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The National Maritime Museum aims to promote the understanding of the history and future of Britain and the sea by preserving, interpreting and developing its collections, premises, and expertise.
The Caird Senior Research Fellowships are offered annually by the Trustees of the Museum and are intended to encourage high-quality research on the Museum's collections or in the field of British naval and maritime history. Fellows may also be appointed to study the history of navigational sciences (astronomy, navigation, hydrography, cartography), maritime art, literature, or film.
The Fellowships are primarily intended to support study at a postdoctoral level and applications are encouraged from scholars of any nationality who have recently submitted a Ph.D. Degree or expect to do so before the commencement of the Fellowship.
The conditions for the Fellowship are:
| (a) | the grant for the Fellowship is £15,000. Exceptionally this grant may be renewed for one year, and there will not normally be more than two Fellowships at any one time; |
| (b) | any publication arising from the tenure of the Fellowship would receive printed acknowledgement in the publication. |
A Fellow may be expected to attend conferences or symposia on behalf of the Museum and to participate in informal seminars with staff, he or she will also be expected to report regularly on research progress.
The next available Fellowship will be tenable from October 2003.
The Caird Short-term Fellowships support research for periods of up to three months into the Museum's collections or in areas of related interest. The Short-term Fellowships are specifically intended for scholars and museum professionals who live abroad or at distance from London.
The extensive collections of the National Maritime Museum have an international reputation and are particularly rich in British naval and maritime history between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries. The National Maritime Museum encourages applications from individuals whose research proposals share the Museum's aims to provide new and exciting ways of interpreting the collections and their historical contexts.
The conditions for the Fellowship are:
| (a) | the grant for the Fellowship is £1,500 per month for a predetermined two or three month period, exceptionally this grant may be renewed for a further month; |
| (b) | any publication arising from the tenure of the Fellowship would receive printed acknowledgement in the publication. |
Fellows may be expected to attend conferences or symposia on behalf of the Museum and to participate in informal seminars with staff; they will also be expected to report on research progress at the end of the Fellowship.
The next available Fellowship will be tenable by arrangement and within the academical year 2003-04.
The Sackler Research Fellowship in the History of Astronomy and Navigational Sciences has been established to promote advanced research in the history of science and scientific instruments, specifically related to the strengths of the Royal Observatory's collections. The aim of the Fellowship is to provide a series of publications that will serve as a reliable academic touchstone for scholars, as well as providing a convincing model for future research. The National Maritime Museum invites applicants of any nationality who have completed advanced research:
| (a) | in one or more types of instruments represented by the collection; |
| (b) | into the work of a particular individual or group of instrument makers related to the collection; |
| (c) | into some aspect of the history of the Navigational Sciences or the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. |
The Sackler Fellowship is intended for younger postgraduate or postdoctoral scholars, but applications from individuals who have demonstrated equivalent commitment to advanced research in the field may be considered.
The conditions for a Fellowship are:
| (a) | the grant for a Fellowship is £15,000. The Fellowship is for two years, commencing in the October following appointment; |
| (b) | any publication arising from the tenure of the Fellowship would receive printed acknowledgement in the publication. |
A Fellow may be expected to attend conferences or symposia on behalf of the Museum and to participate in informal seminars with staff; he or she will also be expected to report regularly on research progress. A formal progress report must be submitted to the Sackler Committee at the end of each year. The renewal and extension of the Fellowship will be contingent on the outcome of this review.
The Fellowship will be tenable for a year from October 2003.
Application forms for the above Fellowships can be obtained from Mrs Janet Norton, Research Administrator, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, SE10 9NF (tel. 020 8312 6716, fax 020 8312 6661, e-mail research@nmm.ac.uk) or from the website at http://www.nmm.ac.uk/. Completed forms must be received by 1 November 2002.
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Cambridge University Reporter, 2 October 2002
Copyright © 2002 The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars
of the University of Cambridge.