Clare College offers a Senior Research Studentship in Mathematics, Physics, Astronomy, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Materials Science, Metallurgy, Engineering, or Computer Science, tenable for not more than four years from 1 October 2005. When the holder has both completed one year of the Studentship and been awarded the Ph.D. Degree, the Studentship will be upgraded to a Fellowship for the remainder of the tenure.
Applicants must be Research Students registered for the degree of Ph.D. in the University, and currently in their second year of registration. It is assumed that the successful applicant will already be in receipt of financial support to cover three years of research. The holder will therefore ordinarily receive no stipend until the end of the third year of research (i.e. 1 October 2006), or the expiry of the present grant if that should take place earlier. He or she will, however, be given High Table dining rights and may receive grants for research expenses other than fees. Subsequently, the stipend will be the same as that for a Research Fellow of the College. Single accommodation will be provided for the Denman Baynes Student, but partnered accommodation is not available.
Stipends are linked to the Assistant in Research scale, which is reviewed annually. The rates are currently £18,332 in the first paid year, rising to £19,460 and then to £20,540 in the third year. There is a reduction of £2,776 a year if the holder is resident in College, and the payment of an increment after the first year is conditional upon the Ph.D. Degree having been awarded. The tenure will be such that the holder will be in receipt of a stipend for not more than three years. If requested, the holder will be expected to supervise for up to six hours a week for the College, which will be paid for separately at the normal rates; and also to assist in the College's admissions process, for which no additional payment is offered.
Applicants are asked to send to the Master's Secretary, Clare College, Trinity Lane, Cambridge, CB2 1TL, before 23 March, a statement of their academic career since leaving school, a note (of about 500 words) on their field of research, and the names of two people conversant with their research work to whom reference may be made. Short-listed candidates will be asked to attend for interview.
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