Statutes and Ordinances, 2011, pp. 735 and 862

The Electors to the Isaac Newton Studentship give notice that an election to one or more Studentships will be made before the end of the second week of the Easter Term 2013.

The Studentship is for the furtherance of advanced study and research in astronomy and astronomical physics (especially gravitational astronomy), both theoretical and observational, including the development of instrumentation and work on any branch of physical optics that has a direct bearing on astronomy or astronomical techniques.

Graduates of any university are eligible for the Studentship. If a person who is not a member of the University is elected, he or she must become a member at the first opportunity. The Studentship will be tenable for up to three years from 1 October 2013. The Electors can make awards to research students or to students of exceptional talent who are about to start research.

The emolument of the Student is, at present, £14,390 a year.

An application for a Studentship must be made on the prescribed form, available below. Candidates for the Studentship are invited to send their completed application form to Mrs Paula Younger, Isaac Newton Studentship Applications, Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0HA not later than 11 February 2013, together with other evidence of their qualifications as they may think fit. They should request three referees to send their letters of recommendation by the same deadline. They should send with their applications an account of any work bearing on astronomy or astrophysics on which they may have been engaged, and copies of any papers they may have published on these or related subjects. They are also recommended to send a clear statement of the course of study or research which they propose to pursue during the tenure of the Studentship.