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Research Fellows
Each year, the college holds competitions for Research Fellowships, both Stipendiary and non-Stipendiary. These support gifted young researchers for four years; generally Research Fellows are appointed within two years of the award of a doctorate.
The Fellowships give young researchers an opportunity to establish their career before moving on to become fully independent researchers. Research Fellows have freedom to carry out their chosen research projects within the academic environment of the College and the University departments.
Stipendiary Research Fellowships
Usually, Research Fellows are appointed by the College Research Committee following interviews in mid-January, with a start date in October of that year. For January appointments, advertisements will appear in late July/early August with closing dates in September. Shortlisted candidates will be informed in the first part of December. We invite candidates to attend interviews in person.
Benefits
Research Fellows are members of the Governing Body, with full privileges of Fellows. The Fellowship is a research post and is meant to allow Research Fellows to freely pursue and focus on their research, but they are encourage to take advantage of opportunities to undertake a small amount of University and/or College teaching and to take part in the College's Outreach and Widening Participation activities. Research Fellows join a lively research community, made up of Fellows, Research Fellows and College Research Associates and are expected to participate fully in college life and activities. In addition to a competitive stipend and additional accommodation allowance, privileges include free meals in College (breakfast, lunch and dinner on all days that the servery is open as well as high table dinners) and the possibility of an office and accommodation in College properties.
Eligibility
The King's College Research Fellowships are aimed at people who are at the beginning of their academic career. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in a relevant area of work and has completed or will be completing shortly an outstanding doctoral these. Candidates must not have undertaken more than 2 years postdoctoral work or work outside of academia by the 1 October of the year of their appointment to the Research Fellowships. Applications are welcome from graduates of any university and from international as well as UK applicants.
Non-stipendiary Research Fellowships
The college also usually appoints one or two non-stipendiary Research Fellows, one in Physical Sciences, Mathematical Sciences & Engineering and one in Biological & Medical Sciences. Advertisements appear in March/April and close for applications in late April/mid-May. Long-listed candidates with be notified in mid-May. Short-listed candidates will then hear in early July for interviews in mid-July. Their appointment starts in October of that year.
Eligibility
Non-stipendiary Research Fellows will need to have already secured external funding for the time of their fellowship and provide a letter from their head of department to confirm that this is in place when applying.
Any questions can be directed to the Research Coordinator at research@kings.cam.ac.uk in the first instance.
Competitions will appear on this page when they open. Competitions that have recently closed will be visible for some time after the deadline below for reference.
College Research Associates
King’s College makes up to eight appointments to College Research Associates each year in any subject. Applicants must at the time of appointment be of post-doctoral standing, and may be graduates of any university. They must at the time of appointment, and for the duration of the appointment, be employed by the University of Cambridge in a post-doctoral research role. There are no conditions of age or subject attached to these positions, but candidates would normally be early in their research careers.
Applications can be from individuals or from groups of up to three. Appointments will be for two years, potentially renewable for a further two years. Applicants must, at the time of appointment, have funding for at least a full year.
Applicants must submit a plan for academic activities linked to their research which will be undertaken within King’s. This could, for instance, involve work with King’s Fellows or doctoral students, use of college archives or research facilities, or the writing of an article.
Research Associates have access to the SCR, the library and other College facilities. They have the right to lunch and dine in College with one High Table dinner and two lunches per week free of charge. Up to £600 per year of research expenses is available through the Research Committee. Presentation of their work to the Fellowship and Graduate student body will be expected of all Associates at some point during their tenure.
Details of competitions for College Research Associate positions can be found below on this page when they open.
Open Competitions
Stipendiary Research Fellowship in the History and Culture of the Countries of the Silk Roads - Closing Date: Sunday, September 28, 2025
Through a generous donation, King’s College Cambridge is able to invite applications for a four-year Research Fellowship from those who are completing or have recently completed a doctorate and who intend to pursue a substantial research project on some aspect of the Silk Roads countries, societies, and cultures of Asia from the Western borders of China to the Mediterranean Sea, as well as their relationships with China in the East and Europe in the West. The research project can be situated in any discipline or interdisciplinary position and can address any aspect of the movement of materials, knowledge, cultural practices and technologies between China and the Mediterranean or any sub-region between the two at any period up to the present day.
This Research Fellowship is part of a broader programme, which includes lectures, seminars and conferences, as well as graduate scholarships and further Research Fellowships. As well as pursuing their own research project, the successful candidate will be expected to play an active role in developing the programme and in organizing academic activity concerned with the countries of the Silk Roads outside of their own specific project.
The ideal candidate for this Research Fellowship will have a strong background in a relevant discipline, including but not limited to anthropology, sociology, urban studies, architecture, history, environment and ecology, science and technology studies, political economy, and development, and be completing or have completed an outstanding doctoral thesis. It is not a requirement that the candidate’s doctoral studies or the work that they submit in support of their application should have concerned questions of the Silk Roads specifically, but candidates will be expected to show in their applications that their academic background connects to the very broad area of the studies of the Silk Roads countries and how their plans for their future work relates to the work that they have already done.
A Research Fellowship is a postdoctoral position tenable for up to 4-years. Applications are welcome from graduates of any university. Candidates will usually have completed their PhD, but must not have undertaken more than 3-years of postdoctoral work by 1 October 2026 (i.e. your PhD cannot have been granted before 30 September 2023).
The successful candidate will join a lively research community which includes Research Fellows and College Research Associates as well as Fellows who hold University posts working across a wide range of problems. It is the aim of these projects to develop and consolidate crucial fields of study that are currently too narrowly restricted in their practitioners and/or their objects of analysis, and to strengthen the intellectual framework for international and global approaches to the humanities by tackling related issues that can only properly be understood when tackled globally. The Fellow in Silk Roads Studies will similarly be expected to ‘think big’ and consider the contemporary resonance of their project.
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 and accommodation in College properties. 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.
The stipend attached to a Research Fellowship is £24,729 (pre award of doctorate), £27,477 (after award of doctorate), rising each year to a maximum of £30,912 (to be revised). Additional payment is made for teaching. An accommodation allowance of £3,690 is paid to all Stipendiary Research Fellows, and an additional living-out allowance of up to £4,180, depending on income, is available to those Fellows not living in college-owned accommodation.
The closing date for applications, including references, is 23.59pm on Sunday 28 September 2025. Further information about the College may be obtained from the College website.
Eligibility:
Graduates of any university are eligible. Candidates will usually have completed their PhD but must not have undertaken more than 3 years of postdoctoral work by 1 October 2026 (i.e. your PhD cannot have been granted before 30 September 2023).
The College has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK. If you do not have the right to work in the UK already, any offer we make will be conditional upon you gaining it. The College will give informal advice and assistance but ultimately it will be the responsibility of the candidate to obtain the necessary visa requirements of the United Kingdom.
Dates:
- The closing date for application is 23.59pm (UK time) on Sunday 28 September 2025. Applications received after this date and time will not be considered.
- Long-listed candidates will be notified in mid-October and will be expected to provide within 5-days a writing sample of not more than 20,000 words.
- Short-listed candidates will be notified late-November, and will be invited for interview on either Wednesday 28th or Thursday 29th January 2026. Please ensure that you will be available for interview on these dates, as it is not possible to arrange other times for interviews.
- Fellowship will begin on 1 October 2026 and will run until 30 September 2030.
Application Process:
To apply use the following link to go to the FAS website and create an application:
Before the closing date, 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 1,200 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.
Applicants must also arrange for three letters of recommendation to be uploaded onto the site in PDF format by the closing date of the competition, 23.59pm (UK time) on Sunday 28 September 2025. Each referee should be asked to provide the names of two further readers, not in the candidate’s institution, to whom work might be sent if the candidate is long-listed. It is the duty of the candidate to ensure that the referees submit the references before the closing date.
Your referees will need to provide their references 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 at research@kings.cam.ac.uk
Please note that all application materials must be in the English language.
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.
In mid-October, the College will contact long-listed applicants by email to ask for samples of written work, up to 20,000 words (either published* papers or chapters of a doctoral thesis). This work must be supplied within 5-days of the sending of the e-mail.
*=If you submit published papers, you will need to include a covering written statement, which explains your precise contribution, if your submission includes multi-author paper(s).
Further questions:
If you have any further questions regarding any aspect of the competition, please e-mail the competition administrator Dr Caro Schade at research@kings.cam.ac.uk
Closing Date:
28 Sep 2025
Stipendiary Research Fellowship in Physics, Chemistry or Earth Sciences - This competition is now closed!
The Governing Body of King's College invites applications for a Research Fellowship in the Natural Sciences. Applications are invited from candidates with a strong record in any field of Physics, Chemistry or Earth Sciences.
The Fellowship is intended to provide the successful candidate with the opportunity to pursue their own research programme while benefiting from the range of expertise in Cambridge, and King’s College in particular. The project could be based entirely within the college, or could involve a base in one of the University departments.
Applications are welcome from all those working in the areas of Physics, Chemistry or Earth Sciences and who wish to undertake a major project over the course of the four years of this Fellowship.
The ideal candidate for this Research Fellowship will have a strong background in a relevant area of work and be completing or have completed recently an outstanding doctoral thesis. The successful candidate will be expected to engage broadly with the whole college community.
The successful candidate will join a lively research community which includes Research Fellows and College Research Associates as well as Fellows who hold University posts. This includes a number of Fellows working in the Sciences, which will potentially align with the successful candidate’s project, and a wide range of other subjects which will provide both challenge to and stimulus for novel ways of approaching it. Research Fellows also engage with colleagues from the Collegiate University as a whole in the pursuit of their project.
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. Although these are research posts, Research Fellows are encouraged to take advantage of opportunities to undertake a small amount of University or College teaching, or tutorial duties. Such activity is remunerated separately and can make an important contribution to the development of an academic career.
Research Fellows are members of the Governing Body, with the full privileges of all Fellows. These include all meals, a degree of financial support for expenses associated with research, and the possibility of an office and accommodation in College properties. Currently, the stipend of a Research Fellow is £24,729 prior to the award of doctorate, or £27,477 after award of doctorate, rising each year to a maximum of £30,912 (to be revised). An accommodation allowance of £3,690 is paid to all Stipendiary Research Fellows, and an additional living-out allowance of up to £4,180, depending on income, is available to those Fellows not living in college-owned accommodation. Research Fellows may claim research expenses of up to £1,500 in any academic year.
The closing date for applications, including references, is 9 a.m. on Monday 15th September 2025. Further information about the College may be obtained from the College website.
Eligibility:
A Research Fellowship is a postdoctoral position tenable for up to 4-years. Graduates of any university are eligible. Candidates will usually have completed their PhD but must not have undertaken more than 2 years of postdoctoral work by 1 October 2026 (i.e. your PhD cannot have been granted before 30 September 2024). Candidates who do not fulfil these criteria are unlikely to be considered.
The College has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK. If you do not have the right to work in the UK already, any offer we make will be conditional upon you gaining it. The College will give informal advice and assistance but ultimately it will be the responsibility of the candidate to fulfil the necessary visa requirements and obtain a visa.
Dates:
- The closing date for application is 9 a.m. (UK time) on Monday 15th September 2025. Applications received after this date and time will not be considered.
- Short-listed candidates will be notified in early December and will be invited for an interview on Thursday 15th or Friday 16th January 2026. Please keep these dates free and ensure that you are able to attend this interview in person.
- The Fellowship will begin on 1 October 2026 and will run until 30 September 2030.
Application:
To apply use the following link to go to the FAS website and create an application:
This competition is now closed for applications.
Before the closing date, 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 1,200 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 (e.g. 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, of 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 by the closing date of the competition, 9 a.m. (UK time) on Monday 15th September 2025. As soon as a referee is nominated, an email can be sent through the FAS website requesting a reference. You can request references individually before submitting your application. It is wise to nominate referees well before the closing date so they have sufficient time to submit a reference.
In the letter of recommendation, suggestions for impartial expert readers, to whom work might be sent if the candidate is long-listed, would be very welcome. Please make your referees aware of this.
It is the duty of the candidate to ensure that the referees submit the references before the closing date.
Your referees will need to provide their references 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 research@kings.cam.ac.uk, the competition administrator.
Please note that all application materials must be in the English language.
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, please e-mail research@kings.cam.ac.uk, the competition administrator.
King’s College follows an equal opportunities policy.
Closing Date:
15 Sep 2025 - This competition is now closed!
Stipendiary Research Fellowship on the theme of Fabrication - This competition is now closed!
King’s College Cambridge invites applications for a Research Fellowship from those working on the theme of Fabrication. Creativity – making something never made before or coming up with new scholarly or scientific insights – is fundamental to human life; misrepresentation – making up claims about past or present – undermines human relationships, whether to other humans or to the non-human world. Yet the relationship between creativity and deception is rarely put under scrutiny. We are looking for research proposals that examine the act of fabrication, the conscious creation of something new and different, in good faith or in bad, so as better to understand what makes some sorts of ‘making it up’ the life-blood of artistic, literary, or scientific progress, and other sorts a destructive blight on a shared sense of what is real and societal cohesion.
Applications are welcome from all those working on this topic within any area of the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and who wish to undertake a major project over the course of the four years of this Fellowship. The brief is deliberately wide to encompass innovative thinking about the topic which has distinctive conceptualisations in different research traditions. Creative and innovative thinking is encouraged. While applications are welcome from within specific academic disciplines, proposals that link or combine different disciplines are also strongly encouraged. Applicants should not feel obliged to focus on a traditionally identified paradigm.
The ideal candidate for this Research Fellowship will have a strong background in a relevant area of work and be completing or have completed recently an outstanding doctoral thesis. It is not a requirement that the candidate’s doctoral studies or the work that they submit in support of their application should have concerned this topic specifically, but candidates will be expected to show in their applications how their plans for their future work relate to the work that they have already done. The successful candidate will be expected to engage broadly with the whole college community.
It is the aim of King’s Research Fellowships to develop important fields of study that are currently too narrowly restricted in their practitioners and/or their objects of analysis. For this reason, candidates are encouraged to propose creative and innovative projects which will not only make an important contribution to the specific area of interest but also strengthen the intellectual framework of the humanities as a whole.
The successful candidate will join a lively research community which includes Research Fellows and College Research Associates as well as Fellows who hold University posts. This includes a number of Fellows working in Anthropology, Linguistics, Literature, Music and Psychology which will potentially align with the successful candidate’s project, and a wide range of other subjects which will provide both challenge to and stimulus for novel ways of approaching it. Research Fellows also engage with colleagues from the Collegiate University as a whole in the pursuit of their project.
A Research Fellowship is a postdoctoral position tenable for up to four years. Applications are welcome from graduates of any university. Candidates will usually have completed their PhD or equivalent qualification but must not have undertaken more than 2 years postdoctoral work or work outside of academia by 1 October 2026 (i.e., an applicant’s PhD cannot have been granted before 30 September 2024). Candidates who do not fulfil these criteria are unlikely to be considered.
Research Fellows are members of the Governing Body, with the full privileges of all Fellows. These include all meals, a degree of financial support for expenses associated with research, and the possibility of an office and accommodation in College properties. Currently, the stipend of a Research Fellow is £24,729 prior to the award of doctorate, or £27,477 after award of doctorate, rising each year to a maximum of £30,912 (to be revised). An accommodation allowance of £3,690 is paid to all Stipendiary Research Fellows, and an additional living-out allowance of up to £4,180, depending on income, is available to those Fellows not living in college-owned accommodation. Research Fellows may claim research expenses of up to £1,500 in any academic year.
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. Although these are research posts, Research Fellows are encouraged to take advantage of opportunities to undertake a small amount of University or College teaching, or tutorial duties. Such activity is remunerated separately and can make an important contribution to the development of an academic career. During the course of the Fellowship, a Research Fellow may be granted an intermission for one or two years to take up a temporary position either in Cambridge or elsewhere provided that doing so would be consistent with the Research Fellow’s career development.
The closing date for applications, including references, is 9 a.m. on Monday 15 September 2025. Further information about the College may be obtained from the College website.
Eligibility
Graduates of any university are eligible. Candidates will usually have completed their PhD but must not have undertaken more than 2 years of postdoctoral work by 1 October 2026 (i.e. your PhD cannot have been granted before 30 September 2024). Candidates who do not fulfil these criteria are unlikely to be considered.
The College has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK. If you do not have the right to work in the UK already, any offer we make will be conditional upon you gaining it. The College will give informal advice and assistance but ultimately it will be the responsibility of the candidate to fulfil the necessary visa requirements and obtain a visa.
Dates:
The closing date for application is 9 a.m. (UK time) on Monday 15 September 2025. Applications received after this date and time will not be considered.
Long-listed candidates will be notified in late-September and will be expected to provide within 5-days a writing sample which they believe best represent their talents. This should be no more than 20,000 words and may include and can include thesis chapters or publications.
Short-listed candidates will be notified early December and will be invited for interview on Thursday 15th or Friday 16th January 2026. Please keep these dates free and ensure that you are able to attend this interview in person.
The Fellowship will begin on 1 October 2026.
Application:
To apply use the following link to go to the FAS website and create an application:
This competition has now closed for applications.
Before the closing date, 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 publications.
- A document of no more than 1,200 words in length, excluding bibliography, references, footnotes, endnotes, describing your current research and the research you propose to undertake during the Fellowship.
Applicants must also arrange for three letters of recommendation to be uploaded onto the site in PDF format by the closing date of the competition, 9 am (UK time) on Monday 15 September 2025.
- In the letter of recommendation, suggestions for impartial expert readers, to whom work might be sent if the candidate is long listed, would be very welcome. Please make your referees aware of this.
- It is the duty of the candidate to ensure that the referees submit the references before the closing date.
Your referees will need to provide their references 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 reserach@kings.cam.ac.uk the competition administrator.
Please note that all application materials must be in 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, please e-mail research@kings.cam.ac.uk
King’s College follows an equal opportunities policy.
Closing Date:
15 Sep 2025 - This competition is now closed!
The Roger Evans and Aey Phanachet Stipendiary Research Fellowship on the theme of Myth - This competition is now closed!
King’s College Cambridge invites applications for The Roger Evans and Aey Phanachet Stipendiary Research Fellowship from those working on the theme of Myth. The term can be understood here in the broadest range of its possible meanings as forms of communal narrative that are not grounded in empirical or historical fact but also taking in key canonical definitions, e.g. as narratives justifying sacred rituals and the emergence of religious practices (Frazer), as forms of life which give collective sense and meaning (Wittgenstein), or as false beliefs and ideological identifications which serve to justify the existence and functioning of institutions and social practices (Althusser/Barthes). In each case the role of myth as foundational for collective horizons of sense and meaning can be approached in a wide variety of disciplinary and interdisciplinary frameworks. Proposals may approach the philosophical, political, or artistic uses of myth but also investigate the epistemological, metaphysical, or scientific relevance of myths.
Applications are welcome from all those working on this topic within any area of the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and who wish to undertake a major project over the course of the four years of this Fellowship. The brief is deliberately wide to encompass innovative thinking about the topic which has distinctive conceptualisations in different research traditions. Creative and innovative thinking is encouraged. While applications are welcome from within specific academic disciplines, proposals that link or combine different disciplines are also strongly encouraged. Applicants should not feel obliged to focus on a traditionally identified paradigm.
The ideal candidate for this Research Fellowship will have a strong background in a relevant area of work and be completing or have completed recently an outstanding doctoral thesis. It is not a requirement that the candidate’s doctoral studies or the work that they submit in support of their application should have concerned this topic specifically, but candidates will be expected to show in their applications how their plans for their future work relate to the work that they have already done. The successful candidate will be expected to engage broadly with the whole college community.
It is the aim of King’s Research Fellowships to develop important fields of study that are currently too narrowly restricted in their practitioners and/or their objects of analysis. For this reason, candidates are encouraged to propose creative and innovative projects which will not only make an important contribution to the specific area of interest but also strengthen the intellectual framework of the humanities and social sciences more broadly.
The successful candidate will join a lively research community which includes Research Fellows and College Research Associates as well as Fellows who hold University posts. This includes a number of Fellows working in Anthropology, History, Linguistics, Literature and other disciplines who will potentially align with the successful candidate’s project, and a wide range of other subjects which will provide both challenge to and stimulus for novel ways of approaching it. Research Fellows also engage with colleagues from the Collegiate University as a whole in the pursuit of their project.
A Research Fellowship is a postdoctoral position tenable for up to four years. Applications are welcome from graduates of any university. Candidates will usually have completed their PhD or equivalent qualification but must not have undertaken more than 2 years postdoctoral work or work outside academia by 1 October 2026 (i.e., an applicant’s PhD cannot have been granted before 30 September 2024). Candidates who do not fulfil these criteria are unlikely to be considered.
Research Fellows are members of the Governing Body, with the full privileges of all Fellows. These include all meals, a degree of financial support for expenses associated with research, and the possibility of an office and accommodation in College properties. Currently, the stipend of a Research Fellow is £24,729 prior to the award of doctorate, or £27,477 after award of doctorate, rising each year to a maximum of £30,912 (to be revised). An accommodation allowance of £3,690 is paid to all Stipendiary Research Fellows, and an additional living-out allowance of up to £4,180, depending on income, is available to those Fellows not living in college-owned accommodation. Research Fellows may claim research expenses of up to £1,500 in any academic year.
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. Although these are research posts, Research Fellows are encouraged to take advantage of opportunities to undertake a small amount of University or College teaching, or tutorial duties. Such activity is remunerated separately and can make an important contribution to the development of an academic career. During the course of the Fellowship, a Research Fellow may be granted an intermission for one or two years to take up a temporary position either in Cambridge or elsewhere provided that doing so would be consistent with the Research Fellow’s career development.
The closing date for applications, including references, is 9 a.m. on Monday 15 September 2025. Further information about the College may be obtained from the College website.
Eligibility
Graduates of any university are eligible. Candidates will usually have completed their PhD but must not have undertaken more than 2 years of postdoctoral work by 1 October 2026 (i.e. your PhD cannot have been granted before 30 September 2024). Candidates who do not fulfil these criteria are unlikely to be considered.
The College has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK. If you do not have the right to work in the UK already, any offer we make will be conditional upon you gaining it. The College will give informal advice and assistance but ultimately it will be the responsibility of the candidate to fulfil the necessary visa requirements and obtain a visa.
Dates:
- The closing date for application is 9 a.m. (UK time) on Monday 15 September 2025. Applications received after this date and time will not be considered.
- Long-listed candidates will be notified in late-September and will be expected to provide within 5-days a writing sample which they believe best represent their talents. This should be no more than 20,000 words and may include and can include thesis chapters or publications.
- Short-listed candidates will be notified in early December and will be invited for an interview on Thursday 15th or Friday 16th January 2026. Please keep these dates free and ensure that you are able to attend this interview in person.
- The Fellowship will begin on 1 October 2026.
Application:
To apply use the following link to go to the FAS website and create an application:
This competition is now closed for applications.
Before the closing date, 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 publications.
- A document of no more than 1,200 words in length, excluding bibliography, references, footnotes, endnotes, describing your current research and the research you propose to undertake during the Fellowship.
Applicants must also arrange for three letters of recommendation to be uploaded onto the site in PDF format by the closing date of the competition, 9 am (UK time) on Monday 15 September 2025.
- In the letter of recommendation, suggestions for impartial expert readers, to whom work might be sent if the candidate is long listed, would be very welcome. Please make your referees aware of this.
- It is the duty of the candidate to ensure that the referees submit the references before the closing date.
Your referees will need to provide their references 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 reserach@kings.cam.ac.uk the competition administrator.
Please note that all application materials must be in 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, please e-mail research@kings.cam.ac.uk
King’s College follows an equal opportunities policy.
Closing Date:
15 Sep 2025 - This competition is now closed!
