Churchill College, Fitzwilliam College, New Hall, and Trinity Hall
JOINT APPLICATION SCHEME FOR JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS 2009
The four Colleges invite applications for Junior Research Fellowships which will normally be tenable for three years from 1 October 2009. The Fellowships are open to graduates, men or women, of any university, with no age limit, but will normally be awarded to candidates who will have submitted their doctoral thesis by the commencement of the Fellowship. The function of these Fellowships is as initial (normally) postdoctoral positions appropriate to the start of an academic career.
A total of eleven Fellowships are offered but candidates are warned that competition is likely to be intense; last year over 700 applications were received.
Churchill College is offering:
- One stipendiary and one non-stipendiary Fellowship in the following arts subjects: History, History of Art, Architecture, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, and Archaeology and Anthropology.
- One stipendiary and one non-stipendiary Fellowship in the Sciences.
- One Raymond and Beverley Sackler Research Fellowship, non-stipendiary, non-residential, open to postdoctoral research workers employed in the Schools of Biological Sciences, Physical Sciences, Clinical Medicine, and Technology, in the fields of medical and exact sciences, and who are aged 35 and under at the time of application.
Fitzwilliam College is offering:
- Two stipendiary Fellowships in any of the following subjects: Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Biological Sciences, Linguistics and Phonetics, Modern and Medieval Languages, Philosophy, History and Philosophy of Science, and Theology.
New Hall is offering:
- One stipendiary Fellowship in Science subjects (including Mathematics, Medicine, and Engineering).
Trinity Hall is offering:
- One stipendiary Fellowship in Arts and Social Sciences subjects.
- One stipendiary Fellowship in Science subjects (including Mathematics, Medicine, and Engineering).
- One stipendiary Orton Fellowship in Law (while applicants in all areas of Law are invited, applicants with an interest in Intellectual Property Law are particularly welcome).
All applications are to be submitted online by Sunday, 23 November 2008. Further particulars and registration details are available at the JRF Joint Application Scheme website (http://www.chu.cam.ac.uk/applying/fellows/jrf/).