Newnham College is proud to offer a number of Research Fellowships for outstanding female researchers early in their careers.
Our Fellowships offer an opportunity to carry out independent research in a stimulating and supportive academic community, to meet established researchers across a range of disciplines, and to take part in the life of Newnham College.
Applications are now open for the Sciences Research Fellowship and for the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Research Fellowship.
The Sciences Research Fellowship, the Newby Trust Research Fellowship and the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Research Fellowship are each tenable for three years, and may be held on either a stipendiary or non-stipendiary basis.
Deadlines:
- Sciences Research Fellowship: Sep. 27, 2024
- Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Research Fellowship: Oct. 4, 2024
The Sciences Research Fellowship is offered in any field of Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or Psychology.
The Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Research Fellowship subjects are offered on a three-year rotation, with the subjects as listed below. Newnham research students in the whole field of the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences may apply in any year, regardless of the rotational listing:
2025: Business & Management, Divinity, Economics, English (including Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic), Education, History, Land Economy, Law. The successful candidate will enter into their Fellowship on 1 October 2025.
2026: Architecture, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, History of Art, Human Social and Political Sciences (including Archaeology, Anthropology, Politics and International Studies, Social Sciences). The successful candidate will enter into their Fellowship on 1 October 2026.
2027: Classics, Geography, History and Philosophy of Science, Modern and Medieval Languages (including Theoretical and Applied Linguistics), Music, Philosophy. The successful candidate will enter into their Fellowship on 1 October 2027.
- Our Research Fellowships are intended for outstanding female researchers early in their careers. The Fellowships offer an opportunity to carry out independent research in a stimulating and supportive academic environment.
- Applications will be accepted from any female graduate of a university within or outside the United Kingdom. Where a candidate is appointed who requires a visa in order to work inthe UK, the appointment will be conditional upon the candidate successfully obtaining the necessary visa
- All candidates should note that these Research Fellowships are extremely competitive.
- Successful candidates are expected to be either graduate students whose doctoral degrees are complete or very near completion, or post-doctoral researchers who have recently completed their PhD degrees.
- Both selection panels use the concept of “research age” in judging how long a candidate has been active in research, so that time out of research for professional or family reasons will not be at a disadvantage.