Current opportunities
Current opportunities to join an advisory committee, panel, forum or network.
AIRR User Advisory Group vacancies
- Closing date
- 23 April 2026
- Number of positions
- Multiple
- Length of term
- Two years with option to extend for Core membership.
As-needed basis for Technical Pool membership.
- Time commitment
- Quarterly meetings
- Remuneration
- This is not a salaried position, although reasonable travel and subsistence expenses will be paid
- Outcomes communicated date
- May 2026
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and UKRI UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) are welcoming applicants to join the AI Research Resource (AIRR) User Advisory Group (UAG).
The AIRR UAG is devised as a flexible resource, enabling the AIRR programme to obtain the strategic advice it needs in a timely manner, drawing on a range of user perspectives from across our key stakeholder groups.
There are two streams of membership:
- Core members on a fixed two-year term
- Technical pool members to bring topic-specific or emerging expertise on an as-needed basis
Find out more: AIRR User Advisory Group vacancies
STFC advisory body and peer review panel vacancies 2026
- Closing date
- 27 April 2026
- Number of positions
- Multiple
- Length of term
- Three years, unless otherwise stated
The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) is inviting applications to over 50 board and panel vacancies across the council’s remit. The STFC advisory bodies and peer review panels provide advice and guidance to aid our strategic direction and support our decision-making processes.
See the individual panel vacancy pages for more details:
- Advisory Panel for Public Engagement
- Astronomy Small Awards Grants Panel
- CERN Fellowships Panel
- Education Training and Careers Committee
- Ernest Rutherford Fellowship Panel
- Multidisciplinary Facility User Advisory Panel
- Particle Physics Advisory Panel
- Particle Physics Grants Panel (Theory)
- Science Board (Facilities and Laboratories)
- Science Board (PPAN)
- European Southern Observatory Council: UK science delegate
UKRI Digital Research Infrastructure Pool STRIKE: member vacancies
- Closing date
- Open-ended
- Number of positions
- Multiple
- Length of term
- Three years with option to extend
- Time commitment
- Varies based on availability and expertise
- Remuneration
- This is not a salaried position, although reasonable travel and subsistence expenses will be paid
The UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Digital Research Infrastructure Pool: Supporting Technical Review, Insight, Knowledge and Evaluation (STRIKE) is a newly established group.
The group provides independent, high-quality technical insight and advice to both the UKRI Digital Research Infrastructure (DRI) Programme team and the UKRI Digital Research Infrastructure Committee (DRIC).
As a STRIKE member, you will draw on your expertise to help ensure the technical feasibility and robustness of the UKRI DRI Programme’s plans and investments.
Recent vacancy opportunities
- Chair of the STFC Science Board (Facilities and Laboratories)
- EPSRC Science, Engineering and Technology Board vacancies
- EPSRC Strategic Advisory Teams vacancies
- ESRC Assessor College: 2025 recruitment round
- Expert panel to review Institute of Zoology special funding
- Infrastructure Advisory Committee: member vacancies
- Mid-Range Equipment for Biomedical Research Panel Chair vacancy
- MRC Board and Panel Associates Scheme: Associate vacancies
- MRC Centres of Research Excellence Outline Panel: member vacancies
- MRC Developmental Pathway Funding Scheme Panel: member vacancies
- MRC Equipment Panel: member vacancies
- MRC Experimental Medicine Panel: member vacancies
- MRC Infections and Immunity Board (IIB): member vacancies
- MRC Molecular and Cellular Medicine Board member vacancies
- MRC Neurosciences and Mental Health Board (NMHB) member vacancies
- MRC Population and Systems Medicine Board (PSMB) member vacancies
- MRC Training and Career Development Non-Clinical Panel Chair vacancy
- MRC Training and Career Development Panels: member vacancies
- MRC expert reviewer selector vacancies
- NERC Science Committee Chair
- Research England EDI Expert Advisory Group
Last updated: 14 April 2026