Biology & Biophysics Research Collaborator (Part-time)
This position will be placed at a leading AI lab as part of their extended workforce. Applicant pay shown: $80 - $110 / hour.
- Platform
- Mercor
- Fit category
- Research and academia
- Remote/location
- United States (remote)
- Pay
- Firm hourly pay: $80 - $110 / hour
- Eligibility
- Remote, U.S. eligibility signal
- Difficulty
- Highly selective
- Last reviewed
- Jul 15, 2026
What this role involves
This position will be placed at a leading AI lab as part of their extended workforce. Review and evaluate research papers in biology and biophysics for rigor, novelty, and scientific validity. Author and review challenging biology/biophysics problems used to train and evaluate frontier AI models. Evaluate model outputs on tasks ranging from mechanism prediction to experimental design to literature interpretation. Part-time: up to 20 hours per week.
Location / eligibility
Remote, U.S. eligibility signal. Listed location: United States (remote). Some opportunities are country-, credential-, tax-, or work-authorization-specific. Check the current Mercor page before applying.
Requirements
- First-author or co-first-author publications in journals such as Nature, Science, Cell, PNAS, eLife, NEJM, Nature Methods, Nature Medicine, Nature Biotechnology, or Nature Communications
- A doctorate or postdoctoral training from a top-20 global institution in the life sciences or a related STEM field
- A competitive fellowship, such as an HHMI fellowship (including EXROP, Hanna H. Gray, or Investigator), an NIH F31/F32/K99, an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship or Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, or a Damon Runyon, Helen Hay Whitney, Jane Coffin Childs, Searle, Pew, Sloan, Packard, Simons, or Fulbright award
- Current or recent experience in an active research role, as a PhD candidate, postdoctoral researcher, instructor, faculty member, principal scientist, or industry researcher
- Outstanding senior PhD students and recent graduates with strong publication records are strongly encouraged to apply; the depth of your research output matters more than years of experience.
Best for
- Professionals with direct experience relevant to Biology & Biophysics Research Collaborator (Part-time)
- Review and evaluate research papers in biology and biophysics for rigor, novelty, and scientific validity
- First-author or co-first-author publications in journals such as Nature, Science, Cell, PNAS, eLife, NEJM, Nature Methods, Nature Medicine, Nature Biotechnology, or Nature Communications
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- You do not have direct experience relevant to biology & biophysics research collaborator (part-time)
- You cannot meet the current location, eligibility, or availability requirements shown on Mercor
- You need guaranteed acceptance, work, pay, hours, or project duration
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