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JRF's are fixed term awards of college membership, given to early stage academics, often before final submission of their PhD or shortly afterwards. They are awarded on the basis of research excellence, are prestigious and highly competitive.

Stipendary JRF's include a salary, non-stipendary ones don't. The connection to a college sometimes, but not always, includes benefits such as accommodation or meals. Teaching, and other college responsibilities, vary dependent on college requirements.

Applying for JRFs - finding openings

• Look for JRFs on jobs.ac.uk , the Reporter , the Oxford Gazette, the Guardian and The Times HE section. Some are only advertised on college websites, check them regularly.
• Any age / seniority limitations should be indicated on the advert. Many have limits on amount of time passed since gaining first degree / since beginning PhD.
• Overseas applicants: Colleges should specify whether you need the right to work in the UK or whether they could sponsor your visa; but as long as immigration rules are in flux, keep checking the UKVI website.
• Application deadlines for different colleges are spread over the entire year.
• Apply to as many Colleges as possible
• Not all Colleges will be advertising JRFs in your subject area in a particular year
• Do not be afraid to ring the Colleges up to resolve uncertainties (many questions can be asked without giving your name!)
• Making JRF applications takes time and should not be rushed, start drafting ideas and networking early.
• Some Oxbridge ‘fellowships’ are more like junior lectureships.

The application procedure

• First round of applications
• Long shortlist (~30 applicants) – written work requested
• Written work evaluated by anonymous specialist assessors, usually external
• Final shortlist (~8 applicants)
• Candidates invited for interview
• Successful candidates (in most cases 2, probably one in humanities, one in sciences)
• Create a table for your JRF applications to keep track: deadlines, paperwork required, what stage each application has reached etc.

Perseverance and resilience needed

• Apply early (before finishing PhD) and often.
• You are likely to be competing against people you know, like and respect.
• Applying can last 18 months if applying to all available JRF's. The process can be exhausting at a time when you are uncertain about your post PhD future (and probably writing up as well). Don't lose heart - many do and drop out of the process.
• Do your research (in your field) and be realistic about your chances. Find out who has been successful in the past. how does your CV look against theirs, get honest feedback from referees, sponsors etc.
• Statistically there are more good researchers than there are JRF's to offer. If you're getting shortlisted it is a good sign. Keep going and you may well get an offer in due course. Plenty of people have good academic careers without a JRF.
• It’s acceptable to re-apply to a college that you applied to in a previous competition.
• Usually 150-250 applications per place, 700 applications for the big group competitions. However, numbers are unpredictable: one subject-specific competition had 16 applicants one year, and 86 the next.
• 'Open competitions' may not be truly open – they may unofficially want / not want a certain subject, but you won’t know this. Do not be disheartened if your application does well at some colleges and is rejected outright at others.
• Some interviewers may have decided in advance that they are not interested in certain candidates. They are not accountable to HR in the way that other employers would be. Hiring / shortlisting process is not 100% transparent. You often get unofficial feedback but rarely hear anything officially.
• There is always a lot of luck involved! It’s a complicated and opaque process.

Surviving meanwhile (during the application process)

Many leave applying until after submitting their PhD which leaves a gap before any JRF would start.

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Applying for JRFs - research proposal and CV

• Have an draft version of your statement ready to develop.
• It needs to address: why I should be doing the research; why here; why now; why at all.
• Format for easy consumption 
• It is worth starting to apply early, so that you can refine your proposals with practice. Many applicants apply before finishing their PhDs. If your PhD is not yet published, specify time and outcome for this.
• Focus on your achievements so far.
• In your research statement / proposal give detail on which journals you plan to submit to. Specify concrete outcomes (book? Articles?), preferably with a temporal structure.
• Should be comprehensible to academics not in your field, i.e. only semi-technical. Get someone else not in your field to read it, and make it very clear why your research is extra special. Use key words to ring bells with different interest groups.
• Ask friends, colleagues etc to read over the proposal and give you honest blunt feedback.

Writing sample

• Requirements will depend on your subject; could be parts of your Thesis; could be publications (you will be asked to specify your contribution)
• A trick: if you have more good work than they asked to see, send in the lot and say ‘please read portions X, Y and Z’
• For scientists, sending stand-alone journal articles is relatively straightforward. For arts researchers, you will have to chop bits out of your PhD / book, which is much harder; you probably need a short prefatory explanation to put it in context. Get friends, family to read your writing sample.
• Keep it mostly academic
• Include any prizes and publications in preparation; publications are important
• Show that you’re a workhorse, not a navel-gazer
• Include a few interests to demonstrate how you might contribute to college life
• No need to itemise the tripos papers you supervise more than once

Applying for JRFs - referees/readers

• 2-3 referees, of whom one can be your PhD supervisor. It's the referees' role to suggest readers to college.
• Referees are very important - choose them carefully. Some Colleges will immediately disregard any candidate without strong references. Unclear at what stage colleges obtain references.
• Locate allies in UK academia – this takes time.
• Remember to keep those who aren’t your supervisor informed about your PhD’s progress.
• Ask referees’ advice about what of your written work to submit.
• Readers are very important. Should include people outside of Cambridge. Make sure (via your referees, or direct, if your referees take suggestions of readers from you) that they understand what a JRF is. You need readers who are sympathetic to your work.
• Longlisted only and your supervisor surprised you’re making no more progress? Consider changing your non-supervisor referees. They may be too busy to read you properly, especially if they’re much in demand because known as a good referee. Or – one of your referees may be recommending the wrong reader.
• If not shortlisted in your own colleges: consult fellows in your subject in your college.

Give your referees:

• A list of deadlines, arranged in temporal sequence (update and re-send the list as necessary)
• Your research proposal(s)
• Plenty of advance warning!
• Sometimes, despite all the reminders, referees FORGET to send references. Make sure this doesn’t happen to you!! For online applications, referees are sent automatic reminders; you can track whether they have submitted your reference.
• Colleges may not give referees much instruction. Check what your referees want, but it’s good to send them the advert and flag up any salient points, e.g. teaching experience is / is not required in this competition.
• are usually around 30 mins.
• can include a 5 minute presentation with handouts.
• Giving a presentation is NOT like reading out an article. If you memorise your presentation, this should not be obvious!

What a college wants from an interview

• Some colleges interview and some don't. On the whole, those that do want to know "what can you contribute to college", those that don’t tend to be more concerned purely with your research.
• Research the college – they may ask you what you will contribute to college life. Look for gaps in the subjects covered by college. Talk to current JRFs at different colleges.
• If possible, find out who your interviewers are in advance, read their research profiles. Read the profiles of other researchers in college: how would you fit in?
• If you are being interviewed, you are academically excellent; so part of the aim is to see what you are like as a person.
• Teaching may or may not come up in discussion. It is good to ask for teaching opportunities, e.g. lecturing, teaching masters students – you will need experience for lectureship applications. Provide a list of papers you can teach for.
• Questions on longer term future plans – how you would use your JRF, publishing plans.

Preparing for an interview or presentation

• Do practice interviews / go over your CV.
• Practice soundbites describing your work – 1 min, 5 mins, 10 mins. This is useful both for interviews and networking. Don’t sound pre-programmed.
• Panels are often mixed specialist / general. Include names of well-known people (or concepts) in your presentation, so that the generalists can connect to your work. Subject-specific competitions still have a generalist interview panel. When an interviewer in a mixed panel asks a specialist question, it’s ok to give two answers: first answer the specialist, then "allow me to rephrase this in more general terms".
• Usually includes a short technical interview with an expert.
• Non-specialists often unwittingly ask very difficult questions. Remember: audiences absorb new information slowly. Use analogies the audience can relate to. Whenever you have to present yourself (whether orally or in writing), consult with friends from a different field.

See also the section on JRFs from our guide on Interview Skills for Academia .

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Research and Junior Research Fellowships

We offer a variety of ways through which post-doctoral researchers and others can become members of our community either as a Junior Research Fellow (JRF) or Research Fellow (RF).

Research and Junior Research Fellows are an essential part of the Wolfson College community. Wolfson welcomes more Research Fellows to its community than any other College in Oxford, and gives a College home to researchers employed by faculties and departments to do post-doctoral research. The College usually has around 100 Research Fellows at any given time, across a wide variety of subjects.

During the year Wolfson College holds two Competitions through which we appoint a number of new non-stipendiary Research/Junior Research Fellows. The Humanities and Social Sciences Competition is advertised from January, elected from 1 October for three years, and the Sciences Competition is advertised from September, elected from 1 January for three years.   All Fellowships will be advertised on the vacancies page and all non-stipendiary Research Fellows/Junior Research Fellows must have a contract of employment with the University of Oxford or external research funding.  For general enquires contact [email protected]

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Non-stipendiary Research and Junior Research Fellowships in Sciences 2025 will be advertised from September 2024, elected from 1 January 2025.

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Junior Research Fellowships (JRFs) are offered by the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge University. These highly competitive, prestigious fellowships are aimed at early career researchers who are in the final year of their PhD or in the first few years after their PhD. They are awarded on the basis of research excellence.

There are two types: stipendiary and non-stipendiary. For the stipendiary fellowships there is a salary but the non-stipendiary fellowships are unpaid. For both types you will get membership of the college and associated benefits (such as dining rights).The fellowships typically last for approx. 3 years, although this can vary. There is no expectation that they will lead to a permanent position. Sometimes they are advertised for specific disciplines only, at other times for any discipline. Some colleges will expect you to do some teaching, but others will not.

Where are they advertised?

JRFs are sometimes advertised on  www.jobs.ac.uk . You will also find them advertised in the Cambridge Reporter or the Oxford Gazette and on the college websites. Application deadlines are spread over the year for different colleges.

How do the application processes work?

Each college runs its own application process so there are some variations. In general you will be asked to submit a CV, a research statement and a sample of your written work. You will also be asked to supply the names of referees. These will be contacted by the college and asked to nominate readers for your work, who will be specialists in your field and will review your application for the college.

If you progress to the next selection stage you may be called for interview, although not all colleges interview. Bear in mind that the interview panel will not be specialists in your field. You should familiarise yourself with who the fellows of the college are and be able to talk about your work in a way that an intelligent non-specialist would understand.

• For your sample of your written work it could be a journal article or it could be a chapter from your thesis. If it is a chapter from your thesis you will need to provide a short piece of writing at the start setting it in context so the reader can understand it.
• Your research statement will typically include information on the research from your PhD (30%) and also describe your current/ future research (70%). You should be careful not to just state that you will use the fellowship to prepare your PhD for publication as a book. You will need to propose a new piece of research. This must follow on from your PhD but be interesting in its own right.
• Have a good title for your research proposal.
• You should make sure you make a strong case for why your research is worth doing.
• Your research proposal should be understandable to non-specialists.
• Before the interview research the college. They may ask you how you will contribute to college life.

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Homerton College wishes to appoint up to two stipendiary and one non-stipendiary Junior Research Fellowships for outstanding researchers early in their careers.

For 2023, the College is proud to announce a new initiative: this year’s Junior Research Fellowship Competition is a themed call for ‘Research in Practice’. The College wishes to recruit Junior Research Fellows in the three key subject areas listed below, with a special focus on scholarship with a practical application including, but not limited to, scholar activism, social impact, and widening participation in education.  The Junior Research Fellows will carry out a programme of research of their own devising that will include research-in-practice and social impact activities. The research programme will fulfil the goals of advancing the interests of the communities that are being researched and widening the impact of that research beyond the College and the University. 

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Candidates may be graduates of any University and will have completed or be about to complete a PhD. There is no age limit, but a Junior Research Fellowship is intended to support those at an early stage in their academic careers. Applications are therefore invited from researchers who have completed no more than five years full-time doctoral research, or part-time equivalent. Exceptional circumstances will be taken into consideration.  A Junior Research Fellowship is tenable for four years with effect from 1st October 2023, or as soon as possible thereafter.

The closing date for applications is Wednesday 24 May 2023 .

Please see Further Particulars for more information.

How to apply:

Please go to https://app.casc.cam.ac.uk/fas_live/homjrf.aspx for information about how to apply online.

Enquiries of an academic nature may be addressed to Dr Katherine Boyle, Director of Research, by email on [email protected]

Enquiries concerning the application process and the logistics of the competition or Fellowship arrangements should be addressed to [email protected]

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Junior Research Fellowship 2023

The 2023 competition is now closed. Information on the 2024 competition is available .

The competition is for candidates in the following humanities and social science disciplines: archaeology; economics; education; history (including ancient history); law; politics and international relations; sociology and social anthropology. 

Applications are invited from candidates who have completed less than five years' full-time research, or part-time equivalent, in the relevant disciplines by 1 October 2023. They should have recently obtained or are currently completing a PhD or equivalent.

The Junior Research Fellowship is a stipendiary position, tenable for three years.  The successful candidate will be selected on the basis of their excellent records of research in their chosen subject and the potential to pursue that research at the highest level.

To apply for one of the two Junior Research Fellowships 2023, please read on.

If you have any questions, contact the JRF Administrator at  [email protected] .

JRF APPLICATION INFORMATION

To apply for a Junior Research Fellowship, please go to the:  Competition Portal  

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FELLOWSHIP DETAILS

• Stipends are payable on the University's salary scale, starting at spine point 39 (currently £32,348). The stipend will increase by one spine point each year.
• The College offers additional benefits including ten free meals per week, the reimbursement of some research expenses and membership of the University Superannuation Scheme.
• The fellowship is tenable for three years.
• The stipend of Research Fellows who are in receipt of financial support from other sources will be by arrangement. They will not be permitted to undertake other paid work or to hold other offices and awards, except by permission of the College Council.
• Research Fellows are members of the Governing Body and are expected to participate in the governance and social life of the College. They may undertake a small amount of undergraduate teaching during term.
• Research Fellows will carry out full-time research for 37.5 hours a week.
• The application process begins on Wednesday 5 October 2022.
• The application and two references must be submitted through the website by 13:00 (local time) on Monday 21 November 2022.
• Incomplete applications will not be accepted.
• Candidates will be notified if they have been shortlisted or not by Monday 16 January 2023.
• Shortlisted candidates will need to submit a copy of their chosen written work electronically by 13:00 local time on Friday 20 January 2023.
• A final decision will be made by Friday 31 March 2023.
• The successful candidates will enter into their Fellowship on 1 October 2023.

WRITTEN WORK

• Short-listed candidates will be invited by Monday 16 January 2023 to submit a copy of their chosen written work electronically no later than 13:00 local time on Friday 20 January 2023. 
• Please ensure that your email and telephone contact details on your application are kept updated.
• The College is concerned with the quality, rather than quantity, of the work submitted. Sufficient material should be made available for an informed assessment to be made. Written work should not exceed 20 000 words.
• Submitted work should normally be written in English. If candidates intend to submit work in another language, they should indicate this on their application, next to the work's title.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

• Applications for the Junior Research Fellowship competition are invited from candidates in the following humanities and social science disciplines: archaeology; economics; education; history; law; politics and international relations; sociology and social anthropology. 
• The successful candidates will be selected by Clare College on the basis of their excellent record of research in their chosen subject and the potential to pursue that research at the highest level.
• It is expected that candidates will be either graduate students, in the latter stages of their research leading to a PhD, or equivalent, or post-doctoral researchers who have been awarded their PhD, or equivalent, within the last year.
• Candidates are expected to have completed less than five years' full-time, post-graduate research, or part-time equivalent, by 1 October 2023.
• Statements of research are required. They should be no more than 1,000 words, outlining the written work you would submit in support of your application and your proposed research, if elected. The statement may be read by people outside your discipline and should be intelligible to scholars in other fields of learning.
• Candidates must provide details for two referees who have agreed to submit a reference through the website. At least one of the referees should be familiar with your proposed writings to be submitted. One referee should normally be your supervisor.
• Applications, including both references, must be submitted online by 13:00 (local time) on Monday 21 November 2022.
• If you wish to withdraw from the competition, please update your application or inform the  JRF Administrator . 

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UCL's Research Fellowship Programmes seek to recruit the highest calibre early career researchers from across the globe, supporting them to become the research leaders of the future.

We welcome Fellowship candidates from the UK and overseas. UCL provides a highly supportive environment in which to develop your career and we currently host Fellows at all stages of career development. 

Candidates wishing to select us as their host are advised to contact the relevant Dean of Faculty to discuss their application and confirm the eligibility requirements and application process, as these may vary. 

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RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS

St John’s College invites applications for up to four Research Fellowships, tenable for up to four years from 1 October 2024. The Fellowships offer an opportunity to carry out independent research in a stimulating and supportive academic environment, and applications will be accepted from any graduate of a university within or outside the United Kingdom.     Successful candidates are normally expected to be post-doctoral researchers who have been awarded their PhD within the last two years or graduate students in the latter stages of their research leading to a PhD.   

The stipend is £31,396 - £33,966 p.a.    Fellows are permitted to receive additional pay for up to six hours' College or University teaching a week.    

Research Fellows wishing to live in College are provided with residential accommodation with charges for services and supplies. Fellows who do not live in College are provided with office accommodation.  Those with a partner/family will be eligible for a housing allowance. Research Fellowships are held on condition of residence within the University of Cambridge.  Research Fellows are entitled to dine in College.    

Candidates holding a fellowship or other post-doctoral stipend awarded by a Research Council or other similar body may apply.   Those holding a Fellowship at a Cambridge College (other than a Fellowship without stipend) may not apply.

Applicants are asked to note that no interviews are held.  Rigorous assessment of submitted written work, previous research achievements and research intentions are of primary importance.  

Short-listed candidates who accept a stipendiary Fellowship from another Cambridge College will be deemed to have withdrawn from St John’s College’s Research Fellowship competition.

The College would consider a deferral of a Research Fellowship, or a period of leave during the Fellowship, to take up an appointment outside the College/University that contributes to professional development, where the maximum period for these options is one year.

Research Fellows may apply for grants for academic materials, travel expenses and, as appropriate, the cost of extended periods of research outside Cambridge.   Conference grants and book allowances are also available.

Elections will be made no later than 31 January 2024 .

All applications must be submitted online at https://app.casc.cam.ac.uk/fas_live/sjcrf/   by 16.00 BST on 14 September 2023 .  The application site will open during the week commencing 24 July 2023 .  

St John’s College policies are fully inclusive, regardless of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, gender identity or reassignment, or relationship status. 

Research Fellowships

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.

Usually, Research Fellows are appointed by the College Research Committee following interviews in mid-July and mid-January. One Fellow is usually appointed in sciences and one in arts and humanities on each occasion. For July appointments, advertisements will appear in April and May, with closing dates for applications between the end of April and beginning of June. Shortlisted candidates will be informed in mid-June to early July. For January appointments, advertisements will appear in August with closing dates in September. Shortlisted candidates will be informed in the first part of December.

The college also usually appoints two non-stipendiary Research Fellows, one in Physical Sciences, Mathematical Sciences & Engineering and one in Biological & Medical Sciences. Non-stipendiary Research Fellows will need to have already secured external funding for the time of their fellowship. Advertisements appear in late April, with closing for applications in mid-May. Long-listed candidates with be notified in mid-May and asked to submit further material. Short-listed candidates will then hear in early July for interviews in mid-July.  

Competitions will appear below when they open. 

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Junior Research Fellowship in the Sciences

The Governing Body of St Catharine’s College invites applications for election to a Junior Research Fellowship tenable from 1 October 2023 for three years.

The Fellowship is open to graduates of any University who are engaged in research in any aspect of the Sciences. The Sciences include, but are not limited to, the following broad categories as represented by the Cambridge Tripos system: Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Astronomy, Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Genetics, History and Philosophy of Science, Materials Science and Metallurgy, Pathology, Pharmacology, Physics, Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, Plant Sciences, Psychology, Zoology.

This Fellowship is intended to support those at an early stage in their academic careers, and will normally be awarded to candidates who have recently completed their PhD research, or are close to completion. Candidates should not have been engaged in full-time post-doctoral research for more than one year, nor have already held a College Research Fellowship elsewhere.

Applications are welcome for a non-stipendiary Fellowship from candidates who have secured external research funding for three years from 1 October 2023, for example, from the British Council, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Leverhulme Trust, Wellcome Trust, etc.

A Research Fellow may undertake up to a maximum of six hours of undergraduate teaching per week during term, which will be remunerated separately, but will not be permitted to undertake paid work or to hold any other appointment, award or emolument, without the consent of the Governing Body. Research Fellows are normally expected to spend the tenure of their Fellowship in Cambridge and to contribute to the life of the College, but permission may be granted for periods of research away from Cambridge.

Candidates should complete the on-line application form at https://app.casc.cam.ac.uk/fas_live/cathjrf.aspx where further details are available.

A complete application should comprise a CV, a 2-page statement of proposed research and two references.

Any enquiries should be addressed to the Master’s Executive Assistant ( [email protected] ).

The closing date for applications is 9am on Wednesday 30 November 2022 .

By mid-December 2022, the Electors will construct a short-list of candidates who will be invited to submit a 4-page extended research proposal or other written work; the title of which should be given in the appropriate section of the application form.

Any candidates who have not heard from the College by this date can assume that they have not been placed on this list. Provided that there are candidates of suitable merit, the Governing Body expects to make the elections during Lent Term 2023. Unsuccessful candidates will be contacted at the same time.

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Stipendiary Junior Research Fellowship

The College invites applications for a Stipendiary Junior Research Fellowship.

The Fellowship is tenable for four years from no later than 1st October 2023 and is not renewable.  Candidates are advised that a Junior Research Fellowship is intended for a researcher early in their career.  A successful applicant is expected to be either a graduate student, probably in the latter stages of research leading to a PhD degree (or equivalent) or a post-doctoral researcher who has completed their PhD Degree after 1st January 2022.

The Fellowship is open to those whose research is principally in one or more of the following subject areas: Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic; Architecture; English (limited to pre-1800 literature); Linguistics; Modern & Medieval Languages; Music; Philosophy.

Applications and referees reports must be submitted through the competition website and received by the College by 12:00 noon on Thursday 20th October 2022.  Selected candidates will be invited to the College for interview on or around Wednesday 11th January 2023.

Click here for the application website which gives further information.  (Queries should be directed to [email protected] as stated on the application website.

Shaw Foundation Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) in Law, Jesus College

Salary:  The salary is on points 29-31 of the national pay spine, starting with point 29 (currently £36,024 per annum). Free meals in College, USS pension, research allowance of £1,000 per annum, are also offered.

Jesus College Oxford invites applications for the Shaw Foundation Junior Research Fellowship in Law, tenable for a fixed term of three years from 1 October 2024, or as soon as possible thereafter. The Fellowship is intended for outstanding candidates who are early career researchers on an independent career track.

The successful candidate will have a good first degree in Law or an equivalent qualification; normally will be in possession of a doctorate in Law or a related field (awarded since 1 October 2019), or close to completion; have a coherent proposed research programme for the duration of the Fellowship, of a standard which will contribute to and enhance the national and international profile of Law in the University; have a record of publications and other output demonstrating research expertise in the field, appropriate to the career stage of the applicant; be able to communicate their subject clearly; be able to demonstrate the suitability of Oxford for carrying out the proposed research.

The duties will be to: build an international research profile by engaging in original and high quality research in the field of Law; disseminate the results of research through publications and participation in conferences; act as Graduate Advisor to postgraduates; attend and co-organise College research symposia; undertake teaching for Law course undergraduate students.

Further information on the Junior Research Fellowship may be obtained from the College website: Shaw Foundation Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) in Law - Jesus College (ox.ac.uk)

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Applications accepted from 27 June 2023

Please note that you must complete these four steps before your application can be considered.

• Register: enter your personal and academic details
• Submit supporting documents
• Arrange for your research supervisor to submit a reference
• Arrange for  two further references from testimonial referees (other than your research supervisor)

The deadline for submitting your application in full is 23.59 (11:59pm) on Thursday 31 August 2023.

2023 JRF Application

Step 1: registration.

You will be asked for your personal and academic details and for the names and contact details for your dissertation supervisor and two testimonial referees. You will also be asked to confirm your eligibility and to give information on your research.   Please check that you are eligible to apply by reading the eligibility notes within the Further Particulars .

Step 2: Submission of supporting documents

You will be asked to upload the following documents in pdf format:

• A curriculum vitae, including a list of publications (if any) and a full account of post-school education (with results e.g. class of degree) and employment (excluding vacation jobs). The last part of the curriculum vitae must include a statement (in about 1,000 words) of your current research and the scope of the dissertation that you intend to submit should you be short-listed.
• A sample of your work, with an explanation of its place in your current and projected research work. A sample of work could be a chapter from your dissertation, or published article or articles, up to about 10,000 words. If you wish to submit more than one article, they should be merged into one file. This sample is intended show the intellectual qualities of your work. You should avoid submitting, for instance, an introductory chapter of a dissertation which is mainly a survey of previous work or an announcement of your ideas in general terms. You are welcome to add a short explanation of how the piece or pieces you are submitting fit into the plan of your dissertation as a whole.

Please note that your application and the work submitted for shortlisting must be in English.

Step 3: Reference from your Research Supervisor

You must ensure that your Research Supervisor provides a reference, which includes the information requested. Please send your supervisor, in good time, the link to the on-line Notes for Research Supervisors .

Step 4: Testimonial references from two referees, other than your Research Supervisor (Step 3)

It is essential that your testimonial referees understand the nature of the competition, so please send them, in good time, the link to the on-line  Notes for Testimonial Referees

Please make it clear to the Research Supervisor and Testimonial Referees what is required and encourage them to submit their references as soon as possible. It is the responsibility of applicants to ensure that their application is complete by the deadline. Please allow for unexpected computer or network problems and submit your material in good time to allow for this. No late applications will be accepted. An application is not complete until all parts of the application have been submitted. Please note that it is not necessary for applicants to establish the availability of laboratory spaces before applying.

No documents submitted, other than those requested above, will be taken into account. Receipt of application will be acknowledged by e-mail.

A short-list of candidates will be drawn up in the week beginning 2 October 2023. Only those placed on the short-list will be invited to submit a dissertation and a 2,000 word summary, for which the deadline is noon on Thursday 26 October 2023.

Further information about this part of the competition may be found under Shortlisting and Election .

For information about the use of personal information provided for your application, please see the College’s Data protection statement for Job Applicants

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Junior research fellowship (pembroke college, oxford).

Pembroke College wishes to appoint a Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) in Education, Data Science and Statistical Methods. The appointment is full time from 15 January 2023, with a duration of 2 years.

The post-holder will spend 50% of their time on independent research projects in the field of Higher Education, and in particular access to and participation in Higher Education by individuals from disadvantaged and under-represented groups.  This should incorporate research involving the analysis of large data-sets.

For 50% of their time, the post-holder will undertake projects under the direction of the Director of CredOx, or members of the CredOx Advisory Board, whose interests are likely to be focused on the better use of data to support wider participation in Higher Education, including the University of Oxford.  Projects may also include analysis of data to support Pembroke College’s access initiatives, including the OxNet outreach programme which operates in the North West, the North East and London (see https://www.oxnet.org/ ).  There will also be an opportunity for the development of projects related to the interests of the successful candidate. Limited teaching may be undertaken with the permission of the Director of CredOx.

A recent or soon-to-be-completed doctorate in a relevant field is essential, and preference will be given to candidates within 3 years of completing their PhD, or who have had to take a career-break at an early stage of their career.

This is a College vacancy. Selection criteria and the terms and conditions that apply to this post are available in the further particulars available on the College’s website ( https://www.pmb.ox.ac.uk/work-with-us ). We would also encourage all applicants to complete the equal opportunity monitoring form available on the college website.

The closing date for receipt of applications is 12:00 noon on 3rd January 2023. Applications should be submitted by email to [email protected] and should include:

• A letter of application of 1-2 sides explaining why you wish to be considered for this position. The covering letter should make clear how your research meets the selection criteria.
• Curriculum vitae, which must include details of higher education, research, and any publications to date.
• A one-page research proposal with details of research to be conducted over the 2-year duration.
• Names, positions, and email addresses of three academic referees. The referees will only be contacted to request a reference if the application is shortlisted.

The stipend for the role is £33,000 per annum. Benefits include a research allowance of £1,545 per annum and lunches and dinners when the College kitchens are open. These benefits are subject to revision. Interviews are currently planned to take place on or around the 13th January.

Applications are particularly welcome from women and black and minority ethnic candidates, who are under-represented in academic posts in Oxford.  The College is an equal opportunities employer.

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Outstanding scientists elected as Fellows of the Royal Society

Over 90 exceptional researchers from across the world have this year been elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society , the UK’s national academy of sciences.

Recognised for their invaluable contributions to science, the elected Fellows are leaders in their fields. They include the Nobel laureate, Professor Emmanuelle Charpentier; an Emmy winner, Dr Andrew Fitzgibbon (for his contributions to the 3D camera tracker software “boujou”); and the former Chief Medical Advisor to the US President, Professor Anthony Fauci.

Drawn from across academia, industry and wider society, the new intake spans disciplines as varied as pioneering treatments for Huntington’s Disease, developing the first algorithm for video streaming, generating new insights into memory formation, and studying the origins and evolution of our universe.

Sir Adrian Smith, President of the Royal Society, said:

“I am pleased to welcome such an outstanding group into the Fellowship of the Royal Society.

“This new cohort have already made significant contributions to our understanding of the world around us and continue to push the boundaries of possibility in academic research and industry.

“From visualising the sharp rise in global temperatures since the industrial revolution to leading the response to the Covid-19 pandemic, their diverse range of expertise is furthering human understanding and helping to address some of our greatest challenges.

“It is an honour to have them join the Fellowship.”

Statistics about this year’s intake of Fellows:

• 30% of this year’s intake of Fellows, Foreign Members and Honorary Fellows are women
• New Fellows have been elected from 23 UK institutions, including The University of Nottingham, British Antarctic Survey, University of Strathclyde and the Natural History Museum
• They have been elected from countries including Brazil, China, Japan, Mexico and Singapore

The full list of the newly elected Fellows and Foreign Members of the Royal Society is, in alphabetical order:

New Fellows

Professor Simon Aldridge FRS Professor of Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford

Professor Sir John Aston Kt FRS Harding Professor of Statistics in Public Life at Statistical Laboratory, Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics, University of Cambridge

Professor Frances Balkwill OBE FMedSci FRS Professor of Cancer Biology, Centre for Tumour Microenvironment, Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London

Dr David Bentley OBE FMedSci FRS Former Vice President and Chief Scientist, Illumina Inc

Dr David Bentley FRS Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics and Co-Director, RNA Bioscience Initiative, Anschutz Medical School, University of Colorado Denver, USA

Professor Donna Blackmond FRS John C. Martin Endowed Chair in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Scripps Research, USA

Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore FBA FMedSci FRS Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge

Professor Helen Blau FRS Donald E and Delia B Baxter Foundation Professor and Director, Baxter Laboratory for Stem Cell Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, USA

Professor Martin Blunt FREng FRS Professor of Flow in Porous Media, Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London

Professor Daniel Bradley FRS Professor of Population Genetics, Trinity College Dublin

Professor Emmanuel Breuillard FRS Professor of Pure Mathematics, Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford

Sir Philip Campbell FRS Editor Emeritus, Nature

Professor Brian Cantor CBE FREng FRS Visiting Professor, Department of Materials, University of Oxford and Professor and Senior Advisor, Brunel Centre for Advanced Solidification Technology (BCAST), Brunel University London

Professor Kenneth Carslaw FRS Professor of Atmospheric Science, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds

Dr Andrew Carter FRS Programme Leader, Structural Studies Division, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

Professor Patrick Chinnery FMedSci FRS Professor of Neurology, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge

Professor Yanick Crow FMedSci FRS Professor and Programme Leader, MRC Human Genetics Unit, University of Edinburgh and Institute Imagine, Université Paris, France

Professor Barry Dickson FRS Professorial Research Fellow, Queensland Brain Institute, Australia

Professor Jo Dunkley OBE FRS Professor of Physics and Astrophysical Sciences, Departments of Physics and Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University, USA

Professor Aled Edwards FRS Temerty Nexus Chair in Health Innovation and Technology, Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Toronto, Canada

Professor Paul Elliott CBE FMedSci FRS Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health Medicine, Imperial College London

Dr Alan Evans FRS Distinguished James McGill Professor of Neurology, Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, McGill University, Canada

Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald FMedSci FRS Professor of Cancer Prevention and Director, Early Cancer Institute, University of Cambridge

Dr Andrew Fitzgibbon FREng FRS Engineering Fellow, Graphcore Ltd

Professor Michael Garrett FRS Sir Bernard Lovell Chair of Astrophysics and Director of Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics (JBCA), Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester

Professor Toby Gee FRS Professor, Department of Mathematics, Imperial College London

Professor Nigel Goldenfeld FRS Chancellor's Distinguished Professor of Physics, Department of Physics, University of California San Diego, USA

Professor Anjali Goswami FRS Research Leader in Evolutionary Biology, Natural History Museum, London and President of the Linnean Society of London

Professor Maria Harrison FRS William H. Crocker Professor, Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research and Adjunct Professor, Cornell University, USA

Professor Richard Hartley FRS Emeritus Distinguished Professor, College of Engineering, Computing and Cybernetics, The Australian National University, Australia

Professor Laura Herz FRS Professor of Physics, Department of Physics, University of Oxford

Professor David Hodell FRS Woodwardian Professor of Geology and Director, Godwin Laboratory for Palaeoclimate Research, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge and fellow of Clare College

Professor Saskia Hogenhout FRS Group Leader, John Innes Centre

Sir Peter Horby Kt FMedSci FRS Moh Family Foundation Professor of Emerging Infections and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine and Director, Pandemic Sciences Institute, University of Oxford

Professor Richard Jardine FREng FRS Professor of Geomechanics, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London, Imperial College Proconsul and Visiting Professor, Zhejiang University, China

Professor Heidi Johansen Berg FRS Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford

Mr Simon Knowles FRS CTO and EVP engineering, Graphcore

Professor David Komander FRS Head, Ubiquitin Signalling Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI) and Professor, Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Australia

Professor Daniela Kühn FRS Mason Professor of Mathematics, School of Mathematics, University of Birmingham

Professor Eric Lauga FRS Professor of Applied Mathematics, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge

Professor Chwee Lim FRS NUS Society Chair Professor, Institute for Health Innovation & Technology, National University of Singapore, Singapore and NUS Society Chair Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore

Professor Duncan Lorimer FRS Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Department of Physics and Astronomy, West Virginia University, USA

Professor Douglas MacFarlane FRS Sir John Monash Distinguished Professor, School of Chemistry, Monash University, Australia

Professor Barbara Maher FRS Professor Emerita of Environmental Magnetism, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University

Professor George Malliaras FRS Prince Philip Professor of Technology, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge

Professor Ivan Marusic FRS Pro Vice-Chancellor and Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor, University of Melbourne, Australia

Professor Tamsin Mather FRS Professor of Earth Sciences, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford

Professor Stephen McGrath FRS Discovery Leader in Sustainable Soils and Crops, Rothamsted Research

Professor Patricia Monaghan FRS Regius Professor of Zoology, School of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow

Professor Graham Moore FRS Director, The John Innes Centre

Professor Francis Nimmo FRS Professor of Planetary Sciences, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, USA

Professor Sarah Otto FRS Professor, Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Canada

Professor Adrian Owen OBE FRS Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience and Imaging, University of Western Ontario, Canada

Professor Lloyd Peck FRS Science Leader, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge

Professor José Penadés FRS Professor of Microbiology, Centre for Bacterial Resistance Biology, Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London

Professor Sir Andrew Pollard FMedSci FRS Ashall Professor of Infection and Immunity, Director of the Oxford Vaccine Group and Consultant in Paediatric Infectious Disease, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford

Professor Oscar Randal-Williams FRS Sadleirian Professor of Pure Mathematics, Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics, University of Cambridge

Professor Keith Ridgway CBE FREng FRS Senior Executive – Manufacturing, University of Strathclyde

Professor Tom Rodden FRS Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Interactive Computing, School of Computer Science, Nottingham University

Professor Stuart Rowan FRS Barry L MacLean Professor of Molecular Engineering, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, USA and Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, USA

Mr Simon Segars FRS Former CEO, Arm Holdings PLC. Board member Dolby Labs Inc, Vodafone Group PLC, Edge Impulse Inc, and Board Chair, Silicon Quantum Computing Pty

Professor Yang Shi FRS Professor of Epigenetics and Member, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of Oxford

Professor Lorraine Symington FRS Harold S Ginsberg Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University, USA

Professor Sarah Tabrizi FMedSci FRS Professor of Clinical Neurology and Neurogenetics, Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London

Professor Patrick Unwin FRS Professor of Chemistry and Head, Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick

Professor Mihaela van der Schaar FRS John Humphrey Plummer Professor of Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Medicine, Departments of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Engineering and Medicine, University of Cambridge

Professor Bart Vanhaesebroeck FRS Professor of Cell Signalling, Research Department of Oncology, Cancer Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University College London

Professor Glynn Winskel FRS Professor of Computer and Information Science, University of Strathclyde

Professor William Wisden FMedSci FRS Chair of Molecular Neuroscience, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London

Professor Xiaodong Zhang FRS Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London and The Francis Crick Institute

New Honorary Fellows

Professor Kwame Anthony Appiah FRS Silver Professor of Philosophy and Law, New York University, USA

Lord Anthony Hughes PC FRS Former Judge, UK Supreme Court

New Foreign Members

Professor Yakir Aharonov ForMemRS Distinguished Professor of Theoretical Physics, Institute for Quantum Studies and Faculty of Physics, Schmid College of Science, Chapman University, USA and Professor Emeritus, Tel Aviv University, Israel

Dr Adriaan Bax ForMemRS NIH Distinguished Investigator and Chief of the Section of Biophysical NMR Spectroscopy, National Institutes of Health, USA

Professor Rene Bernards ForMemRS Professor of Molecular Carcinogenesis, Division of Molecuar Carcinogenesis, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Netherlands

Professor Emily A. Carter ForMemRS Associate Laboratory Director and Gerhard R Andlinger Professor in Energy and the Environment, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory and Princeton University, USA

Professor Emmanuelle Charpentier ForMemRS Scientific and Managing Director, Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens, Germany

Professor Patrick Cramer ForMemRS President, Max Planck Society and Director, Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Germany

Professor Ingrid Daubechies ForMemRS James B Duke Professor, Department of Mathematics and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Duke University, USA

Professor Anthony Fauci ForMemRS Distinguished University Professor, Georgetown University School of Medicine, and the McCourt School of Public Policy

Professor Thomas Henzinger ForMemRS Professor, Institute of Science and Technology Austria

Professor Ruth Lehmann ForMemRS Director and President, Whitehead Institute and Professor, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Dr Susana Magallón ForMemRS Senior Research Scientist and Director, Institute of Biology, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico

Professor Michael Mann ForMemRS Presidential Distinguished Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania, and Director, Penn Center for Science, Sustainability and the Media (PCSSM), University of Pennsylvania, USA

Professor Anthony Movshon ForMemRS University Professor, and Silver Professor of Neural Science and Psychology, New York University and Professor of Ophthalmology and of Neuroscience and Physiology, and Investigator, Neuroscience Institute, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, USA

Professor William Nix ForMemRS Professor Emeritus, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, USA

Professor Kyoko Nozaki ForMemRS Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo, Japan

Professor Jian-Wei Pan ForMemRS Professor, Department of Modern Physics and Executive Vice President, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), China

Dr Aviv Regev ForMemRS Executive Vice President and Global Head, Genentech Research and Early Development, Genentech/Roche, USA

Professor Ares Rosakis ForMemRS Theodore von Kármán Professor of Aeronautics and Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Division of Engineering and Applied Science, California Institute of Technology, USA

Professor Paul Schulze-Lefert ForMemRS Director, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Germany

Professor Erin Schuman ForMemRS Director, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Germany

Professor Mark H. Thiemens ForMemRS Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and John Dove Isaacs Endowed Chair in Natural Philosophy for Physical Sciences, University of California San Diego, USA

Professor Cesar Victora ForMemRS Emeritus Professor and Director, International Center for Equity in Healths, Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil

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