Junior Research Fellowships are early-career appointments intended to offer early-career academics of exceptional intellectual calibre the opportunity to pursue research for up to three years at Queens’ College, University of Cambridge. This competition is open to graduates of any university who are well advanced in their doctoral research or have recently embarked on postdoctoral research.

The Junior Research Fellowship would be a successful candidate’s first substantial salaried academic or research appointment; or, in the case of a non-stipendiary appointment, would be held alongside the successful candidate’s first substantial salaried research appointment, which must be within the University of Cambridge. Scholarships or studentships awarded to support study for a research degree are not regarded as academic appointments for these purposes; nor are arrangements to provide occasional lectures, classes, supervisions, or tutorials on an hourly or casual basis.

This competition is open to graduates who are engaged in research in History of Art or Architectural History. We are happy to receive applications from candidates working on any time period or geographic area but those working on transnational themes or perspectives are particularly encouraged to apply.

English is the working language of the University of Cambridge and it is essential that candidates be able to work successfully in an English-speaking environment. 

Research Fellows are expected to engage in full-time research activity supplemented by some college teaching as may be necessary and convenient from time to time; and are encouraged to take an active part in the academic life of the relevant faculty or department of the University of Cambridge.