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No 6197

Wednesday 6 October 2010

Vol cxli No 1

pp. 1-48

College Research Fellowships, 2011–12

Christ’s College

JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS

Christ’s College invites applications for two Junior Research Fellowships, starting not later than 1 October 2011 and tenable for a period of four years. One is open to candidates whose research is in fields related to the origins, nature, prevention or cure of cancer and is supported by the Kaye Fund. The other is open to candidates whose research is in the broad area of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences.

The initial stipend of a Junior Research Fellow is currently £14,942 (without a Ph.D. Degree) or £18,643 (with a Ph.D. Degree), rising by two annual increments to £17,111 or £20,938 respectively. Fellows living out of College will also receive a non-pensionable living-out allowance of £1,882 (without a Ph.D. Degree) or £4,116 (with a Ph.D. Degree).

Further details are available at http://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/jrf and applications must be submitted online via this website by noon on Friday, 12 November 2010.

Clare Hall

RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS IN THE ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

The Governing Body of Clare Hall proposes to elect two stipendiary and two or more non-stipendiary Research Fellows in the Arts and Social Sciences for a period of three years starting from 1 October 2011 or such earlier date as may be agreed.

Research Fellowships are primarily intended to provide opportunities for scholars at an early stage of their academic careers to establish and pursue their research in a supportive academic environment. During their tenure, Research Fellows have no College teaching duties other than to pursue their research. They are however members of the College Governing Body, and may serve on other committees. Successful candidates are expected to be graduate students who have recently completed or who are about to complete their Ph.D. Degree. There is no restriction on age, sex or previous standing, except that candidates may not already have held a Stipendiary Research Fellowship at an Oxford or Cambridge College. Research Fellows are required to live in Cambridge during Full Term but leave may be granted to work away if necessary.

Stipendiary Fellowships:

The Betty Behrens Fellowship is funded to encourage research into the causes of, and/or the ways of mitigating, those forms of anti-social behaviour (including such as result from personality defects and disorders) which cause severe unhappiness to, and/or frustrate the talents or capacities of, those who suffer with them.

The other stipendiary Fellowship is for researchers engaged in research in any other field in the Arts and Social Sciences.

The current stipend for a Research Fellow is £16,377 per year, plus rent-free accommodation in the College or a living-out allowance, a meals allowance, and optional membership of the Universities’ Superan­nuation Scheme.

Non-Stipendiary Fellowships:

These Fellowships are for researchers engaged in research in any other field in the Arts and Social Sciences. Non-stipendiary Research Fellows will be expected to demonstrate that they have adequate financial support throughout the period of the Fellowship. Non-stipendiary Fellows also qualify for an allowance of free meals.

RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS IN THE SCIENCES

The Governing Body of Clare Hall proposes to elect two or more non-stipendiary Research Fellows in the Sciences for a period of three years starting from 1 October 2011 or such earlier date as may be agreed.

These Fellowships are primarily intended to provide opportunities for scholars at an early stage in their academic careers to establish and pursue their research in a supportive academic environment. During their tenure, Research Fellows have no College teaching duties other than to pursue their research. They are however members of the College Governing Body, and may serve on other committees. Successful candidates are expected to be graduate students who have recently completed or who are about to complete their Ph.D. Degree. There is no restriction on age, sex or previous standing, except that candidates may not already have held a Stipendiary Research Fellowship at an Oxford or Cambridge College.

Non-stipendiary Research Fellows will be expected to demonstrate that they have adequate financial support throughout the period of the Fellowship. Non-stipendiary Research Fellows qualify for an allowance of free meals. Research Fellows are required to live in Cambridge during Full Term but leave may be granted to work away if necessary.

The closing date for the receipt of applications and references for all the above is Friday, 29 October 2010. Candidates are responsible for seeing that all application papers and references reach the College by this date. Application forms may be downloaded from the Clare Hall website (http://www.clarehall.cam.ac.uk/) or requested from the Tutorial Administrator, Clare Hall, Herschel Road, Cambridge, CB3 9AL (email tutorial.secretary@clarehall.cam.ac.uk).

King’s College

JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP COMPETITIONS (2010–11)

King’s College, Cambridge wishes to appoint, with effect from 1 October 2011, Junior Research Fellows in Arts and Social Sciences and in the Sciences. Full details of the salary, benefits and application procedure for both competitions are given on the King’s College website (http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/research/junior-research-fellowships.html). The closing date is 22 October 2010.

Junior Research Fellowships are faculty-level, postdoctoral positions that are tenable for up to four years. Candidates will usually have completed their Ph.D. Degree, and must not have undertaken more than two years of postdoctoral work, by 1 October 2011.

King’s College follows an equal opportunities policy.

Magdalene College

RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS

The Governing Body of Magdalene College expects to elect two stipendiary Research Fellows with tenure for three years from 1 October 2011. (The Nevile Fellowship, endowed through the generosity of Trinity College, Cambridge, will be in the Sciences; the Lumley Fellowship, endowed through the generosity of H. R. L. Lumley, will be in the Humanities). Applications are invited from graduates, male or female, from any university. Candidates should normally have completed two or three years of research and may have written a Ph.D. dissertation. Short-listed candidates will be called for interview, and the expenses of travel within the United Kingdom only will be paid by the College. The current gross stipend (2009–10) for a Research Fellow is £18,040 a year rising by two annual increments to £20,638 a year. This stipend will be reviewed annually (i.e. October 2010) in line with University stipends. A reduced scale of stipend will apply to Research Fellows who are full-time students. A deduction of £1,000 a year will be made if the Fellow is resident in College. The net stipend paid to a Research Fellow will take into account any grant or stipend which the Fellow receives from other sources. A Research Fellow will receive all the privileges associated with an Official Fellowship, and, in the case of a Research Fellow who has not yet taken the Ph.D. Degree, the College may pay certain approved University Fees.

For additional information and further details on how to apply, please visit the Magdalene College website (http://www.magd.cam.ac.uk).

Magdalene College is an equal opportunities employer.

Newnham College

RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP IN THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Applications are invited from women graduates of any university for a stipendiary or non-stipendiary Research Fellowship in subjects falling within the general field of the Humanities and Social Sciences, tenable for three years from 1 October 2011. Applications are sought this year from graduates working in a field covered by one of the following Faculties of Cambridge University: History, Architecture, History of Art, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Divinity. Further information about these Faculties may be obtained from the University of Cambridge’s website: http://www.cam.ac.uk/. Graduate students of Newnham College in any subject within the general field of Humanities and Social Sciences may also apply. There is no age limit but the Research Fellowship will normally be awarded to candidates who have recently completed their Ph.D. Degree or are close to completion. Further particulars may be obtained from the College’s website (http://www.newn.cam.ac.uk/joining-newnham/research-fellowships) and applications must be submitted online via the same web address. The closing date for applications is Friday, 5 November 2010. Selected candidates will be invited by Friday, 10 December 2010 to submit on-line, by Monday, 20 December 2010, a dissertation or other written work. The College expects to reach a decision by Friday, 4 March 2011.

This advertisement complies with legislation on sex discrimination, relying on Section 43 of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975, Section 5(3) of the Employment Act 1989, and Article 3 of the College Charter.

RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP IN SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS OR ENGINEERING

Applications are invited from women graduates of any university for a Research Fellowship, stipendiary or non-stipendiary, in any field of Science, Mathematics or Engineering tenable for three years from 1 October 2011.

Further particulars may be obtained from the College’s website (http://www.newn.cam.ac.uk/joining-newnham/research-fellowships) and applications must be submitted on-line via the same web address.

The closing date for applications is Friday, 19 November 2010. Selected candidates will be invited in mid-December to submit, by 12 January 2011, a copy of a dissertation and/or other written work. The College expects to reach a decision in mid-March 2011.

This advertisement complies with legislation on sex discrimination, relying on Section 43 of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975, Section 5(3) of the Employment Act 1989, and Article 3 of the College Charter.

Peterhouse

RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS

The Governing Body of Peterhouse, applying the benefactions of the late William Stone, former Scholar of the College, and of Sir Michael Sobell, intends to elect a number of Research Fellows, who will enter upon their tenure on 1 October 2011.

Candidates must, by 1 October 2011, have passed all examinations required for a first degree at university and would be expected to have gained at least a 2.i classification, or equivalent. They should be capable of performing unsupervised postgraduate research. Candidature is also restricted to those who commenced full-time research work on a Ph.D. Degree not earlier than 1 October 2007. Furthermore, candidates must be graduates of, or current students at, universities in the UK or the Republic of Ireland.

Full details of the salary, benefits, and application procedure are given on the Peterhouse website (http://www.pet.cam.ac.uk/).

The closing date for receipt of electronic applications is 13 November 2010.

St Catharine’s College

JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS IN THE SCIENCES

The Governing Body of St Catharine’s College invites applications from women and men for election to two Research Fellowships, of which up to one may be stipendiary, tenable from 1 October 2011 for three years. The Fellowships are open to graduates of any university who (i) are members of the College, or (ii) not being members of the College, are engaged in research in the Sciences.

Fellowships are intended to support those at an early stage in their academic careers, and will normally be awarded to those who have recently completed their Ph.D. research, or are close to completion. Candidates should not ordinarily have had more than one year of post-doctoral experience, nor have already held a Research Fellowship elsewhere.

Applications for a non-stipendiary award, which will otherwise carry the usual benefits of a Research Fellowship, will be considered from applicants who have already secured externally funded research awards for three years from 1 October 2011.

The closing date for applications is Friday, 29 October 2010. Applications should be made via the website (http://www.caths.cam.ac.uk/home/) where further particulars are available. Any enquiries should be addressed to the Master’s Secretary, St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, CB2 1RL (email masters.secretary@caths.cam.ac.uk).

St John’s College

POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCHERS UNDER STANDING ORDER B.5.2

St John’s College invites applications for the above non-stipendiary positions from those holding their first post-doctoral appointment. To be eligible, a post-doctoral researcher must be working in a Faculty or Department of the University of Cambridge, or in a specialist research institution associated with the University. The applicant must not be a member of a Cambridge College.

Applicants should write to the President’s Secretary by 31 October 2010, summarizing reasons for seeking a College attachment and indicating how s/he would like to be involved in the life and work of the College. A brief curriculum vitae and two references must accompany the letter. Referees will be senior members of the relevant Cambridge Department or Faculty, or scholars of equivalent seniority in other universities who are able to comment on the work of the applicant. Further details of these appointments are available on the College website (http://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/vacancies/academic_vacancies/).