STEM Researchers - Benchmark & First-Author Research

About the role

We’re working with a highly specialized AI research lab building new benchmarks for how frontier AI systems perform real scientific research. They are looking for PhD students and postdocs across STEM fields to help reproduce papers, validate AI‑generated research, and define what “good research” should look like for AI systems. One Fellow per STEM field will help create a new benchmark for evaluating how well frontier AI models perform real scientific research. The benchmark will be released publicly with a research paper and open evaluation set, and Fellows will be named lead / first authors.

Contract: Research fellowship / contractor

Location: Remote, global

Fields: Biology, Medicine, Neuroscience, Materials Science, Chemistry, Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Validate AI‑generated paper reproductions, simulations, and research results.
• Map key research areas and taxonomy within your field.
• Define what “good research” looks like for AI systems.
• Create benchmark tasks and evaluation standards for frontier models.
• Contribute directly to the benchmark paper and public evaluation release.

Requirements

• Current PhD student or postdoc in a relevant STEM field.
• Based at a strong research university or institute.
• At least one published paper in your field.
• Able to critically review research and identify methodological or technical errors.
• Currently using AI for Science in your own research.
• Significant hands‑on use of tools such as Claude Code, Codex, or similar AI agents.

Benefits

• Be a lead / first author on a public benchmark paper.
• Help create one of the first research benchmarks in your scientific field.
• Work directly with a niche AI research lab and frontier AI researchers.
• Flexible remote work designed around academic commitments.

Compensation

$30‑$80 per hour.

Schedule

Flexible hours.