CRFP Post-Doctoral Research Fellow - Military veterans preferred

Consortium Research Fellows Program

A Program of the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area

Research Fellowship: The Consortium Research Fellows Program (CRFP) has one Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship opportunity for immediate placement. We are actively recruiting Post-Doc candidates who have completed a PhD program in Industrial/Organizational (I/O) Psychology.

All candidates who are offered a Research Fellowship will be required to work at the U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI) at Fort Benning, GA.

Our Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships at Fort Benning, GA pay an annual salary of $93,716. We also offer health care benefits, retirement, sick and safe leave, vacation leave, and life & disability insurance. Some relocation expenses are reimbursable.

The following conditions apply to qualified candidates:

• You MUST be a full U.S. citizen.
• You must obtain and maintain a Federal Government Common Access Card. Obtaining that card requires passing a security background check.
• You must not be paid for other work linked to any other federal government funding (e.g., research grants, government contracts).
• You cannot be active-duty military.

Research and Task Description: Minimum skill proficiency requirements for Research Fellows are as follows:

• Data collection using quantitative and qualitative techniques (e.g., interviews, focus groups, surveys).
• Data cleaning and management using SPSS, Excel, and other analysis tools.
• Data analysis using SPSS, SAS, Excel and/or other analysis tools.
• Preparation of monthly data collection status reports.
• Preparation of quarterly data analysis reports and presentations for U.S. Army leaders.
• Assist with other research efforts as necessary.

Qualifications: The ideal candidate would have the following interests, skills, and experience:

• Interest in a career in applied research.
• PhD in I/O psychology.
• Strong research background, including experience with planning and executing research to address identified needs and problems.
• Proficiency in psychometrics.
• Quantitative and qualitative data collection, management, and analyses experience.
• Knowledge of SPSS (or similar analysis program) and univariate, bivariate, and multivariate statistics.
• Strong technical writing and oral communication skills.

• Ability to interact smoothly and professionally with representatives of all associated organizations.
• Excellent critical thinking skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including teamwork and communication.
• Strong initiative.
• Prior knowledge of the Army is not a requirement for candidates interested in our Research Fellowships.
• Some travel will be required as part of a Fellowship.

About the Consortium Research Fellows Program

The Consortium Research Fellows Program (CRFP) began in 1981 as a partnership between the U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI) and the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area. The goal of this partnership was to provide some of the nation's most promising graduate students and post-docs in the behavioral and social sciences with an opportunity to work in a Federal Government agency research setting. The current goals of the CRFP are to (a) provide educationally-relevant, well-paid, professional experiences for undergraduate and graduate students, (b) provide research fellowships for post-doctoral fellows who are interested in applied research careers, (c) provide research support opportunities for faculty, (d) provide high-quality technical and analytical support to sponsoring agencies, and (e) prepare a new generation of scientists, who either directly as government employees, or indirectly as contractors, will support Department of Defense (DoD) Research & Development now and in the future.

About the U.S. Army Research Institute

The mission of the U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral & Social Sciences (ARI) is to maximize individual and unit performance and readiness to meet Army operational requirements through advances in the behavioral and social sciences. ARI is the Army's primary laboratory conducting research and analysis on personnel performance and training. Their focus is on the human element in the Army so that the research and analysis contributes to the entire life cycle of recruiting, selection, assignment, training, and mission performance. ARI provides new technology to meet the personnel and training challenges of the Army, conducts studies and analyses to address short-term issues and respond to emerging "hot topics," and provides technical assistance on critical issues affecting all parts of the Army as an organization, the people, and the technologies for the future.

ARI’s research lineage traces its earliest beginnings to the advent of military psychology and a meeting of experimental psychologists who gathered at Harvard University in 1917 to discuss how psychology and the application of its scientific methods could support national defense. In August 1917, the Secretary of War established, with ten psychologists, the Committee on Classification of Personnel in the Army.

The committee’s work was marked by notable achievements in developing tools and procedures for scientific enhancements in personnel management, to include personnel selection and classification, and performance tests.

ARI's organizational lineage is traced to the establishment of the Committee on Selection and Classification of Military Personnel at the start of World War II. The Adjutant General of the U.S. Army requested that the National Research Council create the committee as an advisory group on matters of Soldier selection and classification. The original committee members included many prominent psychologists of the day.

During the post-World War II period, research focused on personnel testing and test development, and expanded behavioral science research in the areas of training, human engineering, social psychology, and physiological psychology.

Today, ARI's Science and Technology research is focused on developing innovative measures and methods to improve and enhance the Soldier lifecycle, conducting scientific assessments and providing behavioral and social science advice to inform human resource policies, and developing fundamental theories and investigating new domain areas in behavioral and social sciences with high potential impact on Army issues.

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