No 6160
Wednesday 7 October 2009
Vol cxl No 1
pp. 1–56
Clare College offers two Junior Research Fellowships, one in Sciences and one in Humanities, tenable for three years from 1 October 2010. The Fellowships are open to graduates of any university who must have completed no more than four years of full-time research in the Humanities, or no more than five years of full-time research in the Sciences by 1 January 2010.
Stipends are payable on the University salary scale, starting at spine point 39 (£27,183 a year). A deduction of £5,300 is made if resident in College. This stipend will increase by one spine point each year. The payment of an increment after the first year is conditional upon the Ph.D. Degree having been awarded. Research Fellows may join the University Superannuation Scheme, and the College is prepared, where appropriate, to make a contribution to University fees.
Research Fellows are entitled to up to ten free lunches/dinners per week. The College may grant up to £1,000 in any one academical year for travel in connection with attendance at conferences and for essential research expenses, including publication costs, and up to £2,000 towards the cost of purchasing IT equipment.
Research Fellows are members of the Governing Body and are expected to participate in the governance and social life of the College. Research Fellows may undertake up to six hours’ teaching a week in University Term.
Applications must be submitted online via the College website, http://www.clare.cam.ac.uk/jrf/, by Monday, 14 December 2009. Two references, also submitted online, must be supplied by that date for the application to be eligible.
Please contact the Junior Research Fellowship Administrator, Clare College, Trinity Lane, Cambridge, CB2 1TL (tel. 01223 335317, email JRFadministrator@clare.cam.ac.uk) if any further information about the application process is required.
Applications are invited for one or more stipendiary Research Fellowships, tenable for three years from 1 October 2010. Fields considered this year will be Classics, Economics, Engineering (Materials and Thermodynamics), Renaissance Studies, and Sustainable Development. The Research Fellowships are open to graduates of any university who on 1 October 2010 will have completed not more than five years of research.
Further details, application forms, and notes for referees may be obtained from the College website (http://www.corpus.cam.ac.uk/fellowship/research-fellowship), or from The Research Fellowship Competition, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, CB2 1RH (fax 01223 338061, email research-fellowships@corpus.cam.ac.uk).
Applications and testimonials must be received by noon on 26 November 2009. The College would prefer to receive material in electronic format (.doc or .pdf) but will accept applications and testimonials by post if necessary.
The Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation has recently established a postdoctoral fellowship exchange programme between Corpus Christi College and the University of Chicago. Applications are now invited from candidates in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (excluding Law) at Cambridge to spend up to three years at the University of Chicago. The Fellowship will recognize early-career scholars of exceptional promise and provide time and resources in support of their research efforts. This is purely a research fellowship, with no teaching duties expected. The Fellow is expected to take part in seminars, workshops, and research groups at Chicago in the Division of Humanities, the Division of Social Sciences, or the Divinity School. The Fellow will be provided with a stipend, office space, a computer, and supplies, and will have access to the University’s libraries and other common facilities. The Fellow will also be assigned a faculty mentor to help integrate the Fellow into the campus culture.
Information about the University of Chicago can be found at http://www.uchicago.edu/.
The Fellowship is for three years and is non-renewable. The inaugural fellowship term will begin in Autumn 2010.
Eligibility: All members and Research Associates of Corpus Christi College and all whose Ph.D. supervisors at the University of Cambridge have been Fellows of Corpus Christi College, who will have completed at most six years of research at 1 September 2010 in a subject covered at the University of Cambridge by either the School of Arts and Humanities or the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences (excluding Law).
Further details concerning the Fellowship and the application proceduremay be found on the College website: http://www.corpus.cam.ac.uk/fellowship/research-fellowship.
The Governing Body of Magdalene College expects to elect two stipendiary Research Fellows with tenure for three years from 1 October 2010 (the Nevile Fellowship, endowed through the generosity of Trinity College, 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.
Shortlisted candidates will be called for interview, and the expenses of travel within the UK only will be paid by the College. The current gross stipend (2008–09) for a Research Fellow is £17,950 a year, rising by two annual increments to £20,535 a year. This stipend will be reviewed annually (i.e. October 2009) 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.
Applications must be made to The Master’s Secretary, Magdalene College, Cambridge, CB3 0AG, (email jeh34@cam.ac.uk) using the special application form obtainable from the Master’s Secretary. A completed application form, together with a curriculum vitae and a statement of about 500 words describing the candidate’s current and proposed research, must be received not later than Monday, 30 November 2009.
Magdalene College is an Equal Opportunities Employer
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 2010. Applications are sought this year from graduates working in a field covered by one of the following Faculties of the University of Cambridge: PPS (Politics, Psychology, and Sociology), Economics, English, Education, Business and Management, Land Economy, Music, Law. Further information about these Faculties may be obtained from the University of Cambridge 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.
Application forms and full particulars may be obtained from The Principal, Newnham College, Cambridge, CB3 9DF, email principal@newn.cam.ac.uk, or from the College website: http://www.newn.cam.ac.uk/.
The closing date for applications is Friday, 6 November 2009. Selected candidates will be invited by 18 December 2009 to submit, by 6 January 2010, three copies of a dissertation or other written work. The College expects to reach a decision by early March 2010.
Applications are invited from women graduates of any university for a stipendiary or non-stipendiary Research Fellowship in any field of Science, Mathematics, or Engineering, tenable for three years from 1 October 2010.
Application forms and full particulars may be obtained from The Principal, Newnham College, Cambridge, CB3 9DF, email principal@newn.cam.ac.uk, or from the College website: http://www.newn.cam.ac.uk/.
The closing date for applications is 29 January 2010. Selected candidates will be invited in mid-February to submit, by 26 February 2010, three copies of a dissertation or other written work. The College expects to reach a decision in April 2010.
These advertisements comply 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.
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 2010.
Candidates must by 1 October 2010 have passed all examinations required for a first degree at a university. Candidature is also restricted to those who commenced full-time research work for a Ph.D. Degree no earlier than 1 October 2006. Furthermore, candidates must be graduates of, or current students at, universities in the UK or the Republic of Ireland.
Candidates should obtain an application form from the Secretary to the Research Fellowships Committee or from the College website (http://www.pet.cam.ac.uk/). They will be asked to name two or three referees who know their work, and to request them to write to the Master a letter supporting their candidature. In so doing, referees should also suggest the names of two or three independent assessors who might evaluate the candidate’s work. The completed application form and the letters from referees must reach the Master by 14 November 2009.
The electors will make a shortlist of candidates who will be invited to submit dissertations or other written work. Some of these candidates will subsequently be invited for interview.
The annual remuneration of a Research Fellow is at present £22,213 (non-resident in College) or £19,668 (resident), with an annual research allowance of up to £1,085. Stipends will be subject to deductions in consideration of emoluments from other sources. In the case of a Research Fellow who has not yet taken the Ph.D. Degree, the College may pay certain approved University fees. Research Fellows are expected to engage in full-time research, but may be permitted to teach for up to six hours a week and will be paid for this. All Research Fellows are allowed seven free meals a week at the Common Table. There is an entertainment allowance in kind. The tenure is three years and in certain circumstances may be renewed. Up to one year’s absence may be granted.
All correspondence should be clearly marked ‘RFC’ and directed to the Secretary to the Research Fellowships Committee, Peterhouse, Cambridge, CB2 1RD (tel. 01223 338202, email pag39@cam.ac.uk).
The College intends to elect up to two Research Fellows from 1 October 2010 for a period of three years. The Fellowships are open to men and women graduates of any university who are either members of Queens’ College engaged in research in any field, or, not being members of the College, are engaged in research in one of the following subject areas: synthetic organic chemistry or classics (specializing in the literature, language, history, philosophy, or archaeology of ancient Greece or Rome).
Applicants should be early in their academic careers and have just completed, or be about to complete, their Ph.D. Degree. Candidates who have their own source of funding are eligible for a non-stipendiary award and are encouraged to apply.
Further details and an application form may be obtained from the College website: http://www.queens.cam.ac.uk/ (Vacancies/Academic Vacancies). The closing date for completed applications is noon on 21 October 2009.
Incomplete or late applications will not be considered. Applications should be sent by hard copy or electronically to jrf@queens.cam.ac.uk.
The College Council wishes to make elections to two Research Fellowships, each tenable for three years, to commence on 1 September 2010. One Fellowship is devoted to those scholars pursuing or intending to pursue research in the Arts and Social Sciences, the other to those working in the Sciences (including Mathematics, Engineering, and the Medical Sciences). These Fellowships are primarily intended to provide opportunities for scholars at the earliest stage of their academic careers to establish a successful research profile.
The pensionable stipend of a Research Fellow is £16,547 a year (at the 1 October 2009 stipend level for point 22 on the University’s single salary spine), or £19,645 a year (point 28) if the Fellow holds the degree of Ph.D. The Fellow will be entitled to a room in College and to Fellows’ dining and other rights. Single residential accommodation will be made available for a service charge (currently £1,532 a year), but for those choosing to live in private accommodation there is a non-pensionable allowance of £3,214 a year and a first dependent child allowance of £870 a year. Increments to the stipend are payable at £581 after the first year and £608 after the second year of tenure to Ph.D. Degree holders. The level of Research Fellowship emoluments is normally reviewed annually when the stipends of University and College officers are reviewed. Research Fellows can apply for book grants of up to £205 a year and research grants of up to £740 a year.
The holder of a Research Fellowship will be encouraged to teach for up to six hours a week, with priority being given to teaching for the College. Additional payment will be made for this teaching at standard University supervision rates. The permission of the College Council is required for other paid work, and all emoluments received must be disclosed to the Council. Council may reduce the Research Fellowship stipend in the light of other income received.
All applications, including references, must be made using the online application form on the College website (http://www.sid.cam.ac.uk/life/personnel/). The closing date is Tuesday, 20 October 2009, for the receipt of the online application plus two references; the latter must also be submitted using the online form. It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that both of her or his referees submit the form prior to the deadline. A signed copy of the application will be required from those applicants who are shortlisted and, at that stage, those candidates will be asked to submit two pieces of written work to supplement their application. It is anticipated that interviews for shortlisted applicants will be held during early December 2009.
Further particulars may also be obtained from the College website and any enquiries should be directed to the Fellow Secretary to the Research Fellowship Competition, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, CB2 3HU (email research.fellowships@sid.cam.ac.uk).
The College Council reserves the right not to make an appointment.
The College is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
The Governing Body of St Catharine’s College invites applications from women and men for election to two stipendiary Research Fellowships, tenable from 1 October 2010 for three years. The Fellowships are open to graduates of any university who are either members of the College, or, not being members of the College, are engaged in research in the Humanities and Social Sciences.
Applications for non-stipendiary awards, which will otherwise carry the usual benefits of a Research Fellowship, are also encouraged from applicants who have already secured externally funded research awards, e.g. British Academy Research Fellowship, Leverhulme Fellowship, etc., for three years from 1 October 2010 or for a major part of this period.
The total number of stipendiary plus non-stipendiary awards will normally be two.
Fellowships are intended to support those at an early stage in their academic careers, and will normally be awarded to those who will have recently completed their Ph.D. Degree by 1 October 2010. Candidates should not ordinarily have had more than one year of post-doctoral experience, nor have already held a College Research Fellowship elsewhere.
The closing date for applications is Saturday, 31 October 2009. Applications should be made via the College website: http://www.caths.cam.ac.uk/home/index.php?m=page&id=472, 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).