Applications are invited from men and women who are graduates of UK universities or registered graduate students of the University of Cambridge. Applicants must be within four years of starting on full-time research on 31 December 2004. Any person who holds a Fellowship at a Cambridge College (other than a Fellowship without stipend) may not apply.
Applications are welcomed from candidates holding a Fellowship or other postdoctoral stipend awarded by a Research Council or other similar body.
Applications must be received by the Master of St John's College, Cambridge, CB2 1TP, by 31 December. The application form will be published on the College's website at http://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/research_fellowships, from 1 October. Applicants and their referees are required to submit their applications online. In case of difficulty, please e-mail resfell@joh.cam.ac.uk.
Candidates who are short-listed by the College Council by 17 February 2005 will be required to submit three copies of their writings to the College by no later than 25 February 2005. In the event of a Research Fellowship being offered and accepted, one of these three copies will be retained for the College Archives. No interviews are held. The election will be made no later than 5 May 2005.
Successful candidates will enter into their Fellowships on 1 October 2005 and will vacate them on 30 September 2008. Tenure of the Fellowship is conditional upon the holder devoting himself or herself to research to the satisfaction of the College Council. For the first year Fellows are not required to reside in Cambridge. Thereafter the holder must carry out the research within the University of Cambridge unless the Council is satisfied that he or she is better able to carry out the research elsewhere.
The annual stipend of Fellows who are not full-time students working for a degree or other qualification is at present on the scale of £19,942 to £21,852, provided that a Fellow is not paid other than remuneration for up to six hours' College or University teaching a week. A reduced scale applies to Fellows who are full-time students. The stipend for a Fellow who has other emoluments (other than that for up to six hours' teaching) will be reduced by the total amount of pay received.
Office accommodation is provided for Fellows who do not live in College. Fellows wishing to live in College are provided with resident accommodation at a charge for services and supplies. One meal a day is provided free of charge to all Fellows.