AHRC – Research Council Awards

AHRC – Research Council Awards

Summary

The University of Aberdeen is part of a consortium of ten Higher Education institutions which has been awarded funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) to support postgraduate doctoral studentships and training in the Arts and Humanities in Scotland

Description

Under the Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) scheme, the consortium – comprised of; Universities of Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Highlands & Islands, St Andrews, Stirling, Strathclyde, Glasgow School of Art and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland – will consider applications for doctoral studentship awards in the majority of Arts and Humanities subjects. The consortium is organised through the Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities (SGSAH).

The University of Aberdeen will consider applications for awards in the following subject areas for entry in session 2022-23.

Subjects: Archaeology; Art History; Creative Writing; Cultural Studies; Gaelic; History; International Development, Diplomacy and International Relations; Law; Linguistics; Media (incl. Film studies); Modern Languages; Music; Philosophy; Scottish and English Literature; Visual Arts; and Theology, Divinity and Religions.

Eligibility

Both new and continuing PhD students may apply. To be eligible, continuing students must have at least 50% of their PhD programme (3.5 years full-time or 7 years part-time) remaining at the time funding begins in October each year. Funding will only be available for this remaining period. Students who are ‘writing up/thesis pending’ are not eligible to apply.

The AHRC also expects that applicants to PhD programmes will normally hold, or be studying towards, a Masters qualification. If you are not in this position you may be able to use relevant professional experience to provide evidence of your ability to undertake independent research. Please refer to the eligibility and residency criteria in the attached guidance.

Criteria

The AHRC expects that applicants to PhD programmes will normally hold, or be studying towards, a Masters qualification. If you are not in this position you may be able to use relevant professional experience to provide evidence of your ability to undertake independent research.

Application Procedure

If you intend to apply for an AHRC Scholarship, please email us in the first instance [email protected] , to register your interest.

To be considered, you must submit both an application for PhD study and an SGSAH Scholarship Application form.

Applications for PhD study: Your completed PhD study application must be submitted through the University’s online application system by 12 noon (GMT) Monday 28 November 2022 in order to ensure that your PhD application is processed in time for consideration within a very tight selection timescale. You do not need to have an offer of a study in place by 2 December 2022, you must simply have submitted your completed study application. When completing the PhD application applicants should list “AHRC SGSAH DTP Scholarship” as the intended funding source.

Applications for AHRC Scholarship: You should apply for the AHRC scholarship before receiving a decision on your application for a PhD place, but if you do not receive an offer of a place, your application cannot proceed.

Completed scholarship applications should be combined with academic references, undergraduate/postgraduate transcripts in a single PDF document using the file name “AHRC – Student Surname, First name” and submitted to [email protected] by 12 noon (GMT) on Friday, 2 December 2022.

Deadline

2nd of December 2022

Further Info

Any queries in relation to the application process or eligibility, please contact [email protected]

Application Docs

UoA_SGSAH_AHRC_DTP_Nomination_Application_Form_2023-2024.docx

SGSAH_Open_Studentship_Competition_Guidance_2023.pdf