King's College wishes to appoint, with effect from 1st October 2025, one Non- Stipendiary Research Fellow in any area of the Physical, Mathematical, or Engineering Sciences.
Graduates of any University are eligible.
Candidates must have external funding support for their salary for at least two years from 1st October 2025. The source of external funding, its duration and amount must be stated in the application. Funding sources include, but are not restricted to research appointments from the Royal Society, the various Research Councils of the United Kingdom, the Leverhulme Trust and the Wellcome Trust. The Fellowship lasts for up to 4-years, or until the end of the externally funded position at Cambridge University - whichever is sooner.
The main function of Non-Stipendiary Fellowships is to offer researchers who have already secured external funding at Cambridge University the chance to participate in College life and enjoy the benefits of a College Fellowship.
Research Fellows are members of the Governing Body, with full privileges of Fellows. In addition to pursuing research, a Research Fellow is required to live in Cambridge or close by and to participate in College life and activity.
Privileges include all meals, limited financial support for expenses associated with research, the possibility of an office, subsidised accommodation in College properties, or an additional living-out allowance of up to £4,000, depending on income.
Although these are research posts, Research Fellows are encouraged to take advantage of opportunities to undertake a small amount of University and/or College teaching. Additional payment is made for any undergraduate teaching. Further information about the College may be obtained from the College website (www.kings.cam.ac.uk).
Research Fellows of the College will be encouraged and expected to participate in the social and intellectual life of the College through attending academic events, appearing at lunch and dinner, and discussing research with Fellows and graduate students. From time to time the Research Directors organise evenings when Research Fellows are asked to give short presentations on their work.
Dates
The closing date for the Non-Stipendiary Research Fellowship Competition is 9am (UK local time) on Wednesday 21st May 2025. Applications and associated materials received after this date and time will not be considered.
Longlisted candidates will be notified in late May to mid June.
Short-listed candidates will be invited to attend an interview on 16th July 2025. Please ensure that you will be available for interview, as it is not possible to arrange other times for interviews.
The Fellowship will begin on 1 October 2025 and will run until 30 September 2029 or until external funding at Cambridge University runs out, whichever is sooner.
Application
To apply use the following link to go to the Fellowship Application website on CASC and create an application:
CLICK THIS LINK TO THE COMPETITION ON CASC
Applicants must complete all sections of the online Fellowship Application and upload onto the website (PDF only) the following:
A curriculum vitae (of no more than three A4 sides) including details of higher education, degrees awarded, positions held, and a list of publications.
A document of no more than 1,500 words in length (excluding bibliography, references, footnotes, endnotes), containing descriptions of your current research and of the research you propose to undertake during the Fellowship.
A document with a writing sample of your work (eg a short thesis chapter (<4,000 words) or up to 3 published papers.) You will need to include a covering written statement, which explains your precise contribution, if your work samples include multi-author paper(s).
Applicants must also arrange for three letters of recommendation to be uploaded onto the site in PDF format. In the letter of recommendation, suggestions for impartial expert readers, to whom work might be sent if the candidate is longlisted, would be welcome. Please make your referees aware of this. It is the duty of the candidate to ensure that the referees submit the references and the names of two readers before the closing date.
If you are long-listed, please provide a short letter from the head of your department confirming that you have research funding and facilities in place for this time.
Your referees will need to provide their references (PDF only) through the FAS website. They will be sent an email containing a link to do this. Referees unable to submit references electronically via the FAS website may e-mail the competition administrator, Dr Caro Schade research@kings.cam.ac.uk
Please note that all application materials must be in the English.
The application will not be considered in the competition until it has been submitted and all references have been received. An email will be sent once this has occurred.
Further questions
If you have any further questions regarding any aspect of the competition, e-mail the competition administrator, Dr Caro Schade research@kings.cam.ac.uk
King’s College follows an equal opportunities policy.
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