Higher Education Research Experts

Mercor is seeking Higher Education Research Experts for a premier project with one of the world's top AI labs.

In this role, you will contribute your subject matter expertise to a cutting-edge project involving frontier large language models. Specifically, you will craft high-quality, challenging problems in your domain expertise with real-world applicability to inform the future of AI innovation.

Ideal Qualifications:

• Have a PhD or Master's degree in Higher Education, Educational Research, Library Science, Science Policy, or related field from a top US/Canada/UK/New Zealand/Australia university

• Have experience with academic research databases (OpenAlex, NSF Awards, IPEDS, Data.gov, institutional repositories)

• Have 2+ years of professional experience in academic research administration, institutional research, library science, or science policy analysis

• Have high attention to detail

• Have exceptional written and verbal communication skills

• Have excellent proficiency in English

• Are currently based in the U.S., Canada, New Zealand, UK, or Australia

Key Responsibilities:

• You will work asynchronously with a team of highly qualified experts across your domain

• You will craft higher education research tasks involving academic database searches, research output aggregation, funding data extraction, and institutional data retrieval across OpenAlex, NSF Awards, IPEDS, and Data.gov

• You will create detailed evaluation rubrics for AI agent performance

• The project is 15-20 hours of work per week with potential for increased hours and extension

Role Start Date

• This role will begin in early December with applications reviewed on a rolling basis.

Interview Process

• You will complete a short interview to assess your domain expertise.

• You will be paid for up to 1 hour of onboarding time including the screening process and a few onboarding videos if you are hired.

We consider all qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics and provide reasonable accommodations upon request.

Contract and Payment Terms

• You will be engaged as an independent contractor.
• This is a fully remote role that can be completed on your own schedule.
• Projects can be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance.
• Your work at Mercor will not involve access to confidential or proprietary information from any employer, client, or institution.
• Payments are weekly on Stripe or Wise based on services rendered.
• Please note: We are unable to support H1-B or STEM OPT candidates at this time.

About Mercor

Mercor partners with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models using human expertise. You will work on projects that focus on training and enhancing AI systems. You will be paid competitively, collaborate with leading researchers, and help shape the next generation of AI systems in your area of expertise.