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AHRC responsive mode pilot: Mission Awards: full stage invite only

Funding to advance ambitious arts and humanities research agendas, research leadership and research teams, at scale, through a pilot approach to team-convening.

You can only apply for this funding opportunity if we have invited you to do so following a successful outline application.

New Generation Thinkers 2025

This scheme offers five early career researchers the opportunity to be ‘researchers in residence’ where they will work with programme makers at BBC Radio 4 and produce a piece of writing to be recorded for radio.

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for this opportunity.

AHRC responsive mode: Catalyst Award: round six

AHRC awards to support researchers without prior experience of leading a significant research project to accelerate their trajectory as independent researchers, to unlock their potential and build leadership and convenor experience.

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

AHRC responsive mode: Curiosity Award: round six

Flexible awards to fund fundamental research that leads to new research agendas, networking activity and idea generation, which enables the development of further research opportunities and new research agendas.

UKRI DRI: digital research infrastructure skills hubs for accelerated compute (invite only)

Apply for funding to develop a national hub for digital research technology professionals for accelerated and large-scale compute technologies.

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funding.

UKRI DRI: championing knowledge exchange for UK computational science (invite only)

Apply for funding to lead and co-ordinate a knowledge exchange and communications networkplus for UK large scale compute.

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funding.

Collaborate with German partners on arts and humanities research: round seven

Apply for funding to collaborate on arts and humanities projects with German research partners.

You must be:

  • based at a research organisation eligible for AHRC funding
  • working with a German team led by a researcher eligible for DFG funding
  • proposing a project within the remit of AHRC

UKRI Creating Opportunities Evaluation Development follow-on fund: invite only

Apply for follow-on funding to enhance or expand on your existing Evaluation Development Fund award (EDF), generating or maximising causal evidence on spreading opportunities and reducing disparities for people and places across the UK.

International Fellowships for PhD and Early Career Researchers 2025

Apply to undertake a funded fellowship at an international cultural institution.

You must be either:

  • a PhD student currently funded by AHRC (or ESRC for Library of Congress only)
  • an early career researcher based at a UK research organisation eligible for AHRC funding

AHRC BRAID DOT: responsible AI collaborations with US researchers

Apply for funding to work with US-based researchers to undertake humanities research on the ethical, legal, and societal implications of AI.

Applications from early career researchers (ECRs) are particularly welcome.

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

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