Job Details

Temporary Researcher

Position Number: 6962033
Location: Boulder, CO
Position Type: Laboratory and Research

Temporary Researcher

Requisition Number: 70312
Location: Boulder Colorado
Employment Type: Research Faculty
Schedule: Part Time
Posting Close Date: 02-Mar-2026
Date Posted:

Job Summary

The Positive Emotion and Psychopathology Lab (PI: Gruber) is seeking a part-time hourly position for a research coordinator. The position will oversee project coordination on an NIH-funded project examining emotion and mental health in young adults and community samples with mood difficulties. NOTE: This is an in-person (not remote or hybrid) work position and involves community participant testing and coordinating research sessions that require availability outside of traditional weekday hours to meet participant needs and run testing sessions (e.g., evenings or weekends). CU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. We are committed to creating a workplace where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity, and we encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

Who We Are

The Positive Emotion and Psychopathology Lab (www.gruberpeplab.com) is an interdisciplinary group of researchers and students under the directorship of Dr. June Gruber who work together towards understanding positive emotional processes and their relevance for understanding adaptive and maladaptive relevant psychological-health outcomes. Our research uses a multi-modal affective science approach to understand positive emotion and reward-related difficulties in psychopathology. Her work examines perturbations in positive valence systems in clinical populations characterized by positive emotion difficulties (e.g., bipolar disorder and depression) as well as across other clinical phenomenon and in healthy community samples of adults. More information about our research can be found here: http://www.gruberpeplab.com/research.php Recent publications can be found here: http://www.gruberpeplab.com/people.php

What Your Key Responsibilities Will Be

Assist with data collection for MRI/fMRI task in young adults at risk for or diagnosed with mood difficulties (this may be remote-based). Secondary Duties (pending time) may include: assisting with recruitment, screening and schedule study participants; creating, managing, and maintaining multiple databases (e.g., participant tracking, data (SPSS, R, Excel), follow-up using Qualtrics, RedCap and/or FileMaker).

What We Can Offer

The hourly rate for this temporary part-time position is $20.

Benefits

Temporary positions at the University of Colorado are not benefits-eligible, however, all positions are eligible for paid sick leave.

Be Statements

Be creative. Be impactful. Be Boulder.

What We Require

B.A. or B.S. in Psychology or related field (minimum GPA 3.5, though > 3.75 preferred)

What You Will Need

Prior clinical psychology or neuroscience research lab experience.
Prior experience with MRI/fMRI research laboratory preferred.
Excellent organizational skills

Special Instructions

To apply, please submit the following materials:

Resume/CV
Cover Letter

We may request references at a later time.
For full consideration, please apply by March 2, 2026.
Note: Application materials will not be accepted via email. For consideration, applications must be submitted through CU Boulder Jobs.

To apply, visit https://jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail/Temporary-Researcher/70312