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The Research job function plays a vital role in supporting discovery, innovation, and scholarship across all disciplines, enabling groundbreaking research that impacts the world and educates future leaders. Research professionals support faculty-led projects through data collection and analysis, running lab experiments, conducting literature reviews, managing grants and research protocols, maintaining lab equipment, ensuring compliance with ethical standards, and much more.

Research Associate (January 2026 Start)

Salary

Location

Boston, MA, United States

Union

00 - Non Union, Exempt or Temporary

Work Format

Hybrid

Department

Division of Research and Faculty Development

Job Type

Full-time

FLSA Status

Exempt

Location

Boston

Brand

Harvard Business School

Salary Grade

055

Term Appointment

Yes

Harvard Job Function

Research

Description

Harvard Business School (HBS) seeks multiple Research Associates to support faculty members focused on a variety of research methodologies, such as: experimental design, analysis, coding, IRB, and dat

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01/01/0001

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Research Associate (Immediate Hire)

Salary

Location

Boston, MA, United States

Union

00 - Non Union, Exempt or Temporary

Work Format

Hybrid

Department

Division of Research and Faculty Development

Job Type

Full-time

FLSA Status

Exempt

Location

Boston

Brand

Harvard Business School

Salary Grade

055

Term Appointment

Yes

Harvard Job Function

Research

Description

Harvard Business School (HBS) seeks multiple Research Associates to support faculty members focused on a variety of research methodologies, such as: experimental design, analysis, coding, IRB, and dat

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Expiry Date

01/01/0001

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Informatics Project Lead

Salary

Location

Cambridge, MA, United States

Union

00 - Non Union, Exempt or Temporary

Work Format

Fully Remote

Job Type

Full-time

FLSA Status

Exempt

Location

Cambridge

Brand

Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Salary Grade

058

Term Appointment

Yes

Harvard Job Function

Research

Description

The Informatics Project Lead position will supervise a project to design, develop, and disseminate an online venom knowledge base, to build a cutting-edge online repository that collates venom data ac

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01/01/0001

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Research Assistant II - Microbiology and in vivo models

Salary

Location

Boston, MA, United States

Union

55 - Hvd Union Cler & Tech Workers

Work Format

Fully On-site

Job Type

Full-time

FLSA Status

Non-exempt

Location

Boston

Brand

Wyss Institute at Harvard University

Salary Grade

053

Term Appointment

Yes

Harvard Job Function

Research

Description

About You:You are a collaborative, impact-focused problem solver who wants to be part of a dynamic team dedicated to creating and commercializing novel approaches to global challenges in healthcare an

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Expiry Date

01/01/0001

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Research Assistant II

Salary

Location

Cambridge, MA, United States

Union

55 - Hvd Union Cler & Tech Workers

Work Format

Hybrid

Job Type

Part-time

FLSA Status

Non-exempt

Location

Cambridge

Brand

Harvard Graduate School of Education

Salary Grade

053

Term Appointment

Yes

Harvard Job Function

Research

Description

Project Zero is a research unit in the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Its mission is to understand and enhance learning, thinking, and creativity in the arts, as well as humanistic and scientif

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Expiry Date

01/01/0001

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Research Assistant III

Salary

Location

Boston, MA, United States

Union

55 - Hvd Union Cler & Tech Workers

Work Format

Fully On-site

Department

Cell Biology

Job Type

Full-time

FLSA Status

Non-exempt

Location

Boston

Brand

Harvard Medical School

Salary Grade

054

Term Appointment

Yes

Harvard Job Function

Research

Description

The HMS Electron Microscopy (EM) Core Facility is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Research Assistant III (RAIII) to join our dynamic team. The EM Core provides high-quality services and exper

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Expiry Date

01/01/0001

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Predoctoral Research Associate (Summer 2026)

Salary

Location

Boston, MA, United States

Union

00 - Non Union, Exempt or Temporary

Work Format

Hybrid

Department

Division of Research and Faculty Development

Job Type

Full-time

FLSA Status

Exempt

Location

Boston

Brand

Harvard Business School

Salary Grade

055

Term Appointment

Yes

Harvard Job Function

Research

Description

Harvard Business School (HBS) is seeking multiple Predoctoral Research Associates starting in Summer 2026 to support an assigned faculty member in one of the following academic units. Accounting & Man

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01/01/0001

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Senior Data and Network Scientist

Salary

Location

Cambridge, MA, United States

Union

00 - Non Union, Exempt or Temporary

Work Format

Hybrid

Department

Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy

Job Type

Full-time

FLSA Status

Exempt

Location

Cambridge

Brand

Harvard Kennedy School

Salary Grade

058

Term Appointment

Yes

Harvard Job Function

Research

Description

The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy seeks a full-time Senior Data and Network Scientist to support two multi-year, interdisciplinary research projects, with a focus on social

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01/01/0001

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Assistant Director for Research, Middle East Initiative

Salary

Location

Cambridge, MA, United States

Union

00 - Non Union, Exempt or Temporary

Work Format

Fully On-site

Department

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

Job Type

Full-time

FLSA Status

Exempt

Location

Cambridge

Brand

Harvard Kennedy School

Salary Grade

057

Term Appointment

Yes

Harvard Job Function

Research

Description

MEI seeks a quantitatively-oriented social scientist with deep knowledge of the Middle East to join our team as an Assistant Director for Research. Reporting to and under the direction of the Faculty

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Expiry Date

01/01/0001

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Senior Project Manager, The People Lab

Salary

Location

Cambridge, MA, United States

Union

00 - Non Union, Exempt or Temporary

Work Format

Hybrid

Department

Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University

Job Type

Full-time

FLSA Status

Exempt

Location

Cambridge

Brand

Harvard Kennedy School

Salary Grade

058

Term Appointment

Yes

Harvard Job Function

Research

Description

The Senior Project Manager will manage the implementation of two large research projects for The People Lab. Each are described below and are estimated to be around 50% of the role. The National City

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01/01/0001

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Research Assistant II - Lab

Salary

Location

Boston, MA, United States

Union

55 - Hvd Union Cler & Tech Workers

Work Format

Fully On-site

Department

Systems Biology

Job Type

Full-time

FLSA Status

Non-exempt

Location

Boston

Brand

Harvard Medical School

Salary Grade

053

Term Appointment

Yes

Harvard Job Function

Research

Description

The Silver Lab in the Systems Biology Department at Harvard Medical School seeks an energetic, enthusiastic, and multi-talented individual to work as a Research Assistant II. This position will work o

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Expiry Date

01/01/0001

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Research Assistant II

Salary

Location

Cambridge, MA, United States

Union

55 - Hvd Union Cler & Tech Workers

Work Format

Fully On-site

Job Type

Full-time

FLSA Status

Non-exempt

Location

Cambridge

Brand

Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Salary Grade

053

Term Appointment

Yes

Harvard Job Function

Research

Description

Job Summary:Full-time Research Assistant II (RAII) wanted in the laboratory of Professor Randy Buckner. Job Specific Responsibilities:The RA II’s primary responsibilities include: (1) data acquisitio

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01/01/0001

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Scientist I- Brain Targeting Program

Salary

Location

Boston, MA, United States

Union

00 - Non Union, Exempt or Temporary

Work Format

Fully On-site

Job Type

Full-time

FLSA Status

Exempt

Location

Boston

Brand

Wyss Institute at Harvard University

Salary Grade

056

Term Appointment

No

Harvard Job Function

Research

Description

About You:You have a passion for translational research. You want to be a part of a dynamic team dedicated to creating novel approaches to brain delivery of safer, more effective therapeutics. You enj

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01/01/0001

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Research Analyst II

Salary

Location

Cambridge, MA, United States

Union

00 - Non Union, Exempt or Temporary

Work Format

Hybrid

Job Type

Full-time

FLSA Status

Exempt

Location

Cambridge

Brand

Harvard Graduate School of Education

Salary Grade

056

Term Appointment

Yes

Harvard Job Function

Research

Description

Job Summary: The Research Analyst II (RA II) will be part of a growing team at the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University. We are seeking an independent, detail-oriented, an

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Expiry Date

01/01/0001

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Research Manager

Salary

Location

Cambridge, MA, United States

Union

00 - Non Union, Exempt or Temporary

Work Format

Hybrid

Job Type

Full-time

FLSA Status

Exempt

Location

Cambridge

Brand

Harvard Graduate School of Education

Salary Grade

057

Term Appointment

Yes

Harvard Job Function

Research

Description

The Research Manager will be part of a growing team at the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University. The Research Manager’s primary responsibility is to lead analyses and be t

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Expiry Date

01/01/0001

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Associate Director of Research

Salary

Location

Cambridge, MA, United States

Union

00 - Non Union, Exempt or Temporary

Work Format

Hybrid

Job Type

Full-time

FLSA Status

Exempt

Location

Cambridge

Brand

Harvard Graduate School of Education

Salary Grade

058

Term Appointment

Yes

Harvard Job Function

Research

Description

Job Summary: The Associate Director of Research at the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University will oversee and develop the analytical work for a portfolio of research projec

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