A rhesus macaque sitting on the rocks of Cayo Santiago, with the sea behind

Open positions

On our collaborative project studying why the free-ranging rhesus macaques of Cayo Santiago, Puerto Rico, age differently.

Each institution hires and takes applications itself: open a position to see what to send and where.

Still taking applications first
  • Research Data Manager

    Arizona State University · Research Technology Office, Knowledge Enterprise

    Looks after the project's research data from intake to sharing: bringing the macaques' multi-omic, immune, social, physiological, survival and reproductive data together in PostgreSQL databases, keeping them accurate and documented, and serving as the main contact for data sharing across the project's cores and sub-projects.

    Apply by 16 Nov 2026 Staff
    Location
    Tempe, Arizona
    Posted
    6 Nov 2026
  • Researcher Senior Lead (CayoHub application development)

    University of Alabama at Birmingham · Department of Biology

    The application development lead of CayoHub, the project's data management and informatics core: a database engineer and developer who grows the project database, its APIs and the web tools for data intake, curation, visualisation and analysis, working with researchers and data engineers at several institutions.

    Open Staff
    Location
    Birmingham, Alabama
    Posted
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  • U19 Project Coordinator

    Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust · Research Institute

    The consortium's coordinator on the ground in Puerto Rico, and the local counterpart of the program's project manager at ASU: scheduling the investigators' research at Cayo Santiago and the other CPRC sites, bringing the cores together, tracking milestones, and arranging the logistics for visiting teams, the annual capture-and-release season and post-mortem collections.

    Open Staff
    Location
    San Juan, Puerto Rico
    Posted
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  • Biobank Coordinator

    Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust · Research Institute

    Runs CayoBank's day-to-day work in Puerto Rico: receiving, processing, storing and shipping the biospecimens the project's teams collect, so that every sample and its records are consistent and traceable for all the participating institutions. Reports to the Research Institute's Core Labs Manager.

    Open Staff
    Location
    San Juan, Puerto Rico
    Posted
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Internships and training

Internships and training opportunities are centered on training and provide support towards stipends and possibly living costs.

  • Research internship on Cayo Santiago

    Cayo Longitudinal Cohort project · New York University, University of Exeter, University of Notre Dame and Arizona State University

    Training in non-invasive field research, on a long-term study of rhesus macaque physiology and behaviour. Interns join the team on the island on weekdays, observing the free-ranging monkeys and collecting behavioural data and faecal and urine samples. Those who can stay from early January to early October 2027 are preferred.

    Closed 31 Oct 2026 Internship
    Location
    Cayo Santiago and Punta Santiago, Puerto Rico
    Start
    Early January 2027
    Posted
    19 Oct 2026