# Research Scientist - First Author

**Company:** [Gramian Consulting Group](null/companies/kANY7hHLXDH7fUqyifRLmf.md)
**Location:** Remote
**Workplace:** remote
**Employment type:** Contract
**Department:** Talent Solutions

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## Description

### About Gramian

Gramian Consultancy is a boutique consultancy specializing in IT professional services and engineering talent solutions. With a strong background in software engineering and leadership, we help companies build high-performing teams by matching them with professionals who truly fit their needs.

**About the Role**

We are partnering with a **small, specialized AI research lab focused on AI for STEM and scientific research**.

We are looking for **one Fellow per STEM field** to help create a new benchmark for evaluating how well frontier AI models perform real scientific research.

**The standout part of this opportunity: 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

**LOCATIONS:** Remote, global

**COMMITMENT:** Flexible hours

**COMPENSATION:** $30–$80/hour

**PROCESS:** Application → research review → interview

### 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 eval 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.