Postdoctoral Scholar

University of Central Florida • Orlando, FL

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The University of Central Florida's (UCF) department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems (IEMS) invites applications for two Postdoctoral Scholars to support the research program of the National Commercialization and Translation Institute (NCTI), a $20 million national pilot funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). The Postdoctoral Scholars will play a central role in implementing the NCTI research program. The Scholars will work closely with the Principal Investigator (PI), Co-Principal Investigators (Co-PIs), and the independent external evaluator, RTI International.

Requirements

• Ph.D. from an accredited institution in a relevant field, such as innovation and entrepreneurship, economics, management and organization science, science and technology policy, public policy, computational social science, or a related discipline.
• The Ph.D. must be conferred before the commencement of employment in the Postdoctoral Scholar position at the University of Central Florida.
• All applicants must be authorized to work for any U.S. employer.
• H-1B visa sponsorship is not available for this position, and the university cannot accommodate H-1B transfers or employment-based visa processing for individuals currently sponsored by another employer.

Nice To Haves

• Researchers in innovation and entrepreneurship, economics of innovation, science and technology policy, management and organization science, computational social science, or AI-assisted research methods who want to produce publishable, policy-relevant evidence from a live national experiment.
• Strong qualitative, configurational, or computational methods skills are especially welcome.

Responsibilities

• Instrumenting and maintaining the national registry
• Leading baseline and longitudinal data collection under the registered research protocol
• Conducting case-based, qualitative comparative analysis (QCA), and LLM-assisted qualitative analyses
• Leading the development of peer-reviewed manuscripts, public-use datasets, and a transferable intervention playbook

Benefits

• As a next-generation public research university and Forbes-ranked top employer in Florida, we are a community of thinkers, doers, creators, innovators, healers, and leaders striving to create broader prosperity and help shape a better future.
• Your time at UCF will provide you with many meaningful opportunities to grow, you’ll work alongside talented colleagues on complex projects that will challenge you and help you gain new skills and you’ll have countless rewarding experiences that go well beyond a paycheck.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree