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Early career fellowships in cultural and heritage institutions

Apply for funding to conduct research at cultural and heritage institutions.

You must:

  • be an early career researcher
  • have either a doctorate in a relevant subject or equivalent professional experience and skills
  • have the support of an eligible host such as an independent research organisation in the culture and heritage sector
Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
Funding type:
Fellowship
Total fund:
£2,000,000
Maximum award:
£250,000
Publication date:
2 November 2022
Opening date:
Closing date:

Fellowships to inform policies for culture and heritage capital

Apply for funding to inform policies for culture and heritage capital.

You must:

  • be based at an organisation eligible for UK Reseach and Innovation (UKRI) funding
  • have a PhD or equivalent experience
  • meet AHRC’s early career researcher status.
Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
Co-funders:
Department for Digital Culture Media and Sport (DCMS)
Funding type:
Fellowship
Award range:
£100,000 - £135,000
Publication date:
16 June 2022
Opening date:
Closing date:

Future Leaders Fellowships: round seven

This scheme is for early career researchers and innovators who are either:

  • looking to establish or transition to independence
  • developing their own original and ambitious plans within a commercial setting.

We are offering funding to support ambitious research or innovation programmes across UKRI’s remit.

You must be based at, and have the support of, an eligible academic or non-academic institution.

Opportunity status:
Closed
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), Innovate UK, Medical Research Council (MRC), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Funding type:
Fellowship
Total fund:
£100,000,000
Publication date:
15 June 2022
Opening date:
Closing date:

Turing AI World-Leading Researcher Fellowships: round two

Apply for funding to undertake world-leading research to advance the field of artificial intelligence (AI) in the UK.

This opportunity is aimed at established researchers. International applicants are welcome. However, you must be based in the UK at an organisation eligible for UK Research and Innovation funding to hold the fellowship.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Medical Research Council (MRC), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), UK Research and Innovation
Funding type:
Fellowship
Total fund:
£8,000,000
Award range:
£3,000,000 - £5,000,000
Publication date:
25 March 2022
Opening date:
Closing date:

Study arts and humanities at an international institution

Apply for funding to study at an international institution.

You must be either:

  • an AHRC-funded PhD student
  • an early career researcher or postdoctoral research assistant.

Proposals can be from any arts and humanities area.

Your placement will last three to six months.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Funding type:
Fellowship
Total fund:
£250,000
Award range:
£2,750 - £11,500
Publication date:
26 November 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

Inform policies for culture, heritage and the creative industries

Apply for funding to spend up to 13.5 months working with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.

You must:

  • be based at an organisation eligible for UKRI funding
  • have a PhD or equivalent experience
  • meet AHRC’s early career researcher status
  • have expertise in one of the fellowship areas.
Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
Co-funders:
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)
Funding type:
Fellowship
Award range:
£100,000 - £135,000
Publication date:
29 October 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

Develop your arts and humanities research practice as a librarian

Apply for funding to develop your professional practice as an academic or research librarian.

You must work within an academic or research library in either a:

  • UK research organisation eligible for UKRI funding
  • RLUK member organisation.

This fellowship is run in partnership with RLUK. Find the full details of the Professional Practice Fellowship Scheme on the RLUK website.

Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
Co-funders:
Research Libraries UK (RLUK)
Funding type:
Fellowship
Total fund:
£100,000
Maximum award:
£25,000
Publication date:
21 October 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

Future of language research fellowships

Apply for funding for a research fellowship. Your work will help AHRC decide which areas of language research to support.

You must:

  • hold a PhD (or have equivalent professional experience) in languages, linguistics or a related field
  • be engaged in postdoctoral research at an eligible research organisation.
Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
Funding type:
Fellowship
Total fund:
£125,000
Maximum award:
£62,500
Publication date:
13 September 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

ESRC policy fellowships 2021

Apply to spend up to 18 months collaborating with a UK or devolved government host organisation.

You will:

  • co-design research with the host organisation to inform policy on a priority policy area
  • help improve the exchange of knowledge between policy and academic institutions.

Depending on the fellowship, you can be either a researcher in the economic and social sciences or in the arts and humanities.

You must:

  • be based at an organisation eligible for UKRI funding
  • have a PhD or equivalent experience.
Opportunity status:
Closed
Funders:
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
Co-funders:
Government host organisations
Funding type:
Fellowship
Maximum award:
£135,000
Publication date:
10 June 2021
Opening date:
Closing date:

Daphne Jackson fellowship

These fellowships are for those looking to return to a research career after a break. Fellowships combine a personalised retraining programme with a challenging research project. They are flexible, usually lasting three years at 0.5 full-time equivalent, although some UKRI funders may award longer.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
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)
Co-funders:
The Daphne Jackson Trust
Funding type:
Fellowship
Publication date:
20 September 2020
Opening date:
N/A
Closing date:
Open - no closing date

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