The College invites applications for the Drapers' Company Junior Research Fellowship in the Humanities and Social Sciences, tenable for three years from 1 October 2009. The Fellowship is open to graduates of any university who are of postdoctoral or equivalent standing and are already engaged in independent research. Eligible candidates should normally have been awarded their doctorate and have fewer than five years of postdoctoral research experience by the closing date, and they should normally not have previously held a Junior Research Fellowship in the Universities of Oxford or Cambridge. The stipend will be £15,916 and indexed to academic salary rises, plus free meals and free accommodation or a housing allowance in lieu, together with computer and research allowances.
Further details and an application form can be obtained from the Hertford College website (go to http://www.hertford.ox.ac.uk/ and click on 'Advertised Posts') or from the Principal's Secretary, Hertford College, Oxford, OX1 3BW (email Principals.Secretary@hertford.ox.ac.uk). Applications should be submitted to the Principal's Secretary by the closing date of 14 November 2008. Candidates should ask their referees to send confidential references direct to the Principal's Secretary to arrive no later than the closing date. It is intended to interview shortlisted candidates in the week beginning 19 January 2009.
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