Postdoctoral and PhD Opportunities in Infant NeuroAI at Trinity College Dublin
Five Ways to Join the InfantNeuroAI Team! Infants are acquiring the brain representations that form the foundations of cognition. These representations are powerful: they let a child go on to master many tasks with remarkable speed. The InfantNeuroAI project aims to measure these developing representations, using awake infant neuroimaging with fMRI and OPM-MEG, and to model the developmental process using computational models from AI. The project has three goals. To better understand infant cognition. To develop neuroimaging methods that can detect disrupted function after neonatal brain injury. And to identify new, more energy-efficient learning algorithms that could reduce the economic and environmental cost of AI. Everyone on the project is involved end to end: setting up the imaging, designing experiments, acquiring data, analysing it, building computational models, presenting the work and writing it up. You will do all of this with Professor Rhodri Cusack and an interdisciplinary team of neuroscientists, cognitive scientists, neuroimagers and AI engineers. Postdoctoral Fellow in Awake Infant OPM-MEG You will lead the establishment of awake infant OPM-MEG in the lab, using our CERCA system, and carry that work through to experiments, analysis, modelling and publication. You will need good coding skills and expertise in at least one of the following, with a willingness to develop the others: • Cognitive neuroscience • OPM-MEG, MEG or EEG • Computational modelling using deep neural networks Full time for two years from November 2026. Salary €47,273–55,399 per annum, with pension contribution, PRSI social insurance and annual leave. Selection will begin on 4 October, 2026. Further details and how to apply: https://cusacklab-web.s3.amazonaws.com/infantneuroai_2026_researchfellow2_op... Postdoctoral Fellow in Awake Infant fMRI and NeuroAI You will lead the establishment of awake infant fMRI on our Siemens 3T Prisma, and use the resulting data to test and develop deep-neural-network models of how infants learn. You will need good coding skills and expertise in at least one of the following, with a willingness to develop the others: • Infant cognitive neuroscience • Neuroimaging with fMRI • Computational modelling using deep neural networks Full time for two years from January 2027. Salary €47,273–55,399 per annum, with pension contribution, PRSI social insurance and annual leave. Closing date: 4 October, 2026. Further details and how to apply: https://cusacklab-web.s3.amazonaws.com/infantneuroai_2026_researchfellow1_fm... Three PhD Scholarships in Awake Infant fMRI and NeuroAI These scholarships offer rich training in neuroimaging methods, developmental cognitive neuroscience and computational modelling with deep neural networks. Working with Professor Cusack and the wider team, you will take part in the full research cycle using awake infant fMRI and/or OPM-MEG. You will need a Bachelor's degree in psychology, cognitive science, computer science or a related field, good coding skills, and expertise or strong interest in: • Cognitive neuroscience • Neuroimaging • Infant development • Deep neural networks Full time for four years, starting March or September 2027. Stipend of €25,000 per annum, plus fees and conference travel. Closing date: 4 October, 2026. Further details and how to apply: https://cusacklab-web.s3.amazonaws.com/infantneuroai_2026_phds.pdf About the lab The Cusack Lab is housed in the Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience (TCIN), which brings together 60 groups and 250 scientists to study the brain from molecules to mind to society, and spans fundamental research to clinical translation. TCIN houses a Siemens 3T Prisma MRI scanner, a CERCA OPM-MEG system and an NVIDIA GPU cluster. We are a diverse team and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, including those under-represented in neuroscience and AI. We support visa applications for international appointees. Informal enquiries to Tamrin Holloway: admin@cusacklab.org InfantNeuroAI is funded by ERC Advanced Grant 101265741 and the Research Ireland Frontiers for the Future Award 2022.
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