Mellon/Newton Interdisciplinary Post-doctoral Research Fellowships
We are pleased to announce that we have now appointed two new Fellows for 2013-15 and the competition has now closed. Thank you for applying. Due to the high number of applications we are unable to offer feedback in this instance.
An annual competition for two 2-year research fellowships based at CRASSH.
CRASSH is pleased to announce the opening of the 2013-15 competition. For information on how to apply please click on the link at the right hand side of the page. The deadline for applications is 12.00pm GMT midday Friday 1 March 2013.
CRASSH
offers two 2-year interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Research Fellowships starting
in October and based at CRASSH. The five-year programme, funded jointly by the
Andrew W Mellon Foundation and the Isaac Newton Trust, is aimed
at researchers working in any field of the arts, social sciences or humanities.
The fellowships enable postdoctoral fellows to consolidate their research
and publication record while developing a related project or initiative at
CRASSH during their two-year fellowship.
Applicants
must have been awarded a PhD by the application deadline and should normally
have been awarded it not more than five years prior to taking up their
fellowship. As well as conducting their own research fellows are expected
to initiate or co-ordinate a project at CRASSH. Such projects might include:
convening a cross-disciplinary Graduate/Faculty research group; organising
workshops, colloquia, or a conference in their field; creating an
interdisciplinary research network; spearheading a collaborative cross-School
or inter-institutional research initiative. Research proposals must relate to
the Centre’s theme for the relevant year. Like most postdoctoral fellows at
Cambridge, they could at their discretion take on some tutorial teaching if
they wished, to a maximum of 4-6 hours per week.
Fellows
will report to the Director, Professor Simon Goldhill, and in addition will be
assigned an appropriate Faculty mentor or mentors to link them to the wider
research and teaching context in their field(s).
Appointment will be made for two years from October and is non-renewable. The pensionable scale of stipends for a Mellon/Newton Postdoctoral Research Fellow is currently in the range of £27,578 - 35,938. A travel and research expenses allowance will be available.
Application
Mellon/Newton
Research Fellows will have a strong academic record and the potential to make a
significant contribution to interdisciplinary research initiatives, new or
existing, at CRASSH and the University of Cambridge.
Fellows 2011-13
Dr Christos Lynteris
Dr Simon Mills
Fellows 2012-14
Dr Jonathan Mair
Dr Erik Niblaeus
