Job Description

Research Fellow in Artificial Intelligence - Future Medicines Institute

Role

: Research Fellow in Artificial Intelligence - Future Medicines Institute

Department:

School of Computing

Grade

: Grade 8 (48,822 per annum)

Responsible to

: Principal Investigator

Campus:

Belfast campus

(Fixed-Term until 31st October 2028 / Full-Time)

Job Purpose:

The Future Medicines Institute (FMI) is a new industry-led research hub for Life and Health Sciences in Northern Ireland, hosted by Queen's University Belfast (QUB) with a MedTech section led by Ulster University supporting the new Centre for Digital Health Technology link core to the Belfast Region City Deal. FMI will foster collaboration across industry, academia, and healthcare to accelerate the development of new drugs and diagnostics, driving growth in our economy. It will provide a vital pathway to speed up patient access to personalised treatments, streamline drug development processes, and bring innovative solutions to market at pace and will drive innovation and productivity in Precision Medicine, building on Northern Ireland's strong reputation in diagnostics and therapeutics.

The post holder will make a leading contribution to the FMI work packages hosted at Ulster University specifically within the research area of Artificial Intelligence. They will be expected to undertake research within the area of artificial intelligence, contribute to the formulation and submission of research publications and research proposals in addition to help manage and direct this complex and challenging project as opportunities allow.

The School of Computing holds a Bronze Athena SWAN Award in recognition of our commitment to advancing Gender equality in higher education. You can read more about what this means at https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/equality-charters/transformed-uk-athena-swan-charter and on our University website https://www.ulster.ac.uk/peopleandculture/employee-benefits/equality-diversity/athena-swan.The University has a range of initiatives to support a family friendly working environment, including flexible working.

Closing date

:

22nd October

2025

at 23.30

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Job ID :

038646

Location :

Belfast

Close Date :

22-Oct-2025