
Non-Stipendiary College Associations for Research Staff
Welcome to the Non-Stipendiary College Associations webpage.
Benefits of acquiring a college association
There are many benefits to acquiring a college association. Most importantly, it enables researchers to meet and talk with people beyond their own department or academic discipline. An opportunity to engage with the wider collegiate research and teaching community is considered a quintessential part of the Oxford experience, for University research staff as well as their external collaborators and visitors. Such benefits are at the core of the collegiate system.
Information for college administration teams
- Please see more information and our video on - For colleges: The benefits of researcher associates.
- If you would like to advertise vacancies on this page, please email Linda.Andrews@admin.ox.ac.uk
Types of Association
- There are many different forms of non-stipendiary college associations, from Junior Research Fellowships to lighter forms of association such as Senior Common Room membership or association in return for acting as a College Adviser.
- The form of non-stipendiary association offered will vary by college and/or vacancy.
- All vacancies listed below are for non-stipendiary positions. Applicants must have their salary funded via another source.
- All forms of association enable researchers to meet others outside their field, and to forge new intellectual and social links.
The application process
- Applications for non-stipendiary association should be made directly to the relevant college following the procedure described in the further particulars.
- Please see the details of each individual opportunity to learn more about entitlements offered, the eligibility requirements, and the objectives of the college in making the appointment.
- Associations are in demand and there are usually more research staff seeking college association than positions available, leading to a competitive selection process.
- Following the positive discussion among Head of House at Conference on 8 December 2020, colleges are encouraged to expand the number of associations going forward and so do revisit this page if you do not find a suitable vacancy today.
Other useful web resources
- Stipendiary college positions are not advertised on this page and can be found at the Conference of Colleges vacancies page.
- Colleges are invited to advertise their vacancies for non-stipendiary college association to University research staff via this page. Additional opportunities may be advertised on the website of individual colleges.
Vacancies for non-stipendiary college associations for University research staff are listed below:
Vacancy 1
College | Regent's Park College |
Type of association | Lillian Goldman Non-Stipendiary Junior Research Fellowships (x2) |
Brief details | Following a generous benefaction from the Lillian Goldman Charitable Trust, the College seeks to elect two non-stipendiary Junior Research Fellows from Hilary Term 2024. Candidates will be required to be engaged in research work within an Oxford University Faculty or Department and to spend the greater part of the academic year in Oxford. Applicants should normally be early career researchers who are in the final years of their DPhil or the first few years after completion of it. Appointments will normally be made for two years, and it is anticipated that holders of the Fellowships still on course will normally migrate to Regent’s Park College to take up their Fellowship. The JRFs will receive an annual retainer of £1356 plus meals and conference allowances. |
To find out more, see | For further details and the application process please see - further particulars - Regent's Park College |
Closing date | 20th November 2023 (9am). Those wishing to apply for the Fellowships should submit their materials by email. |
Vacancy 2
College | Linacre College |
Type of association | Non-Stipendiary Junior Research Fellowships |
Brief details | Linacre College proposes to make elections to a variety of Junior Research Fellowships tenable for two years (subject to satisfactory progress) from 1st October 2024. Junior Research Fellows will receive a research allowance of £300 p.a., enjoy Common Table dining rights in College, full access to social and sports facilities and may apply for travel grants. Candidates do not need to apply for a specific Fellowship but will be considered for all those Fellowships for which they are eligible. Candidates should be engaged in or intending to engage in research at post-doctoral level in an academic department of the University of Oxford. Applicants who do not yet have a higher research degree will normally be expected to have submitted for a doctorate before taking up a Junior Research Fellowship. These Fellowships are non-stipendiary and therefore candidates must demonstrate they have adequate funding and the support of their academic department for the duration of the Fellowship. Normally, the successful applicants will not have held a DPhil/PhD for more than five years, but the College will apply discretion when considering applications from those who have taken a career break. We offer fellowships that can be held in any academic discipline, as well as others intended for those in the following fields: Biological, Chemical, or Medical Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, Biosciences, Astrophysics, Music, or studying Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its relationship to social, emotional, mental health and education. |
To find out more, see | Non-Stipendiary Junior Research Fellowships - Linacre College |
Closing date | Friday, 5th January 2024. Applications should be sent by email to academic.office@linacre.ox.ac.uk. |
Vacancy 3
College | Kellogg College |
Type of association | Research Members of Common Room |
Brief details | Research Members of Common Room are elected through an application process led by the Research Coordinator. Membership gives post-doctoral researchers a chance to contribute to and enjoy college life. The application process occurs annually and applications are made to the Academic Administrator, with a reference and statement as to how one would contribute to the life of the College, and are approved by the Research Coordinator. Membership is renewable annually, coterminous with holding a (paid) research post in the University and attending an annual meeting. |
To find out more, see | Fellows - Kellogg College (ox.ac.uk) |
Closing date | While applications are accepted all year round, they are only considered once a year over the summer. Nominations should be sent to academic.office@kellogg.ox.ac.uk |
Vacancy 4
College | Kellogg College |
Type of association | Common Room Members |
Brief details | Common Room members are proposed to Academic Committee by Official Fellows and agreed by Governing Body. Members can be non-academics, or academics whose standing is not regarded as of a Fellowship level. The membership is £60 per annum. |
To find out more, see | Fellows - Kellogg College (ox.ac.uk) |
Closing date | Nominations are accepted all year and will be considered by Academic Committee each term. Nominations should be sent to academic.office@kellogg.ox.ac.uk |
Vacancy 5
College | Wolfson College |
Type of association | Research Membership of Common Room |
Brief details | Research Membership of Common Room (post-doctoral or more senior) is aimed at Early Career Researchers, employed by the University of Oxford who are engaged in substantial research but do not have a College attachment. Membership is for a period of three years and all applications must be supported by the applicant’s Head of Department. |
To find out more, see | https://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/membership-charges |
Vacancy 6
College | St Antony’s College |
Type of association | Associate Membership |
Brief details | St Antony’s offers the opportunity to apply for Associate Membership to anyone who does not already have an affiliation with any college in Oxford and is on the payroll of any of those departments from which the college recruits graduate students, essentially all departments in the Social Sciences Division (plus the Oxford Martin School) and the Faculty of History and Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies in the Humanities Division. Associate members cannot apply directly but must be nominated by their Head of Department or Chair of Faculty and must be willing to be a college advisor for up to 4 (occasionally 5) graduate students. College advisors are supported by the Head of the Academic Office, Dean and Senior Tutor and the role involves offering support for students on the non-academic aspects of their time in Oxford. College advisors are matched with students outside their academic departments to avoid any conflict of interest. Associate members are entitled to free lunches throughout the year and the use of the Senior Common Room. They are encouraged to attend College academic seminars and workshops. The memberships are coterminous with the applicant’s university contracts up to a maximum of three years. |
To find out more, see | Nominations should be sent by Heads of Department/Faculty Chairs to warden@sant.ox.ac.uk |
Closing date | The college allows nominations by Heads of Department/Faculty Chairs throughout the year but particularly encourages them before the beginning of Michaelmas Term so that college advisees can be allocated to advisors from when they first arrive. |
Vacancy 7
College | Reuben College |
Type of association | Research Fellowships |
Brief details | Research Fellowships form an important component of the vision for Reuben College, and are “early-career research” posts intended to offer college affiliation to postdoctoral researchers at the University who would value contributing to, and engaging in, life at Oxford’s newest college. As early-career researchers, Research Fellows at Reuben College will already have substantive research duties within their respective Division of the University. Duties within the College are expected to be “light touch”, while emphasising the need for Fellows to be engaged with the life of Reuben College on a regular basis. Perhaps different to the standard model for equivalent posts elsewhere in the University (for example, “Junior Research Fellowships”), the emphasis for Reuben’s Research Fellows is very definitely on bringing an enthusiastic, sustained, and meaningful contribution to College life. Additionally, Reuben College is dedicated to the support of its Research Fellows through structured mentoring. In this programme, which is unusual for Research Fellowships at the University, an Official Fellow (in a relevant academic discipline) will be assigned as a College Mentor, providing advice and support in career progression. This is intended to be complementary to any support provided in the Research Fellow’s academic Department. |
To find out more, see | Further information will be made available in due course on www.reuben.ox.ac.uk |
Closing date | Our next recruitment round will run Michaelmas Term 2024, for Fellowships starting January 2025 |
Recently Closed
College | Wolfson College |
Type of association | Non-Stipendiary Research Fellowships in Sciences 2024 |
Brief details | The College proposes to elect up to twelve non-stipendiary Research/Junior Research Fellows in Sciences from 1 January 2024. Candidates will be required to be engaged in research, with a full-time University of Oxford/Wolfson contract of employment for the duration of the Fellowship. |
To find out more, see | https://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/job-vacancies |
Closing date | 22 October 2023 |
College | Wolfson College |
Type of association | Non-Stipendiary Dennis Sciama Junior Research Fellowship 2024 |
Brief details | The College proposes to elect one non-stipendiary Junior Research Fellow from 1 January 2024 Candidates will be required to be engaged in research, with a full-time University of Oxford/Wolfson contract of employment for the duration of the Fellowship. |
To find out more, see | https://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/job-vacancies |
Closing date | 22 October 2023 |
College | Linacre College |
Type of association | Non-Stipendiary Committee for Children Junior Research Fellowships |
Brief details | Linacre College proposes to make elections to five non-stipendiary Junior Research Fellowships tenable for two years (subject to satisfactory progress) from Hilary term, 14 January 2024, in collaboration with the Committee for Children (CfC) non-profit organisation. Junior Research Fellows will receive a research allowance of £300 p.a., enjoy Common Table dining rights in College, full access to social and sports facilities and may apply for travel grants. Candidates should be engaged in or intending to engage in research at post-doctoral level in an academic department of the University of Oxford. Research Members of Common Room are elected through an application process led by the Research Coordinator. Membership gives post-doctoral researchers a chance to contribute to and enjoy college life. The application process occurs annually and applications are made to the Academic Administrator, with a reference and statement as to how one would contribute to the life of the College, and are approved by the Research Coordinator. |
To find out more, see | Non-Stipendiary Committee for Children Junior Research Fellowships | Linacre College (ox.ac.uk) |
Closing date | Thursday 28th September 2023 |