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Co-Production and Community Engagement Coordinator
The purpose of this role is to design, implement and manage the DMH Group's Co-Production and Community Engagement strategy, ensuring that input from CYP, parents, policymakers, civil society organisations and other stakeholders informs research design, conduct, dissemination and future planning. The successful applicant will have excellent communication and organisational skills, being able to work with a wide range of people including researchers, academics, policymakers, support staff, students and funders.
The postholder will develop and maintain children's, parents, policy and research advisory bodies, facilitate engagement with diverse stakeholders, plan community engagement activities, facilitate co-production of research with communities, assist in analysing qualitative data, and evaluate the impact of this involvement. The role also contributes to DMH's external visibility through representation in collaborations, events and communications.
Closing date: 18 March 2026
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Science & Policy Internship for Summer 2026 Intake
We are recruiting an undergraduate intern to join us in the Summer of 2026. If you are a current undergraduate with a passion for mental health, screen usage, and the translation of psychological research into policy, this is the role for you. A link to the application portal itself can be found here, and the details of the role are shown in the embedded PDF below.
If you are interested in joining the lab as an undergraduate intern, Masters student, PhD student, or Postdoctoral Research Associate, please get in touch. Further specific vacancies for Research Assistant or Postdoctoral positions will be advertised here and on the University of Cambridge website when available.
Postdoctoral Positions
If you are considering joining the lab as an externally-funded Postdoctoral Research Associate, get in touch with Amy Orben.
Below is a list of sources of funding for postdoc positions in the area of mental health, development and/or neuroscience, in the UK, compiled by Professor Rogier Kievit. Many of these funding opportunities have deadlines up to one year in advance of starting.
Cambridge University
The colleges at Cambridge advertise junior research fellowships each year. Look out for these on college websites and in the Cambridge Reporter.
The Borysiewicz Biomedical Sciences Fellowship Programme
Parke Davis Exchange Fellowship [USA-Cambridge specific]
Charities
Daphne Jackson Fellowship [requires career break]
Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship
https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/early-career-fellowships
Branco-Weiss Fellowship
https://brancoweissfellowship.org/
Jacobs Foundation Fellowship
https://jacobsfoundation.org/en/activity/jacobs-foundation-research-fellowship-program/
Human Frontiers Fellowship
http://www.hfsp.org/funding/postdoctoral-fellowships
Wellcome Early Career Awards
https://wellcome.org/grant-funding/schemes/early-career-awards
Research Councils
British Academy Postdoc Fellowships
https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/
UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship
https://www.ukri.org/what-we-offer/developing-people-and-skills/future-leaders-fellowships/
MRC Career Development award
BBSRC Discovery Fellowships
https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/bbsrc-discovery-fellowships-2023/
ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowships
https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/esrc-postdoctoral-fellowships/
ESRC New Investigator Grants
https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/esrc-new-investigator-grant/
NIHR Advanced Fellowship
https://www.nihr.ac.uk/explore-nihr/academy-programmes/fellowship-programme.htm
Societies
Royal Society University Research Fellowship
https://royalsociety.org/grants-schemes-awards/grants/university-research/
Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship [for ECRs who have caring responsibilities and/or require flexible working]
https://royalsociety.org/grants-schemes-awards/grants/dorothy-hodgkin-fellowship/
Newton International Fellowships
https://royalsociety.org/grants-schemes-awards/grants/newton-international/
Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 Research Fellowships in Science or Engineering
https://royalcommission1851.org/fellowships/research-fellowships
Brain Postdoctoral Fellowships
https://guarantorsofbrain.org/grants/post-doctoral-brain-entry-fellowships/
Miscellaneous
AXA Fellowship
https://www.axa-research.org/en/page/AXA-Fellowships
Marie Curie
https://marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/postdoctoral-fellowships
NARSAD Young Investigator Grants [US-based but can be used in the UK]
https://www.bbrfoundation.org/grants-prizes/narsad-independent-investigator-grants