.edu/wang-nian-lab
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