The Phyllis and Eileen Gibbs Travelling Research Fellowship 2025-2026

Supporting post-doctoral women researchers carrying out substantial fieldwork outside the UK and Ireland. The Fellowship pays research, travel and subsistence expenses of up to £18,000.

Gibbs Fellows are elected Senior Members of Newnham College, Cambridge, for the duration of the Fellowship, with research support and associated benefits.

Award criteria include:

  • considerable experience of research (at least doctoral level) in Biology, Archaeology, Social Anthropology or Sociology
  • women who are or have been members of the University of Cambridge
  • fieldwork outside the UK, Ireland, and one's own country of residence.

Any award must be used for expenses in the field.

Further information and eligibility criteria is available on the College website: http://www.newn.cam.ac.uk/research/travelling-fellowships

Applications must be submitted online via the same web address above by Monday 24th February 2025.

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