Queens College Junior Research Fellowships/Early Career Fellowships 2027

The College intends to appoint a Junior Research Fellow (JRF) from 1 October 2027 in each of the following subject areas: Archaeological Science and Development Studies.

Junior Research Fellowships offer early-career academics of exceptional intellectual calibre the opportunity to pursue research for up to three years at Queens’ College, Cambridge. The College is a particularly attractive environment for research. The academic expertise sustained by the fellowship and the postgraduate community is especially diverse, and the College library is an important international resource for scholarship.

These posts are intended to be early-career appointments open to graduates who are well advanced in their doctoral research or those who have recently completed it, and they may be stipendiary or non-stipendiary. JRFs will receive mentoring within the College. We will make all reasonable efforts to help JRFs to receive professional and academic mentoring within the appropriate department or faculty, or other affiliated institution of the University of Cambridge.

JRFs are members of the Senior Combination Room and they are expected to play an active part in the community of the College. They are welcome to undertake teaching by arrangement with the Senior Tutor.

Table of Content

• Summary
• Benefits
• Requirements
• Application Deadline
• How To Apply

Summary

• Application DeadlineSeptember 25, 2026
• ValueFully Funded
• Study LevelPostdoctoral Fellowships
• SponsorUniversity of Cambridge
• City to studyCambridge
• School to studyUniversity of Cambridge
• Eligible CountryAll Countries

Benefits

• The Fellowship is stipendiary if the appointee is to engage in full-time research. Annual salary starts at £33,951 for a postdoctoral appointment (or £28,777.44 for a pre-doctoral appointment), together with benefits worth over £8,186.76 p.a.

Requirements

• Candidates who have recently taken up, or are about to take up, a salaried postdoctoral research position within the University of Cambridge are eligible and welcome to apply for a non-stipendiary Junior Research Fellowship.
• Successful candidates will be encouraged to take an active part in the academic life of the relevant department of the University of Cambridge.

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Application Deadline

How To Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to University of Cambridge on app.casc.cam.ac.uk to apply

• Completed applications must be submitted via the online system no later than 1200 on 25 September 2026.
• Applicants are entirely responsible for ensuring the completeness of their applications. Neither incomplete nor late applications will be considered.

Contact

• If you, your research supervisor or your referees have any queries about the online application procedure or are unable to use the online application form, please contact Mrs Jessica Spicer by e-mail ([email protected]) or telephone (01223 335531 or +44 1223 335531) for further advice.

For more information, kindly visit Queens College Cambridge Fellowships webpage.