Remote Principal Investigator — Teacher Education Study

AlphaX; United States; Remote; USD 50,000 - 90,000; Part time

Job summary

Workforce Intelligence Lab (WIL) seeks a professor-level researcher to serve as Principal Investigator on a federal education research proposal. The project assesses preservice teacher education and its impact on attracting and retaining preK-12 teachers. The proposal is due in December 2026 with an optional letter of intent in late October.

Part-time remote commitment is anticipated. The role involves leading design, questions, and analyses, identifying partners, and preparing narrative

Qualifications

• Earned doctorate (EdD or PhD), preferably in education, special education or teacher education.
• Current or former faculty appointment (assistant, associate or full professor, or equivalent).
• Published or funded research on teacher preparation, the special education workforce or teacher retention.
• Ability to commit part-time, remote effort to proposal development in Oct–Dec 2026.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Principal Investigator, leading the research design and scholarly framing of the proposal.
• Shape research questions on recruiting, preparing and retaining general and special education teachers through preservice preparation.
• Lead the methods, measurement and analysis plan, working with WIL's workforce data and research team.
• Help identify teacher-preparation programs, school districts and other partners for the study.
• Write and review key proposal sections, including the significance, research plan and personnel narrative.
• Contribute your CV, biosketch and citable prior research to the application.
• If funded, lead the study, its findings and its publications with the project team.

Skills

Grant proposal writing

Research leadership

Remote collaboration

Study design

Education

EdD or PhD in education

Faculty appointment (asst/assoc/full)

Job description

Workforce Intelligence Lab (WIL) seeks a professor-level researcher to serve as Principal Investigator on a federal education research proposal. The project assesses preservice teacher education and its impact on attracting and retaining preK-12 teachers. The proposal is due in December 2026 with an optional letter of intent in late October.

Part-time remote commitment is anticipated. The role involves leading design, questions, and analyses, identifying partners, and preparing narrative