May 30, 2026 · 9:15 PM
Ivy League Faculty & Postdoc Openings — May 31, 2026
No new postings appeared in any Ivy League portal during today’s 24-hour window — the third consecutive quiet Sunday after Memorial Day. The issue leads with a LAST CHANCE alert for the Harvard MHFAL ×2 Research Fellow positions (global mental health implementation science, ARIeS #16314), which close today on rolling review. A portal regression note flags that Columbia SEAS has been re-blocked by Cloudflare. The full deadline tracker covers 15 active positions across Harvard, Yale, Cornell, Columbia, Dartmouth, and Brown.
🔴 LAST CHANCE — Harvard MHFAL ×2 research fellowships close TODAY, May 31. If you have been watching this position, today is the final day to submit. Details in the first section below.
No new tenure-track or postdoctoral positions were posted across the eight Ivy League schools in the 24-hour window ending at 2:00 AM CDT on May 31. 1 2 3 4 This is the third consecutive zero-new-posting day. The Sunday after Memorial Day weekend is one of the quietest posting days in the academic calendar; department search committees and HR systems are typically dark through the long weekend.
One portal regression to flag: Columbia Engineering's SEAS faculty page (engineering.columbia.edu/faculty-job-opportunities), which was confirmed accessible in yesterday's issue, is now blocked by Cloudflare. 5 The seven SEAS faculty positions listed in yesterday's tracker remain the last confirmed data; their Interfolio apply links are still included in the deadline tracker below.
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⚠️ Last-chance deadline — Harvard MHFAL ×2 research fellows, closes today
The Mental Health for All Lab (MHFAL) at Harvard Medical School's Department of Global Health and Social Medicine is hiring two Postdoctoral Research Fellows in Global Mental Health Implementation Science. The application deadline is today, May 31, 2026. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, meaning earlier submissions receive priority — do not wait until end of day. 6
The posting was confirmed still accepting applications via direct portal fetch as of this issue.
| Field | Detail |
|---|---|
| Institution | Harvard Medical School, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine |
| Lab | Mental Health for All Lab (MHFAL) |
| PI | Dr. John Naslund |
| Positions open | 2 research fellows |
| Research focus | Global mental health implementation science, digital psychosocial interventions, task-sharing in primary care and community settings |
| Location | Boston, MA — with frequent domestic and international travel to field sites |
| Target background | Ph.D. in implementation science, health economics, social work, clinical psychology, epidemiology, statistics, or bioinformatics; first-authored publications required; degree must be conferred by May 31, 2026 |
| Anticipated start | On or around July 1, 2026 |
| Duration | 1 year, renewable (subject to performance and funding) |
| Salary | Per HMS postdoctoral pay scale (graded by years since PhD); union-represented (HAW–UAW) |
| Deadline | May 31, 2026 — TODAY; rolling review |
| ARIeS ID | #16314 |
| Apply | academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/16314 |
| Contact | Laura Bond, Senior Project Manager — Laura_Bond@hms.harvard.edu |
| Required materials | CV, cover letter, at least two publications; optional: research statement, third publication |
The lab focuses on scaling evidence-based psychosocial interventions in under-resourced settings — including low- and middle-income countries and US community health systems — through digital technology and task-sharing models that train community health workers to deliver care. Candidates from implementation science, health economics, biostatistics, or clinical psychology fields are the best fit; the position requires substantial field travel.
Upcoming deadline tracker
All monitored open positions, ordered by deadline urgency. 🔴 = closes within 24 hours; 🟡 = closes within 3 weeks; 🟢 = more than 3 weeks out.
| School | Position | Deadline | Key details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard | Research Fellow — MHFAL, global mental health (×2) | 🔴 May 31 — TODAY; rolling | ARIeS #16314; PI John Naslund; apply at academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/16314 |
| Cornell | Teaching Associate — Chemistry and Chemical Biology | 🟡 June 8 | AJO #32092; $53,900 |
| Harvard | Postdoc — Wyss Institute / Chen Lab, cell & tissue engineering | 🟡 Encourage by June 12 | ARIeS #16321; $72,000–$77,500 |
| Yale | Postdoc — Whitney Humanities Center, humanities leadership | 🟡 June 12 | HERC #22262650; $70,000 + $3,000 research fund |
| Harvard | Postdoc — Bernhardt Lab, microbiology | 🟡 June 14 | ARIeS #16311 |
| Harvard | Postdoc — Radcliffe Institute, intellectual pluralism (50% FTE) | 🟡 June 15 (letters June 21) | ARIeS #16340; $37,000–$42,000 |
| Cornell | Vet Farrier — College of Veterinary Medicine | 🟡 Review from June 15 | AJO #32074; $135,000–$170,000 |
| Cornell | Postdoc — Lab of Ornithology, wildfire smoke & birds | 🟢 June 29 | AJO #32072 |
| Harvard | Postdoc — CGA/IQSS, geographic data science | 🟢 July 6 | ARIeS #16315; $70,000–$80,000 |
| Cornell | Extension Associate — Lab of Ornithology, engagement in science & nature | 🟢 July 15 | AJO #32115; $82,000 |
| Yale | Research Fellowship for HBCU Faculty — Whitney Humanities Center | 🟢 Review from Aug 17 | HERC #22302468; $12,000 allowance; spring 2027 residency |
| Cornell | Society for the Humanities Fellowship 2027–28 (PLAY theme) | 🟢 Sept 1, 2026 | AJO; $68,000 stipend |
| Columbia | SEAS faculty positions (×7, Asst/Assoc/Full/Lecturer across CS, EE, IEOR, Aerospace, Energy, MechE) | Ongoing — confirm status with Interfolio | Portal currently blocked (Cloudflare); last confirmed accessible May 30; apply links via apply.interfolio.com |
| Dartmouth | Weinstein Distinguished Professor — energy engineering (Thayer) | Not disclosed | wittkieffer.com/positions/200797 |
| Brown | Visiting Assistant Professor — environment & society (IBES, 2026–2028) | Not disclosed | ibes.brown.edu/opportunities |
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Portal coverage status
Harvard (ARIeS): Feed cursor held at ID #16343 (last new posting: May 28). No IDs above #16343 detected. All known active postings confirmed unchanged. 1
Yale: 194 open listings as of last check; most recent open date was May 27. No new postings dated May 30–31. 2
Cornell (AJO): Cursor held at ID #32115. No IDs above #32115 detected. 3
Penn: facultyjobs.upenn.edu last new listing dated May 21. No new postings in the May 30–31 window. 4
Columbia: SEAS portal (engineering.columbia.edu/faculty-job-opportunities) now returns a Cloudflare block — previously confirmed accessible on May 30. 5 Main portal (academicjobs.columbia.edu) continues to return API error 10501. Seven SEAS positions from yesterday's confirmed fetch remain in the tracker above; readers interested in Columbia SEAS roles should use the direct Interfolio apply links.
Princeton: AcadHire portal continues to block JavaScript-required access. Princeton's system is expected to migrate to Interfolio by September 2026; no faculty positions visible until then.
Brown: IBES opportunities page (ibes.brown.edu/opportunities) returning API error 10501 this cycle. The Visiting Assistant Professor position confirmed in an earlier issue remains active based on the Interfolio link. 7
Dartmouth: searchjobs.dartmouth.edu is accessible but shows only administrative and athletic staff roles — no faculty or postdoc postings in the May 30–31 window. 8 Thayer School's Weinstein Distinguished Professor position (executive search via WittKieffer) remains listed as ongoing.
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References
- 1Harvard ARIeS — open postings
- 2Yale Academic Job Listings
- 3Cornell University — Academic Jobs Online
- 4Penn Faculty Jobs
- 5Columbia Engineering Faculty Job Opportunities — Cloudflare blocked
- 6Research Fellow in Global Mental Health Implementation Science — Harvard ARIeS #16314
- 7Brown IBES — Opportunities
- 8Dartmouth College Applicant Portal
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