Associate Research Scholar
Physics World · Princeton, NJ · 1 mo ago
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We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role, Responsibilities? Not given. Requirements? Qualifications? Skills? Benefits? Pay? Schedule? We must only include sections when posting has real specific content.
Let's parse content:
- The Princeton Quantum Initiative seeks outstanding applicants for our postdoctoral fellowship program.
- Appointments, which will be to a three-year term, will be at the rank of Associate Research Scholar.
- These highly competitive positions will support research in quantum science and engineering across several departments throughout the university, including physics, electrical engineering, computer science, chemistry, and mechanical engineering.
- Research areas include foundational quantum science, quantum materials, devices for quantum technologies, and quantum computer science.
- Appointments come with a highly competitive salary and $10,000 annually in research funding.
- Applicants should have a strong track record of research excellence in a related field and should have or be approaching a PhD in a related discipline (Physics, EE, Chemistry, or Computer Science).
- Please include a CV, cover letter, a brief (1-2 page) statement of research interests including faculty member(s) with whom you would want to work, publications list, and contact information for three references.
- Applications will receive full consideration if they are submitted by October 9, 2026 at 11:59 PM.
- The work location for this position is in-person, on campus at Princeton University.
- The selected candidates will be required to successfully complete the University's background check.
We need to remove boilerplate: no cookie/navigation/legal/EEO etc. Already none.
We need to format sections: Use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). We must not repeat job title as heading. We need to decide which sections have content.
We have:
- About the role: description of position, term, rank, departments, research areas. That's suitable.
- Responsibilities: Not explicitly listed; maybe implied: support research, etc. But we should not create a section without real specific content. The posting does not list duties/responsibilities explicitly. So we should not include Responsibilities.
- Requirements: Could be about eligibility: strong track record, PhD, etc. That's requirements.
- Qualifications: Could be similar to requirements; but we should avoid duplication. Maybe combine into Requirements.
- Skills: Not specified.
- Benefits: "highly competitive salary and $10,000 annually in research funding." That's benefits. Also maybe mention three-year term, rank, but those are about role.
- Pay: "highly competitive salary" is mentioned but not specific number. The rule says: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. It does state "highly competitive salary" but not a number. Is that considered stating them? It states salary is highly competitive but no figure. The rule says: never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. "highly competitive salary" is vague but still a statement about salary. It's not a placeholder like "commensurate with experience"? It's somewhat vague but still a statement. However the rule says "never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them." It does state that there is a highly competitive salary. So we could include a Pay section with that statement. But we also have Benefits section with research funding. Could combine Pay and Benefits? The instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So maybe combine Pay and Benefits into a single "Compensation and Benefits" but headings are fixed list; we cannot create custom headings. We must use the given headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We could include both Benefits and Pay sections if they have content. However we might avoid thin sections. But we have content for both: Pay: "highly competitive salary". Benefits: "$10,000 annually in research funding." Also maybe mention three-year term? That's not benefit but role.
We could also include Schedule: Not mentioned. So omit.
Qualifications: Could be PhD requirement etc. But we already have Requirements. To avoid duplication, we could put qualifications under Requirements. But we need to decide.
Better: Use About the role (description), Requirements (eligibility, PhD, track record), Benefits (research funding), Pay (salary). That's four sections.
Check if any content for Skills: none.
Responsibilities: none.
Qualifications: maybe we could treat PhD as qualification, but we already have Requirements. Could combine Requirements and Qualifications into one section called Requirements (or Qualifications). But we need to pick headings from list. Since we have both Requirements and Qualifications as possible headings, we could use Requirements for eligibility and Qualifications for PhD etc. But that may be thin.
Given instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So maybe combine into one section called Requirements that includes both eligibility and qualifications. Then we have About the role, Requirements, Benefits, Pay. That's four sections.
Check if Benefits section content: "$10,000 annually in research funding." That's specific. Good.
Pay section: "highly competitive salary." That's a statement but not a number. Is that considered filler? It's not "commensurate with experience" etc. It's a qualitative statement. Might be acceptable. However the rule says: never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. It does state "highly competitive salary". So we can include Pay section with that statement.
Alternatively, we could omit Pay section and mention salary in Benefits or About the role. But the rule says prefer few substantive sections; if we omit Pay, we have three sections. That's okay. But we would lose mention of salary. However we could incorporate salary into Benefits: "Appointments come with a highly competitive salary and $10,000 annually in research funding." That could be placed in Benefits section as combined compensation. But Benefits heading is for benefits; salary is pay. Could still be okay to put both under Benefits. But the instruction says use Benefits heading for benefits; but we could still include salary there as part of compensation. However they said never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. It does state salary, so we could create Pay section. I'd lean to include Pay.
Thus final HTML:
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). We must not repeat job title as heading. We need to decide which sections have content.
We have:
- About the role: description of position, term, rank, departments, research areas. That's suitable.
- Responsibilities: Not explicitly listed; maybe implied: support research, etc. But we should not create a section without real specific content. The posting does not list duties/responsibilities explicitly. So we should not include Responsibilities.
- Requirements: Could be about eligibility: strong track record, PhD, etc. That's requirements.
- Qualifications: Could be similar to requirements; but we should avoid duplication. Maybe combine into Requirements.
- Skills: Not specified.
- Benefits: "highly competitive salary and $10,000 annually in research funding." That's benefits. Also maybe mention three-year term, rank, but those are about role.
- Pay: "highly competitive salary" is mentioned but not specific number. The rule says: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. It does state "highly competitive salary" but not a number. Is that considered stating them? It states salary is highly competitive but no figure. The rule says: never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. "highly competitive salary" is vague but still a statement about salary. It's not a placeholder like "commensurate with experience"? It's somewhat vague but still a statement. However the rule says "never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them." It does state that there is a highly competitive salary. So we could include a Pay section with that statement. But we also have Benefits section with research funding. Could combine Pay and Benefits? The instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So maybe combine Pay and Benefits into a single "Compensation and Benefits" but headings are fixed list; we cannot create custom headings. We must use the given headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We could include both Benefits and Pay sections if they have content. However we might avoid thin sections. But we have content for both: Pay: "highly competitive salary". Benefits: "$10,000 annually in research funding." Also maybe mention three-year term? That's not benefit but role.
We could also include Schedule: Not mentioned. So omit.
Qualifications: Could be PhD requirement etc. But we already have Requirements. To avoid duplication, we could put qualifications under Requirements. But we need to decide.
Better: Use About the role (description), Requirements (eligibility, PhD, track record), Benefits (research funding), Pay (salary). That's four sections.
Check if any content for Skills: none.
Responsibilities: none.
Qualifications: maybe we could treat PhD as qualification, but we already have Requirements. Could combine Requirements and Qualifications into one section called Requirements (or Qualifications). But we need to pick headings from list. Since we have both Requirements and Qualifications as possible headings, we could use Requirements for eligibility and Qualifications for PhD etc. But that may be thin.
Given instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So maybe combine into one section called Requirements that includes both eligibility and qualifications. Then we have About the role, Requirements, Benefits, Pay. That's four sections.
Check if Benefits section content: "$10,000 annually in research funding." That's specific. Good.
Pay section: "highly competitive salary." That's a statement but not a number. Is that considered filler? It's not "commensurate with experience" etc. It's a qualitative statement. Might be acceptable. However the rule says: never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. It does state "highly competitive salary". So we can include Pay section with that statement.
Alternatively, we could omit Pay section and mention salary in Benefits or About the role. But the rule says prefer few substantive sections; if we omit Pay, we have three sections. That's okay. But we would lose mention of salary. However we could incorporate salary into Benefits: "Appointments come with a highly competitive salary and $10,000 annually in research funding." That could be placed in Benefits section as combined compensation. But Benefits heading is for benefits; salary is pay. Could still be okay to put both under Benefits. But the instruction says use Benefits heading for benefits; but we could still include salary there as part of compensation. However they said never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. It does state salary, so we could create Pay section. I'd lean to include Pay.
Thus final HTML:
About the role
The Princeton Quantum Initiative seeks outstanding applicants for our postdoctoral fellowship program. Appointments are for a three‑year term at the rank of Associate Research Scholar. The positions support research in quantum science and engineering across departments including physics, electrical engineering, computer science, chemistry, and mechanical engineering. Research areas include foundational quantum science, quantum materials, devices for quantum technologies, and quantum computer science.
Requirements
Applicants should have a strong track record of research excellence in a related field and should have or be approaching a PhD in a related discipline (Physics, Electrical Engineering, Chemistry, or Computer Science).
Benefits
Appointments include $10,000 annually in research funding.
Pay
Appointments come with a highly competitive salary.
We also need to include application deadline, location, background check, required documents. Where to put? Those are substantive info. Could be part of About the role or Requirements? The deadline and location are not role description but could be under About the role as additional details. Or we could create a section like "Application details" but not allowed headings. So we must fold into existing sections. We could add to About the role: include work location, deadline, background check, required application materials. That seems appropriate. Thus About the role paragraph can be expanded. Let's craft About the role: "The Princeton Quantum Initiative seeks outstanding applicants for our postdoctoral fellowship program. Appointments are for a three‑year term at the rank of Associate Research Scholar. The positions support research in quantum science and engineering across departments including physics, electrical engineering, computer science, chemistry, and mechanical engineering. Research areas include foundational quantum science, quantum materials, devices for quantum technologies, and quantum computer science. The work location is in‑person, on campus at Princeton University. Applications will receive full consideration if submitted by October 9, 2026 at 11:59 PM. Selected candidates must successfully complete the University's background check. Applicants should submit a CV, cover letter, a brief (1‑2 page) statement of research interests (including faculty member(s) with whom they would like to work), publications list, and contact information for three references." That covers all. Now Requirements: maybe just PhD and track record. Benefits: research funding. Pay: salary. Check if any other content: "highly competitive salary" already in Pay. Now ensure no boilerplate: we removed application instructions? Actually we included required documents as part of About the role; that's okay because it's substantive. The instruction said remove application instructions. But the required documents are part of application instructions. However they are substantive info about what to submit. The instruction says: "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." So we should remove application instructions. That means we should not include the list of required documents (CV, cover letter, etc.) because that's application instructions. So we must omit that. Similarly, deadline maybe considered application instruction? It's also part of application process. The instruction says remove application instructions. So we should omit deadline and required documents. However we need to preserve ALL substantive information; does deadline count as substantive? It's part of application process. The instruction says to remove application instructions. So we should remove deadline and required documents. Similarly background check maybe also part of hiring process but not exactly application instruction; it's a condition of employment. Might be considered substantive. The instruction says remove application instructions, not necessarily all hiring process details. Background check is a condition of employment, not an instruction to apply. So we can keep. Work location is substantive. Thus About the role should include: description, term, rank, departments, research areas, work location, background check requirement. Not include deadline or application materials. Let's rewrite About the role accordingly. Now Requirements: PhD, track record. Benefits: research funding. Pay: competitive salary. Check if any other substantive: maybe "Associate Research Scholar" rank is part of About the role. Now produce HTML. Make sure to usefor prose,
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Thus final HTML:
About the role
The Princeton Quantum Initiative seeks outstanding applicants for our postdoctoral fellowship program. Appointments are for a three‑year term at the rank of Associate Research Scholar. The positions support research in quantum science and engineering across departments including physics, electrical engineering, computer science, chemistry, and mechanical engineering. Research areas include foundational quantum science, quantum materials, devices for quantum technologies, and quantum computer science. The work location is in‑person, on campus at Princeton University. Selected candidates will be required to successfully complete the University's background check.
Requirements
Applicants should have a strong track record of research excellence in a related field and should have or be approaching a PhD in a related discipline (Physics, Electrical Engineering, Chemistry, or Computer Science).
Benefits
Appointments include $10,000 annually in research funding.
Pay
Appointments come with a highly competitive salary.