Research coordinator for Planning Cluster Grant

Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research?

The Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology (MTC) at Karolinska Institutet conducts research and teaching within immunology, infection biology, cell biology and cancer. MTC has about 40 research groups and our key words are multidisciplinary, bridging, national and international collaborations.

This position will be based in the Karlsson Hedestam group, but will involve project coordination across multiple labs at Karolinska Institutet, as well as with some national and international collaborators.

Your mission

This position is for the 6 month "planning phase" of a multi-site grant proposal. Responsibilities include:

• Drive the 6-month planning phase: build and manage the timeline, milestones, deliverables, and evolving scope across sites.
• Orchestrate collaboration: facilitate cross-site/cross-disciplinary communication, onboard new partners, negotiate roles, and ensure conceptual alignment.
• Run knowledge-building activities: plan hybrid workshops, seminars, and expert panels and capture outputs for proposal use.
• Lead analysis and curriculum scoping: conduct literature and landscape reviews and draft preliminary goals/syllabus for a Doctoral School.
• Produce the proposal and capstone deliverables: coordinate drafting/formatting/submission and author the final planning-phase report.

Your profile

Requirements for the postion

• A PhD with a topic related to structure-based vaccine design.
• An educational background in statistical science.
• A talent for high quality academic writing in English.
• Post-educational experience in a coordination or management role.
• Post-educational experience working in AI or an AI-adjacent field (eg. data science).
• A desire to coordinate research and planning across a number of different teams working in different fields on a common project.

What do we offer?

A creative and inspiring environment with wide-ranging expertise and interests. Karolinska Institutet is one of the world's leading medical universities. Our vision is to pursue the development of knowledge about life and to promote a better health for all. At Karolinska Institutet, we conduct successful medical research and hold the largest range of medical education in Sweden. Karolinska Institutet is also a state university, which entitles you to several good benefits through our collective agreement. And you get to practice freely in our modern wellness facilities, where trained staff are on site.

Location: Solna

Application

Welcome to apply at the latest 2025-10-07

The application is to be submitted through the Varbi recruitment system.In this recruitment, you will apply with your CV without a personal letter. Instead, you will answer some questions about why you are applying for the job in the application form. 

Want to make a difference? Join us and contribute to better health for all