Pre-Doctoral Fellows - System 3

Ashoka University; Bengaluru; Presencial; INR 614.000 - 837.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Ashoka University is seeking two Pre-Doctoral Fellows to help build the System 3 lab in Bengaluru. Fellows will run daily lab operations, design and run behavioural experiments, and contribute to research papers as they prepare for PhD studies.

Ideal candidates have at least 2 years of full-time research experience and a four-year degree (or master's) in a quantitative or related field. The fellowship is 18–24 months, with mentorship and opportunities to engage with public lectures and science

Formación

• A four-year bachelor’s or a master’s in a related field.
• At least 2 years of full-time research experience (may include a research-based master).

Responsabilidades

• Run the lab day-to-day, including scheduling, logistics and keeping studies running smoothly.
• Learn to design and run experiments with PI guidance and participant studies.
• Contribute to academic papers with data, analyses and figures for peer review.
• Open the lab to the curious by planning public talks and discussions.

Conocimientos

Experimental design

Data analysis

Academic writing

Participant recruitment

Mentorship

Lab management

Public lectures

Science communication

Study execution

Educación

Bachelor’s degree (4-year) or Master’s degree in economics, CS, psychology, cognitive science, neuroscience, statistics or related field

Descripción del empleo

Job Title: Pre-Doctoral Fellows (multiple positions), System 3

Reports to: One of the System 3 Principal Investigators

Location: Bengaluru

Experience (in years): At least 2 years of research experience

Nature of work: Full-time fellowship, 18 to 24 months

Role and Responsibilities

System 3 is hiring two Pre-Doctoral Fellows to help build the lab from the ground up. The Fellows will run the lab day to day while learning how to design and run rigorous behavioural experiments. The fellowship suits someone who is considering a PhD, or who simply wants to learn research by doing it in a small, ambitious team. Reporting directly to one of the Principal Investigators, the Fellows will work as a team, sharing responsibility for the lab.

What the Pre-Doc Fellows will do:

• Run the lab
  • Take ownership of the lab's day-to-day work, from scheduling and logistics to keeping studies running smoothly.
  • Help set up the lab's systems and ways of working, and improve them as the lab learns.
  • Take ultimate responsibility for getting people to participate in the lab's experiments, with the support of the wider team.
  • Guide and support Associates, helping them grow as researchers.
• Learn to design and run experiments
  • Work with the Principal Investigators to turn research questions into well-designed experiments.
  • Programme studies, run them with participants and analyse the results.
  • Build the skills to design and lead their own studies.
• Contribute to academic papers
  • Help prepare papers for peer review, including data, analysis and figures.
  • Document work clearly so that others can check it and build on it.
• Open the lab to the curious
  • Help plan public lectures and discussions on behavioural and cognitive science.
  • Welcome anyone who is curious, whether or not they have a science background.

Qualifications

• A four-year bachelor's degree, or a master's degree, in economics, computer science, psychology, cognitive science, neuroscience, statistics or a related field. Exceptional candidates from other disciplines with strong quantitative training are welcome.
• At least 2 years of full-time research experience (a research-based master's may count towards this), ideally

Skills

• Experimental design
• Data analysis
• Academic writing
• Participant recruitment
• Mentorship
• Lab management
• Public lectures
• Science communication
• Study execution