Eligibility Requirements

1. Stipendiary Junior Research Fellowship

   This year a stipendiary JRF is open to those whose research is principally in one or more of the following subject areas:

   • Anthropology
   • Archaeology
   • Asian & Middle Eastern Studies
   • English, limited to literature of 1800 to present
   • Law
   • Linguistics
   • Modern & Medieval Languages
   • Philosophy, excluding Philosophy of Science

2. Rouse Junior Research Fellowship

   There is an additional stipendiary JRF open to those whose research is principally in the following subject areas:

   • Classics
   • Indian Languages, including Sanskrit
   • Indo-European Philology

3. Wallis Budge Junior Research Fellowship

   There is an additional stipendiary JRF open to those whose research is principally in the following subject area:

   • Egyptology

PLEASE NOTE THAT APPLICATIONS IN ELIGIBLE SUBJECT AREAS WILL BE CONSIDERED AUTOMATICALLY FOR BOTH THE STIPENDIARY AND THE ROUSE OR WALLIS BUDGE JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS.

Eligibility Requirements Applicable to these Fellowships

• Applications are invited from candidates who hold a first degree and who are studying for (or already hold) a higher degree. Candidates are advised that a Junior Research Fellowship is intended for a researcher early in their career and offers an opportunity to carry out novel research in a stimulating academic environment.
• Please view the Eligibility Requirements for further details.
• A successful applicant is expected to be either a postgraduate student, probably in the latter stages of research leading to a PhD Degree (or equivalent), or a postdoctoral researcher who has completed their PhD Degree after 1st January 2024. Candidates who do not fulfil these criteria are unlikely to be considered.
• The successful candidate will be expected to form a link with the appropriate department in the University of Cambridge to enhance any proposed research.
• Candidates should not hold or have held a stipendiary research fellowship at another Oxford or Cambridge college.
• Selected candidates may be invited to the College for interview on or around Tuesday 14th January 2025.
• Candidates must provide details of two referees who have agreed to submit a confidential reference through the website. It is preferable that at least one of the referees should be familiar with the writings to be submitted. One of these would normally be your supervisor.
• The application as well as two referees' references must be submitted online by 12:00 noon on Thursday 24th October 2024.

Written Work

• Shortlisted candidates (expected to be advised by Friday 8th November 2024) will be required to submit to the College by Wednesday 13th November 2024 samples of their written work for assessment (in electronic format using the online system). The written work is expected to be papers already published or prepared for publication or chapters for a PhD thesis and no more than around 20,000 words. Because the timetable is tight it is recommended that candidates have work prepared for submission by Wednesday 13th November 2024, should they reach the first short-list.

Fellowship Details

• The Fellowship may be held for a period not exceeding four years. Tenure of the Fellowship is conditional upon the holder devoting themselves to research to the satisfaction of the College Council, and the holder is expected to carry out their research within the University of Cambridge. The tenure may be split by a period, or periods, of intermission (unpaid) not exceeding a total of two years in duration, to enable the holder to pursue research away from Cambridge.
• The annual stipend of a Junior Research Fellow is currently £27,979 (with a PhD – point 32 on the University single salary spine) or £23,700 (without a PhD – point 25 on the University single salary spine) provided that the Fellow is not paid from elsewhere (other than remuneration for up to six hours' College or University teaching a week). Fellows living out of College receive a living-out allowance of £5,022 (with a PhD) or £2,298 (without a PhD). The stipend for a Fellow who has additional emoluments (other than that for up to six hours teaching) will be reduced by the total amount of pay received.
• In addition to pursuing research, it is hoped that the Research Fellow will take a full part in College life and activities. Where appropriate they are encouraged to undertake some undergraduate teaching during term, for which payment will be made at normal supervision rates. The Research Fellow will be a member of the Governing Body, eligible to sit on College committees, with the full privileges of a Fellow of the College including seven free meals per week, the possibility of financial support for expenses associated with their research, use of a study room or, where appropriate, single accommodation in College.
• It should be noted that a successful candidate for a stipendiary JRF who does not have an automatic right to work in the United Kingdom will be subject to the visa requirements of the United Kingdom. The College will give informal advice and assistance but ultimately it will be the responsibility of the candidate to obtain the necessary visa.

Application Timetable

• The application process begins on Wednesday 24th July 2024.
• The application and two references must be submitted through the website by 12:00 noon on Thursday 24th October 2024. Incomplete applications will not be accepted.
• Candidates will be shortlisted by the College by Friday 8th November 2024.
• Shortlisted candidates will be asked to submit to the College by Wednesday 13th November 2024 samples of their written work for assessment (in electronic format using the online system). The written work is expected to be papers already published or prepared for publication or chapters for a PhD thesis and no more than around 20,000 words.
• Selected candidates may be invited to the College for interview on or around Tuesday 14th January 2025.
• The College hopes to reach a final decision in the week beginning 19th January 2025.
• The successful candidate will normally enter into their Fellowship no later than 1st October 2025.