Research Fellowship

Newnham College, Cambridge invites applications from women graduates of any university for a Research Fellowship in subjects falling within the general field of the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. The Fellowship is tenable for three years from 1 October 2025 and is not renewable or extendable.

The Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Research Fellowship is a stipendiary or non-stipendiary research fellowship, open to graduates working in a field covered by one of the following Faculties of the University of Cambridge: Business & Management, Divinity, Economics, Education, English (including Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic), History, Land Economy, Law. Further information about these Faculties may be obtained from the University of Cambridge’s website: www.cam.ac.uk. Newnham research students in the whole field of the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences may apply, regardless of the subject listing.

The College welcomes applications from women of diverse nationalities and socio-economic backgrounds. Applications are particularly welcomed from those who identify as being from Black, Asian or other minority ethnic groups.

Stipend (for 2023/24): £36,024 (pay award pending)

Candidates are advised that a Research Fellowship is intended for a researcher early in their career. Applicants are expected to be either a graduate student, who has submitted their doctoral thesis at the time of application, or a post-doctoral researcher who has recently completed their PhD Degree.

Application information may be obtained from the College’s website by clicking the apply button above and applications must be submitted on-line via the Application Information document to be found there.

The closing date for applications is Friday 4 October 2024.

This appointment complies with legislation on sex discrimination, relying on the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 22, and Article 3 of the College Charter. Newnham College admits only those who are formally recognised as female on a birth certificate or gender recognition certificate. This means women graduates and Assigned Female At Birth non binary graduates identified as such on a birth certificate are eligible to apply for Newnham's Research Fellowships, as are transwomen graduates with a gender recognition certificate

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