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
• About University of Cambridge
• Queen's College Junior Research Fellowships/Early Career Fellowships Fellowship
• Aim and Benefits of Queen's College Junior Research Fellowships/Early Career Fellowships Fellowship
• Requirements for Queen's College Junior Research Fellowships/Early Career Fellowships Fellowship Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for Queen's College Junior Research Fellowships/Early Career Fellowships Fellowship
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

Queen's College Junior Research Fellowships/Early Career Fellowships Fellowship

Aim and Benefits of Queen's College Junior Research Fellowships/Early Career Fellowships Fellowship

• 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 for Queen's College Junior Research Fellowships/Early Career Fellowships Fellowship Qualification

• 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.

Interview date, Process and Venue for Queen's College Junior Research Fellowships/Early Career Fellowships Fellowship

• Interviews will be held in late November 2026.

Check also:
Erasmus Mundus Scholarship 2027
Global Korea Scholarship 2027

Application Deadline

How 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.