Graduate Research Assistant

The post  

The Faculty wishes to recruit a Graduate Research Assistant to participate in an exciting project on AI for biology. This project funded post is available immediately or from February 1, 2026 to January 31, 2027. This post is flexible to be renewed to another 3 years, depending on the performance of the fellow. The successful applicant will work on a highly interdisciplinary team, researching and developing cutting-edge AI technology for understanding and designing biological systems.   

About you 

The successful applicant will be able to develop research objectives, projects and proposals; identify sources of research funding and contribute to the process of securing funds and make presentations at conferences and other events. 

Applicants will possess a relevant research experience (at least MPhil, ideally to be PhD or equivalent qualification/experience) in a related field of study. The successful applicant will be a nationally recognised authority in AI (including but not limited to computer vision, natural language processing, optimization) and possess sufficient specialist knowledge in the discipline to develop research programmes and methodologies. The successful applicant will also be able to work collaboratively, supervise the work of others and act as team leader as required. Applicants will be able to carry out world-class research and publish in premier venues such as top AI conferences (NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, AAAI) or premier journals (e.g., Nature Machine Intelligence, Nature Methods). 

Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of this role. 

What we can offer you 

• Freedom (and the support) to pursue your intellectual interests and to work creatively across disciplines to produce internationally exciting research; 
• Support teams that understand the University wide research and teaching goals and partner with our academics accordingly  
• An Innovation, Impact and Business directorate that works closely with our academics providing specialist support for external engagement and development 
• Our Exeter Academic initiative supporting high performing academics to achieve their potential and develop their career 
• A multitude of staff benefits including sector leading benefits around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26 weeks full pay), Paternity leave (up to 6 weeks full pay), and a Fertility Treatment Policy 
• A beautiful campus set in the heart of stunning Devon 

The University of Exeter  

The University of Exeter is an equal opportunity employer. We are officially recognised as a Disability Confident employer and an Athena Swan accredited institution. Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented in the workforce.  

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