Postdoctoral Scholar

Postdoctoral Scholars Opportunity

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.

Responsibilities will include 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; and leading the development of peer-reviewed manuscripts, public-use datasets, and a transferable intervention playbook. The Scholars will work closely with the Principal Investigator (PI), Co-Principal Investigators (Co-PIs), and the independent external evaluator, RTI International.

Minimum Qualifications:

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.

Preferred Qualifications:

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.

Additional Application Materials

Required:

UCF requires all applications and supporting documents to be submitted electronically through the Human Resources employment opportunities website. In addition to the online application, interested candidates should upload the following:

• A curriculum vitae.

NOTE:

Please have all documents ready when applying so they can be simultaneously uploaded. Once the online submission process is finalized, the system does not allow applicants to submit additional documents later.

The selected candidate will be required to submit official transcripts (and, as applicable, U.S. degree equivalency evaluations) documenting the conferral of their qualifying academic credentials.

Professional References:
Please have at least three professional references available to provide if you advance to the next stage of the hiring process. References may be contacted to verify your professional experience and provide a reference. Please ensure that your references are aware they may be contacted and are responsive to reference requests.

Department

College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS) - Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems (IEMS)

Work Schedule

Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Type of Appointment

Fixed Term (Fixed Term)

Expected Salary

$85,000.00

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