The McDonald Institute invites applications for the first Renfrew Fellowship in Archaeology. Named in honour of the Institute's founding Director, Professor Colin Renfrew, the three-year postdoctoral Fellowship will consist of a stipend at Research Associate level (£28,982 - £37,768). Homerton, Cambridge's newest and largest College, has agreed to partner the McDonald Institute for this first Renfrew Fellowship (as a College Junior Research Fellowship) and will further offer either free accommodation at the College or £6000 p.a. for Fellows who wish to live out, plus associated benefits. In addition, the Fellow will be entitled to up to £2000 p.a. research expenses (for conference attendance, travel for training, etc.) and the opportunity to apply through open competition for up to £5000 p.a. for fieldwork or other research funds from the D. M. McDonald Grants and Awards Fund. The successful applicant will take up the Fellowship on 1 October 2016 or as soon as possible thereafter.

Applicants must have been awarded their PhD a maximum of 7 years prior to the closing date shown below. They should propose an intellectually innovative, well-focussed research project within any field of archaeology, broadly construed. The successful applicant will, by carrying out that project, complement and enhance the research profile of archaeology at Cambridge, and will also help to stimulate and shape the postdoctoral research culture of the Institute. S/he must have submitted their thesis for examination at the time of application and should have their PhD in hand by the start of the Fellowship.

The funds for this post are available for 3 years in the first instance.