Apply

Ready to go for it?

AI Apply speeds things up—apply directly if you prefer.

FREE ACCESS
5,000–10,000 jobs/day
Scoutfield Logo

See all jobs on Scoutfield

Search thousands of fresh jobs every day.

Discover
  • Fresh listings
  • Fast filters
  • No subscription required
Create a free account and start exploring right away.
AlphaHire

Adjunct Research Faculty – NSF STEM Education & Workforce

AlphaHire

. Contribute STEM education or engineering/CS education research design, methods, and scholarly framing for university-hosted sponsored projects .

Posted 10/3/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Core Competencies

Role fit
Core Competencies

Use this summary to align your resume positioning with the role.

Demonstrates expertise in STEM education research and engineering/CS education, with a strong focus on collaboration with educational institutions and the ability to produce high-quality scholarly documentation for grant proposals. Proven experience in mentoring and translating research into practical classroom applications is essential.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Doctorate In Engineering EducationSTEM Education ResearchNSF Education-Research ExperienceCollaboration With K-14 PartnersMentoring Engineering Faculty

ATS Keywords

Tailor your resume
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills
Research DesignCurriculum DevelopmentEvaluation PlanningLiterature FramingTechnical Writing
Soft Skills
CollaborationCommunicationMentoring
Industry Keywords
STEM EducationEngineering EducationComputer Science EducationTeacher Professional DevelopmentWorkforce Pathway Documentation

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Contribute STEM education or engineering/CS education research design, methods, and scholarly framing for university-hosted sponsored projects
  • Collaborate with institutional PIs, school-district or community-college partners, and WIL research leads on research questions, curricula translation, and broader-impacts narratives
  • Support K-14 educator research-experience models, classroom/curriculum follow-on, and workforce pathway documentation when the project design calls for it
  • Produce high-quality written products — literature framing, methods sections, evaluation plans, progress reports, and past-performance narrative — suitable for NSF-style and related education packages
  • Contribute specialist qualifications and citeable past projects to WIL grant and sponsored-research packages when permissioned

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Doctorate or equivalent scholarly credentials in engineering education, STEM education, computer science education, learning sciences, or a closely related field — or substantial faculty-equivalent research experience in those domains
  • Demonstrated record of STEM education, teacher professional development, technician education, or engineering/CS education research (publications, funded projects, or citeable institutional roles)
  • Ability to collaborate with university or community-college sponsored-research teams and K-14 or industry education partners
  • Open to full-time employment or project-based contract engagement; remote-first with travel as partner and field work requires
  • Prior NSF STEM education, RET Site, ATE, RIEF/RFE, IUSE, or related education-research experience as PI, co-PI, senior personnel, or key collaborator
  • Experience mentoring engineering faculty new to education research, or translating authentic research into K-14 classroom practice
  • Prior projects you can cite (agency or institution, your role, year)