Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)

AHRC funds outstanding original research across the whole range of the arts and humanities.

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Who AHRC is
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Changes to AHRC responsive mode funding opportunities in 2023

News

26 May 2023

First UK documentary film trade body set up with AHRC funding

25 May 2023

UKRI revises project role types

25 May 2023

Next generation of filmmakers to tell NHS Untold Film Stories

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Blog

26 May 2023

Putting the creative industries at the heart of policy

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23 May 2023

Introducing our new funding opportunities: Curiosity and Catalyst

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Funding opportunities

International consortia for humanities-led research on crisis

Apply for funding to establish transnational research consortia to explore crises past and present from a humanities-led perspective.

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for AHRC funding.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
Co-funders:
Austrian Science Fund (Austria), Fund for Scientific Research (Belgium), Bulgarian National Science Fund (Bulgaria), Croatian Science Foundation (Croatia), Czech Academy of Sciences (Czechia), Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science (Denmark), Estonian Research Council (Estonia), Academy of Finland (Finland), French National Research Agency (France), Irish Research Council (Ireland), Latvian Council of Science (Latvia), Research Council of Lithuania (Lithuania), Research Council of Norway (Norway), National Science Centre (Poland), Foundation for Science and Technology (Portugal), Executive Unit for Financing Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation (Romania), Slovak Academy of Sciences (Slovakia), Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation (Slovenia), State Research Agency (Spain), Swedish Research Council (Sweden), Swiss National Science Foundation (Switzerland)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£3,000,000
Maximum award:
£500,000
Publication date:
26 May 2023
Opening date:
Closing date:

UKRI cross research council responsive mode pilot scheme: round 1

Apply for funding for breakthrough interdisciplinary ideas that transcend, combine or significantly span disciplines.

This pilot scheme will support ideas not routinely funded through existing UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) responsive mode schemes.

Principal investigators must be based at an organisation eligible for UKRI research council funding.

Opportunity status:
Upcoming
Funders:
UK Research and Innovation, Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Medical Research Council (MRC), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£32,500,000
Award range:
£200,000 - £1,200,000
Publication date:
25 May 2023
Opening date:
Closing date:

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Arts & Humanities Research Council
Polaris House,
North Star Avenue,
Swindon,
SN2 1ET

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