As the steward of medical and behavioral research for the Nation, the NIH scientific community encompasses diverse biomedical professionals involved in direct patient care activities, research, and/or scientific administrative roles. Scientific positions at the NIH include nurse researcher, physician-scientist, clinical and basic researchers, and data scientists. Additionally, the NIH supports the next generation of scientists, funding thousands of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows across the United States.
This website is designed to host advertisements of mid-level scientific administrative and scientist-researcher positions as well as links to identify current NIH training programs.
If you have a scientific position at the NIH that you would like advertised on this page, please contact Mitzi Kosciulek at mitzi.kosciulek@nih.gov or (301) 594-2157.
Criteria for Posting an NIH Scientific Position
Current NIH Scientific Vacancies
This list is not comprehensive and represents only currently and recently advertised positions.
| Position | Pay | Close Date (Sorted ascending) |
|---|---|---|
| Program Director, Preclinical Screening Platform for Pain (PSPP), (NINDS) | Commensurate with qualifications and experience | |
| Scientific Project Manager, Epilepsy Therapy Screening Program (NINDS) | Commensurate with qualifications and experience | |
| Program Director, Channels, Synapses and Circuits Cluster (NINDS) | Commensurate with qualifications and experience | |
| Tenure-Track Position in Lung Extracellular Matrix Biology (NIEHS) | Commensurate with qualifications and experience | |
| Director, Division of Aging Biology (DAB), National Institute of Aging (NIA) | Commensurate with qualifications and experience | |
| Postdoctoral position in Medical Virology Section, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases | Commensurate with qualifications and experience | |
| Health Scientist Administrator, Program Director (NCCIH BRAIN Program) | Commensurate with qualifications and experience | |
| Staff Scientist (NCI) | Commensurate with qualifications and experience | |
| Chief, Respiratory Diseases Branch (NIAID) | Commensurate with qualifications and experience | |
| Tenure-Track Investigator, Radiation Epidemiology Branch (NCI) | Commensurate with qualifications and experience | |
| Tenure-Track Or Tenure-Eligible Position In The Laboratory Of Chemical Physics (NIDDK) | Commensurate with qualifications and experience | |
| Staff Scientist (NCI) | Commensurate with qualifications and experience | |
| Health Scientist, Diagnostics Concept Accelerator (NIAID) | Commensurate with qualifications and experience | |
| Senior Scientist – Head, Pathology Laboratories, DNTP/NIEHS | Commensurate with qualifications and experience | |
| Senior Scientist – Head, NTP Pathology Group, DNTP/NIEHS | Commensurate with qualifications and experience | |
| Deputy Director, All of Us Research Program® | Commensurate with qualifications and experience | |
| Staff Scientist - Integrative Tumor Epidemiology Branch (NCI) | Commensurate with qualifications and experience | |
| Postdoctoral Position-Neuroimaging of Pain and Affect (NCCIH) | Commensurate with qualifications and experience | Open until filled |
| Director, Small Business Program (NINDS) | Commensurate with qualifications and experience | Open until filled |
| Staff Clinician, Office of the Clinical Director of the (NIMH) | Commensurate with qualifications and experience | Open until filled |
| Staff Scientist, Mass Spectrometry Research and Support Group (NIEHS) | Commensurate with qualifications and experience | Open until filled |
| Post-Doctoral Positions, Population Sciences Branch (NHLBI) | Commensurate with qualifications and experience | Open until filled |
| Postdoctoral Positions in Structural RNA Biology (NCI) | Commensurate with qualifications and experience | Open until filled |
| Biostatistician (NIEHS) | Commensurate with qualifications and experience | Open until filled |
| Postdoctoral Research Position (NCI) | Commensurate with qualifications and experience | Open until filled |
| Staff Clinician (NCI) | Commensurate with qualifications and experience | Open until filled |
| Post-Doctoral Fellowship Position, Diabetes, Endocrinology and Obesity Branch (NIDDK) | Commensurate with qualifications and experience | Open until filled |
| Director, Office of Special Populations (NIA) | Commensurate with qualifications and experience | Open until filled |
| Staff Scientist, Glycobiology | Commensurate with qualifications and experience | Open until filled |
| Health Scientist Administrator, Program Director (NINDS) | Commensurate with qualifications and experience | Open until filled |
| Staff Scientist, Investigative Veterinary Pathologist (NCI) | Commensurate with qualifications and experience | Open until filled |