Role Snapshot
Lead researcher at UNC Chapel Hill's Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute conducting interdisciplinary research on self-regulation interventions for children and youth facing chronic adversity. The role provides project leadership on federally-funded research initiatives with direct impact on educational and developmental outcomes.
Key Responsibilities: Conduct research on social-emotional interventions in educational contexts, lead research operations for the UPSIDE team, develop and maintain partnerships with education stakeholders to implement research projects in schools, and contribute to proposal development and dissemination of research results.
Skills & Tools: Strong research design and evaluation methodology expertise, demonstrated ability to lead interdisciplinary teams, partnership development and stakeholder engagement skills, proposal writing and grant management experience, and knowledge of social-emotional and self-regulation intervention implementation in educational settings.
Qualifications: PhD in psychology, education, human development, or related field with substantial experience conducting intervention research in educational contexts. Prior experience leading research teams, managing funded projects, and collaborating with schools or educational institutions required.
Location: In-Person
Compensation: $140K–$220K/yr (estimated)
Job Description
This position may be eligible for a hybrid work arrangement that may include a partially remote work location, consistent with System Office policy. UNC Chapel Hill employees are generally required to reside within a reasonable commuting distance of their assigned duty station.
The Research Scientist serves as a project leader on funded research project(s) at the Frank Porter Graham (FPG) Child Development Institute or other collaborative research at UNC-Chapel Hill. The position will contribute leadership within Dr. Murray's Understanding and Promoting Self-regulation Interventions across Development (UPSIDE) Team. The UPSIDE team conducts interdisciplinary research that develops, implements, and evaluates self-regulation interventions that promote resilience for children and youth across the developmental spectrum from early childhood through young adulthood, with particular focus on youth who face chronic adversity. This includes a mindfulness-based intervention for middle and high school students called Be CALM which is currently being implemented and evaluated with federal funding in a randomized controlled trial within early college high schools across NC.
The Research Scientist conducts research on social-emotional interventions in educational contexts, provides leadership for research operations on the UPSIDE team, develops and maintains partnerships with education stakeholders to support implementation of research projects in schools, and contributes to proposal development and dissemination of results.
The Research Scientist serves as a project leader on funded research project(s) at the Frank Porter Graham (FPG) Child Development Institute or other collaborative research at UNC-Chapel Hill. The position will contribute leadership within Dr. Murray's Understanding and Promoting Self-regulation Interventions across Development (UPSIDE) Team. The UPSIDE team conducts interdisciplinary research that develops, implements, and evaluates self-regulation interventions that promote resilience for children and youth across the developmental spectrum from early childhood through young adulthood, with particular focus on youth who face chronic adversity. This includes a mindfulness-based intervention for middle and high school students called Be CALM which is currently being implemented and evaluated with federal funding in a randomized controlled trial within early college high schools across NC.
The Research Scientist conducts research on social-emotional interventions in educational contexts, provides leadership for research operations on the UPSIDE team, develops and maintains partnerships with education stakeholders to support implementation of research projects in schools, and contributes to proposal development and dissemination of results.
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