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205 H-1B & PERM records for "Research Fellow", sourced from U.S. Department of Labor disclosures.

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Employer Role Location Salary Program Filing Date
Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc. Senior Research Fellow II Newark, CA $220000 - $250000 H-1B 2025
ARTIS RESEARCH & RISK MODELING RESEARCH FELLOW NEW YORK, NY $208000 H-1B Aug 13, 2012
ARTIS RESEARCH & RISK MODELING RESEARCH FELLOW NEW YORK, NY $208000 H-1B Sep 21, 2009
JOHNSON & JOHNSON VISION CARE, INC. CLINICAL RESEARCH FELLOW EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES PLA JACKSONVILLE, FL $188924 H-1B Jun 3, 2013
INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES Global Innovation Program Research Fellow NEW YORK, NY $170000 Green Card Jul 23, 2019
Machine Intelligence Research Institute Research Fellow Berkeley, CA $150000 - $250000 H-1B Apr 17, 2023
Open Philanthropy Project Research Fellow San Francisco, CA $149903 - $179060 H-1B Apr 14, 2025
PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA Research Fellow SAN FRANCISCO, CA $130600 Green Card Dec 7, 2018
Open Philanthropy Project Research Fellow San Francisco, CA $129268 H-1B Aug 7, 2023
Public Policy Institute of California Research Fellow San Francisco, CA $123000 Green Card Aug 16, 2017
Public Policy Institute of California Research Fellow San Francisco, CA $123000 Green Card Aug 1, 2017
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY Staff Director and Senior Research Fellow TEMPE, AZ $120000 Green Card Mar 30, 2017
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL SCIEN… Research Fellow Washington, DC $117300 - $137300 Green Card Nov 9, 2020
Open Philanthropy Project Research Fellow San Francisco, CA $110839 H-1B Feb 6, 2023
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Research Fellow New York, NY $110000 H-1B Feb 6, 2026
Massachusetts General Physicians Organi… Clinical Research Fellow Boston, MA $110000 H-1B 2025
Foundation for American Innovation Research Fellow Washington, DC $110000 H-1B Apr 29, 2025
Massachusetts General Physicians Organi… Clinical Research Fellow Boston, MA $110000 H-1B Jan 23, 2024
Open Philanthropy Project Research Fellow San Francisco, CA $107277 - $128424 H-1B 2025
Massachusetts General Physicians Organi… Clinical Research Fellow Boston, MA $104012 H-1B Jun 13, 2025
Center for European Policy Analysis (CE… Policy Analyst / Research Fellow $100500 - $110000 Green Card Sep 19, 2023
Georgetown University Research Fellow Washington, DC $100000 H-1B Apr 14, 2025
Massachusetts General Physicians Organi… Clinical Research Fellow Boston, MA $99000 H-1B May 15, 2025
National Institutes of Health, HHS Research Fellow Bethesda, MD $97191 H-1B 2025
PETER G. PETERSON INSTITUTE FOR INTERNA… RESEARCH FELLOW WASHINGTON, DC $96067 Green Card Dec 30, 2020
Massachusetts General Physicians Organi… Clinical Research Fellow Boston, MA $95150 H-1B 2025
Fund for the City of New York Research Fellow - Social Science New York, NY $95000 - $110000 H-1B Sep 17, 2024
The Institute for Ethnomedicine, Inc. Senior Research Fellow Jackson, WY $95000 - $110000 Green Card Jun 29, 2022
The Institute for Ethnomedicine, Inc Senior Research Fellow Jackson, WY $95000 - $121000 H-1B Jul 7, 2022
The Institute for Ethnomedicine, Inc Senior Research Fellow Jackson, WY $95000 H-1B Nov 16, 2020
HARVARD UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FELLOW CAMBRIDGE, MA $95000 H-1B Apr 15, 2011
Simons Foundation Flatiron Research Fellow New York, NY $92700 H-1B Jun 17, 2024
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY Research Fellow Boston, MA $92602 Green Card Mar 4, 2020
The Henry M. Paulson Jr. Institute Research Fellow, Think Tank Chicago, IL $90730 Green Card Jul 24, 2020
TURKIC AMERICAN ALLIANCE, INC Senior Research Fellow WASHINGTON, D.C., DC $90376 Green Card Jul 28, 2014
Machine Intelligence Research Institute Research Fellow $90000 - $150000 Green Card Sep 28, 2023
National Institutes of Health, HHS Research Fellow Baltimore, MD $89777 H-1B Sep 23, 2024
ASIA SOCIETY Research Fellow and Advisor NEW YORK, NY $89760 Green Card Jul 19, 2017
Simons Foundation Flatiron Research Fellow New York, NY $87000 H-1B May 10, 2022
National Institutes of Health, HHS Research Fellow Frederick, MD $84232 H-1B Sep 13, 2021
Auburn University Research Fellow IV Auburn, AL $83866 H-1B Feb 3, 2026
National Institutes of Health, HHS Research Fellow Frederick, MD $83398 H-1B Jan 28, 2020
Peter G. Peterson Institute for Interna… Research Fellow $83262 Green Card Aug 8, 2023
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES Research Fellow WINSTON-SALEM, NC $80000 Green Card 2012
The University of Texas at Austin Postdoctoral/Research Fellow Austin, TX $78936 H-1B Nov 2, 2020
General Hospital Corporation Research Fellow Boston, MA $77834 - $82000 H-1B Sep 13, 2022
Harvard University Research Fellow Boston, MA $76000 H-1B Jun 5, 2026
Harvard University Research Fellow Boston, MA $76000 H-1B Mar 12, 2026
National Institutes of Health, HHS Research Fellow Baltimore, MD $76000 H-1B Jul 29, 2022
The University of Texas at Austin Postdoctoral/Research Fellow Austin, TX $75712 H-1B Sep 4, 2020
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