Open Positions
Thank you for your interest in the Gaab Lab!
The Gaab Lab works at the intersection of neuroscience, education, EdTech, and policy. We focus on typical/atypical learning trajectories with a special focus on language and reading development and the role of the environment in shaping these trajectories.
Currently Recruiting:
Summer Internship 2026
As a summer intern, you will gain experience in data entry and analysis, participant recruitment, and data collection. Data collection can include observing or helping with behavioral testing. The summer internship takes place in-person at our lab in Cambridge and is a full-time position, approximately 35hours/week Monday-Friday. Availability to work over the weekend occasionally is a plus. The internship will take place from early/mid June - early/mid August (~10 weeks). The ideal candidate will be detail-oriented, careful, self-motivated, and interested in our lab's work, and have a background in neuroscience, psychology, linguistics, education, computer science, or a related field. Currently, this is an unpaid position, but the candidate must earn course credits or acquire external funding. Both undergraduate and graduate students are encouraged to apply.
Other helpful points, you would learn more about:
• MRI/fMRI data analysis and behavioral testing of young children and infants
• Subject recruitment for research studies, which may include close interaction with schools and daycare centers in the Boston area
• Scheduling of research participants and their parents
• Use of analysis software
To apply, please send your CV and cover letter to gaablab@gse.harvard.edu. Thank you!
Not Recruiting:
Semester Intern
We are no longer accepting applicants for the Spring 2026 semester.
As an intern, you will gain experience in data entry and analysis, participant recruitment, and data collection. Data collection can include observing or helping with behavioral testing. We are looking for someone who can dedicate at least 8 hours a week to the lab. Availability to work over the weekend occasionally is a plus. The ideal candidate will be detail-oriented, careful, self-motivated, and interested in our lab's work, and have a background in neuroscience, psychology, linguistics, education, computer science, or a related field. Currently, this is an unpaid position, but the student may be eligible to earn course credits. To apply, you must be a Harvard University undergraduate or graduate student.
Other helpful points, you would learn more about:
• MRI/fMRI data analysis and behavioral testing of young children and infants
• Subject recruitment for research studies, which may include close interaction with schools and daycare centers in the Boston area
• Scheduling of research participants and their parents
• Use of analysis software
Full-Time Staff (non-student) Member
We are not currently recruiting new full-time staff (non-student) members at this time