AIxBio Research Manager(s)

AI Safety
Written By ERA

ERA

📍Remote (Global) 🕔 Full Time
💰$59,500 - $93,000 USD ⏳ 29/09/2025

As a Research Manager, you will work closely with the Programme Director in order to execute ERA’s research programme: supporting our research fellows, guiding them in finding & scoping their projects, and leading research efforts across ERA’s AI x Biosecurity Research Fellowship in January 2026.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Expected

  • A strong background in biosecurity and/or AI safety with a deep understanding of the research landscape in this area, and connections with others working in this field. 

  • Strong organisational and time management skills

  • Commitment to supporting the development of early-career researchers at the interface of AIxBiosecurity

  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team

  • Experience evaluating research proposals and/or grant applications

Nice to Have

  • Opinionated and nuanced perspectives on which biosecurity, AI safety, or AI governance research agendas to prioritize, and why

  • ERA especially excited to hire those with knowledge and experience at the intersection of both frontier AI and biosecurity

Responsibilities

  • Review and evaluate applications to the 2026 AI x Biosecurity Research Fellowship programme

  • Match fellows with mentors who have relevant expertise and can provide guidance and support throughout the fellowship

  • Help fellows scope research projects that align with their interests and skills

  • Direct, shape, and oversee up to 5 research projects/fellows over the course of the AIxBio fellowship programme

  • Provide guidance and support to fellows and their projects throughout the fellowship, including advice on project planning, research methods, and publishing the final research output

  • Help organise workshops, seminars, and other events to support the professional development of fellows

  • Maintain strong relationships with mentors, fellows, and other stakeholders in the biosecurity and AI safety communities

  • Potentially take on a direct mentorship position for fellows

  • Contribute to the development of future fellowship programmes and other initiatives related to AIxBiosecurity at ERA

If you think you may be a good fit but you’re hesitant to apply because of certain preferences around the role, we’d be excited to start a conversation with you about how to make the role a strong mutual fit.

Potential Focus Areas for Winter 2026

  • Developing better computational tools for detecting novel pathogens in wastewater metagenomic data

  • Developing practical know-your-customer tools for gene synthesis providers

  • Building and improving guardrails for potentially dual-use biodesign tooling

  • Building and improving robust evaluations of frontier models’ CBRN capabilities

  • Increasing adversarial robustness against dual-use model queries

  • Building and improving machine unlearning methods for CBRN safety of frontier AI systems

  • Other areas not mentioned here at the interface of frontier AI and Biosecurity 

ERA

ERA is a nonprofit project that provides researchers and entrepreneurs with an in-person, paid, 8-week summer research fellowship at the University of Cambridge, working on mitigating risks from frontier AI.

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