Psych Jobs 2025-2026
Welcome to the Postdoc Positions page. All jobs listed below are postdocs positions. If the start dates are not Spring 2026 or Fall 2026, you will see an asterisk next to the university indicating it is or likely is a Summer or Fall 2025 start date.
Job calls are organized so that the newest posts are at the top of each section. Please double check all job ads via the associated link for official deadlines and other important information. If a job has a strikethrough, it means that the job search was cancelled. Within each post, you will find the name of the university (with a little description of the type of psychology called for), the job ad link, the application review date (if provided), and the start date (if provided). If the post is cross-listed, the information in the parentheses at the end will include in which other categories the job is posted.
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New Jobs Last Posted: 9/11/2025
*University of California San Diego (UC San Diego) (1-3 new postdoc fellows to start in 2025, working with Dr. William Pelham on projects investigating externalizing psychopathology, substance use, and/or parenting of children and adolescents); job ad; Review deadline: rolling; Start date: within 2025 (cross-listed: clinical, dev)
University of Idaho (Dr. Colin Xu, work involving the use of statistical and machine learning methods for predicting mental health outcomes of anxiety, depression and PTSD); job ad; Review deadline: 09/09/2025 (cross-listed: clinical, quant)
University of Connecticut (School of Medicine, seeking social, personality, clinical, or health psychologist with interests in daily process/experience sampling methods and their applications to alcohol use, chronic pain, stress and coping, and other daily behaviors and experiences); job ad; Review deadline: immediately (cross-listed: clinical, health, soc)
Department of Veterans Affairs (VISN 17 Center for Excellence for Research on Returning War Veterans, 2 year position, 75% research, 25% clinical with research opportunities in trauma research, positive psychology, digital intervention and PTSD/moral injury, and neuromodulation and mood disorders); job ad; Review deadline: 01/22/2026 but accepted until filled; Start date: 09/2026 or 10/2026 (cross-listed: clinical, neuro, soc)
Drexel University (Life Course Outcomes and Policy, Analytics, and Community Research Programs, position to sutdy development of loneliness among autistic young adults during life transitions); job ad; Review deadline: 09/05/2025 (cross-listed: clinical, dev, soc)
University of Mantioba & Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (IMPaCT Trails Network, work on equity-driven, community-partnered research to scale evidence-based eHealth interventions for kids and family); job ad; Review deadline: 08/31/2025 (cross-listed: clinical, comm, dev, diversity, health)
Georgia Institute of Technology (1 year with possibility of renewal, work with Drs. Christopher Rozell & Sankar Alagapan, experience in conducting human subjects studies with neural data acquisition); job ad; Review deadline: Immediately (cross-listed: clinical, health, neuro)
*Emory University (Psychedelic clinical research w/ Emory Healthcare Veterans Program, investigating MDMA assisted massed exposure therapy for PTSD); job ad; Review deadline: rolling basis
*University of Utah (Walsh-Snow Lab, recruiting postdoc to join project on the neural basis of real-world object perception, uses fMRI, behavioral psychophysics, and eye-tracking); job ad; Review deadline: open immediately; Start date: Fall 2025 preferred and no later than early 2026 (cross-listed: cog, dev, neuro)
*University of Coimbra (2 year, but possibly 3 year, position with Jorge Almeida and Alfonso Caramazza, exploring object processing using fMRI and multivariate methods); job ad; Review deadline: ASAP; Start date: ASAP (cross-listed: cog, neuro)
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Brain and Cognitive Development Lab, longitudinal study using functional near-infrared spectroscopy and event-related potentials to examine the relationship between functional brain re-organization and numeracy in childre from 3-6 years old); job ad; Review deadline: 10/01/2025 (cross-listed: cog, dev, ed, neuro)
MGH Institute of Health Professions & Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (1 year position for study of children's understanding and learning of intuitive physics); job ad; Review deadline: no longer accepting applications; Start date: not later than 01/01/2026 (cross-listed: cog, dev)
VA Boston Healthcare System and Boston University (1-2 year position and renewable yearly depending on funding; assist with Dr. Andrew Budson's VA-funded research on memory and Alzheimer's disease and related disorders); job ad; Review deadline: immediately (cross-listed: cog, neuro)
Brandeis University (Florence Levy Kay Postdoctoral Fellowship in Artificial Intelligence and Society, Lecturer for 2026-2028; research interest spanning computer science, psychology, and sociology); job ad; Review deadline: 10/01/2025; Start date: 07/01/2026
*Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech (1 year position with possibility of renewal, Computational Cognitive Neuroscience Lab, investigating neural and computational mechanisms of structured learning and flexible cognition); job ad; Review deadline: rolling; Start date: Flexible (Cross-listed: cog, neuro)
*Purdue University (Language Learning and Meaning Acquisition Lab, longitudinal project of language learning and outcomes in children with and without a history of late talking); job ad; Review deadline: 06/04/2025; Start date: Between 08/2025 and 01/2026 (cross-listed: cog, dev)
University of Mantioba & Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (IMPaCT Trails Network, work on equity-driven, community-partnered research to scale evidence-based eHealth interventions for kids and family); job ad; Review deadline: 08/31/2025 (cross-listed: clinical, comm, dev, diversity, health)
*University of California San Diego (UC San Diego) (1-3 new postdoc fellows to start in 2025, working with Dr. William Pelham on projects investigating externalizing psychopathology, substance use, and/or parenting of children and adolescents); job ad; Review deadline: rolling; Start date: within 2025 (cross-listed: clinical, dev)
*University of Utah (Walsh-Snow Lab, recruiting postdoc to join project on the neural basis of real-world object perception, uses fMRI, behavioral psychophysics, and eye-tracking); job ad; Review deadline: open immediately; Start date: Fall 2025 preferred and no later than early 2026 (cross-listed: cog, dev, neuro)
Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) (Cognition, Affect, and Temperament Lab, primary studies will be a longitudinal study that will examine parental transmission of anxiety to preschool children); job ad; Review deadline: immediately and continue until filled; Start date: ideally early fall
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Brain and Cognitive Development Lab, longitudinal study using functional near-infrared spectroscopy and event-related potentials to examine the relationship between functional brain re-organization and numeracy in childre from 3-6 years old); job ad; Review deadline: 10/01/2025 (cross-listed: cog, dev, ed, neuro)
Drexel University (Life Course Outcomes and Policy, Analytics, and Community Research Programs, position to sutdy development of loneliness among autistic young adults during life transitions); job ad; Review deadline: 09/05/2025 (cross-listed: clinical, dev, soc)
MGH Institute of Health Professions & Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (1 year position for study of children's understanding and learning of intuitive physics); job ad; Review deadline: no longer accepting applications; Start date: not later than 01/01/2026 (cross-listed: cog, dev)
University of Mantioba & Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (IMPaCT Trails Network, work on equity-driven, community-partnered research to scale evidence-based eHealth interventions for kids and family); job ad; Review deadline: 08/31/2025 (cross-listed: clinical, comm, dev, diversity, health)
Baylor University (infant EEG lab and data collection with mothers and infants, Dr. Masha Gartstein's lab); job ad; Review deadline: immediately; Start date: 01/2026 (cross-listed: dev, neuro)
*Purdue University (Language Learning and Meaning Acquisition Lab, longitudinal project of language learning and outcomes in children with and without a history of late talking); job ad; Review deadline: 06/04/2025; Start date: Between 08/2025 and 01/2026 (cross-listed: cog, dev)
*University College Dublin (Level 1 or 2, ASPbelong's work package 5 on science communication and implementation science); job ad; Review deadline: 07/07/2025 (cross-listed: dev, ed, quant, soc)
*Central European University (Causal Cognition Lab, Simons Collaboration for Ecological Neuroscience, developmental neuroscience project to understand how infants' developing motor abilities change their representations of the world); job ad; Review deadline: Immediately (cross-listed: dev, neuro)
*University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (someone with excellent study management and analytic skills who are interested in the role of peers, social media, and the developing brain); job ad; Review deadline: rolling (cross-listed: dev, neuro, soc)
University of Mantioba & Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (IMPaCT Trails Network, work on equity-driven, community-partnered research to scale evidence-based eHealth interventions for kids and family); job ad; Review deadline: 08/31/2025 (cross-listed: clinical, comm, dev, diversity, health)
*Duke University (Salter Psychology of Anti-Racism and Culture Lab, bi-directional relationships between collective memory, identity, and systemic racism); job ad; Review deadline: rolling starting 06/12/2025; Start date: 08/2025 (cross-listed: diversity, soc)
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Brain and Cognitive Development Lab, longitudinal study using functional near-infrared spectroscopy and event-related potentials to examine the relationship between functional brain re-organization and numeracy in childre from 3-6 years old); job ad; Review deadline: 10/01/2025 (cross-listed: cog, dev, ed, neuro)
*University College Dublin (Level 1 or 2, ASPbelong's work package 5 on science communication and implementation science); job ad; Review deadline: 07/07/2025 (cross-listed: dev, ed, quant, soc)
University of Connecticut (School of Medicine, seeking social, personality, clinical, or health psychologist with interests in daily process/experience sampling methods and their applications to alcohol use, chronic pain, stress and coping, and other daily behaviors and experiences); job ad; Review deadline: immediately (cross-listed: clinical, health, soc)
University of Mantioba & Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (IMPaCT Trails Network, work on equity-driven, community-partnered research to scale evidence-based eHealth interventions for kids and family); job ad; Review deadline: 08/31/2025 (cross-listed: clinical, comm, dev, diversity, health)
Georgia Institute of Technology (1 year with possibility of renewal, work with Drs. Christopher Rozell & Sankar Alagapan, experience in conducting human subjects studies with neural data acquisition); job ad; Review deadline: Immediately (cross-listed: clinical, health, neuro)
Boston University (Medical Campus, focus on health behavior change and mobile health, strong interest and competency in mobile health and health can behavior, 1 year position); job ad; Review deadline: immediately; Start date: ASAP
*University of Utah (Walsh-Snow Lab, recruiting postdoc to join project on the neural basis of real-world object perception, uses fMRI, behavioral psychophysics, and eye-tracking); job ad; Review deadline: open immediately; Start date: Fall 2025 preferred and no later than early 2026 (cross-listed: cog, dev, neuro)
*University of Coimbra (2 year, but possibly 3 year, position with Jorge Almeida and Alfonso Caramazza, exploring object processing using fMRI and multivariate methods); job ad; Review deadline: ASAP; Start date: ASAP (cross-listed: cog, neuro)
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Brain and Cognitive Development Lab, longitudinal study using functional near-infrared spectroscopy and event-related potentials to examine the relationship between functional brain re-organization and numeracy in childre from 3-6 years old); job ad; Review deadline: 10/01/2025 (cross-listed: cog, dev, ed, neuro)
Department of Veterans Affairs (VISN 17 Center for Excellence for Research on Returning War Veterans, 2 year position, 75% research, 25% clinical with research opportunities in trauma research, positive psychology, digital intervention and PTSD/moral injury, and neuromodulation and mood disorders); job ad; Review deadline: 01/22/2026 but accepted until filled; Start date: 09/2026 or 10/2026 (cross-listed: clinical, neuro, soc)
Veteran Affairs Boston Healthcare System and Boston University (1-2 year position and renewable yearly depending on funding; assist with Dr. Andrew Budson's VA-funded research on memory and Alzheimer's disease and related disorders); job ad; Review deadline: immediately (cross-listed: cog, neuro)
Georgia Institute of Technology (1 year with possibility of renewal, work with Drs. Christopher Rozell & Sankar Alagapan, experience in conducting human subjects studies with neural data acquisition); job ad; Review deadline: Immediately (cross-listed: clinical, health, neuro)
Baylor University (infant EEG lab and data collection with mothers and infants, Dr. Masha Gartstein's lab); job ad; Review deadline: immediately; Start date: 01/2026 (cross-listed: dev, neuro)
*Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech (1 year position with possibility of renewal, Computational Cognitive Neuroscience Lab, investigating neural and computational mechanisms of structured learning and flexible cognition); job ad; Review deadline: rolling; Start date: Flexible (Cross-listed: cog, neuro)
*Central European University (Causal Cognition Lab, Simons Collaboration for Ecological Neuroscience, developmental neuroscience project to understand how infants' developing motor abilities change their representations of the world); job ad; Review deadline: Immediately (cross-listed: dev, neuro)
University of Idaho (Dr. Colin Xu, work involving the use of statistical and machine learning methods for predicting mental health outcomes of anxiety, depression and PTSD); job ad; Review deadline: 09/09/2025 (cross-listed: clinical, quant)
*University College Dublin (Level 1 or 2, ASPbelong's work package 5 on science communication and implementation science); job ad; Review deadline: 07/07/2025 (cross-listed: dev, ed, quant, soc)
University of Connecticut (School of Medicine, seeking social, personality, clinical, or health psychologist with interests in daily process/experience sampling methods and their applications to alcohol use, chronic pain, stress and coping, and other daily behaviors and experiences); job ad; Review deadline: immediately (cross-listed: clinical, health, soc)
University of Colorado Boulder (Social Vision & Mind Lab directed by Dr. Youngki Hong, research on person perception, stereotyping and prejudice, and intervention science, 2 year position); job ad; Review deadline: 11/01/2025; Start date: Fall 2026
Department of Veterans Affairs (VISN 17 Center for Excellence for Research on Returning War Veterans, 2 year position, 75% research, 25% clinical with research opportunities in trauma research, positive psychology, digital intervention and PTSD/moral injury, and neuromodulation and mood disorders); job ad; Review deadline: 01/22/2026 but accepted until filled; Start date: 09/2026 or 10/2026 (cross-listed: clinical, neuro, soc)
Drexel University (Life Course Outcomes and Policy, Analytics, and Community Research Programs, position to sutdy development of loneliness among autistic young adults during life transitions); job ad; Review deadline: 09/05/2025 (cross-listed: clinical, dev, soc)
University of Arizona (Researcher/Scientist III (postdoc), Social Psychology of Evolutionary Cooperation, Interdependence, and Emotions Lab, field data on cooperation and well-being, fieldwork in Northern Nicaragua); job ad; Review deadline: continue until filled (cross-listed: soc, open)
*Duke University (Salter Psychology of Anti-Racism and Culture Lab, bi-directional relationships between collective memory, identity, and systemic racism); job ad; Review deadline: rolling starting 06/12/2025; Start date: 08/2025 (cross-listed: diversity, soc)
*University of California, Riverside (Self & Society Laboratory, lab conducts research related to the development of personality traits and self-concept; the psychology of socioeconomic conditions; and social openness, cross-race relationships, and prejudice); job ad; Review deadline: next review date 07/14/2025; Start date: Fall 2025, but flexible virtual interview 07/22/2025
*Columbia University (IMPression in ACTion lab, focus on advancing a naturalistic understanding of social cognition); job ad; Review deadline: not specified; Start date: flexible
*University College Dublin (Level 1 or 2, ASPbelong's work package 5 on science communication and implementation science); job ad; Review deadline: 07/07/2025 (cross-listed: dev, ed, quant, soc)
University of Arizona (Researcher/Scientist III (postdoc), Social Psychology of Evolutionary Cooperation, Interdependence, and Emotions Lab, field data on cooperation and well-being, fieldwork in Northern Nicaragua); job ad; Review deadline: continue until filled (cross-listed: soc, open)