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Remote Research Scientist Jobs

78 open positions at impact organizations

Research scientists push the boundaries of knowledge. In impact orgs, your discoveries can directly translate to solutions for humanity's biggest challenges.

Average Salary

$83,737 - $101,888

Top Salary

$275,975

Open Roles

78

With Salary Data

29

Research Scientist jobs by impact area

Climate & Environment (21) AI Safety & Governance (13) Global Health (10) Impact Careers (7) Policy & Advocacy (6) Education & Research (5) Animal Welfare (3) Poverty & Economic Development (3)

💰 Top Paying Research Scientist Jobs

NU

Senior ML Research Scientist, VLM/VLA

Nuro

$183,825 - $275,975

📍 Remote (US) • Climate & Environment
WO

Senior UX Researcher

Workiva

$111,000 - $178,000

📍 Remote (US) • Technology & Engineering
PH

Senior AI Research Scientist (Model-based RL)

Phaidra

$87,681 - $165,379

📍 Remote • Climate & Environment
GI

Researcher

GiveWell

$147,300 - $162,400

📍 Remote (US) • Impact Careers
MA

Qualitative/Mixed-Methods Researcher

Magic Cabinet

$140,000 - $150,000

📍 Remote (US) • Poverty & Economic Development
HI

Research Scientist, Financial Innovation Lab

HITACHI ENERGY

$113,800 - $142,250

📍 Remote (US) • Climate & Environment

All Research Scientist Jobs

78 positions

UN
Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Researcher, Gender Equality Metrics

University of Washington, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

📍 USA Full-time

Up to $111,816

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AN
Animal Welfare 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Researcher

Animal Charity Evaluators

📍 Remote Full-time

$72,358 - $72,358

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NE
AI Safety & Governance 2 months, 4 weeks ago

Research Scientist

Neo Research

📍 Remote Full-time

Up to $9,999,999

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EN
Climate & Environment 3 months, 1 week ago

Research Fellow

Energy and Policy Institute

📍 Remote (US) Full-time

$55,000 - $65,000

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FA
Animal Welfare 3 months, 1 week ago

Researcher

Fairer Fields

📍 Remote (US) Full-time

Up to $110,000

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