Collaborative Doctoral Awards (also known as CASE awards) are intended to encourage and develop collaboration and partnerships between Higher Education Institution (HEI) departments and non-academic organisations and businesses.
These awards provide opportunities for doctoral students to gain first hand experience of work outside an academic environment. The support provided by both an academic and non-academic supervisor enhances the employment-related skills and training a research student gains during the course of their award.
The studentships also encourage and establish links that can have long-term benefits for both collaborating partners, providing access to resources and materials, knowledge and expertise that may not otherwise have been available and also provide social, cultural and economic benefits to wider society.
The call for the next round of Collaborative Doctoral Awards for projects to commence in October 2011 will be announced in August with an expected closing date of a date to be determined in November 2010.
Applications are to be made via the Research Council's Joint Electronic Submission - (JE-S) System. If you need any assistance to use the system, please contact the Je-s Helpdesk on 01793 444164 or on JeSHelp@rcuk.ac.uk.
Please note that the following sample guidance relates to the previous round of the scheme that is now closed and is for information only.
Sample CDA scheme guidance notes 2010 (510kb)
Sample CDA proposal guidance notes 2010 (576kb)
Further Information on student nominations
Guide to Student Recruitment and Nomination (197kb)
Guide to Student Eligibility (290kb)
Additional Guidance for Completing Je-S Studentship Nomination Forms (139kb)
Guidelines for use of the Research Training Support Grant (RTSG) (78kb)
Collaborative Doctoral Awards 2010
183 eligible applications were received by the deadline of 29 October 2009. 74 projects totalling 80 studentships were awarded to begin in the 2010/11 academic year. This includes the highlight call in Museology, Design and Applied Arts & Crafts where out of 29 applications which met the additional highlight criteria 15 were successful in gaining awards.
If you are interested in applying for a studentship attached to one of these projects, you should contact the lead proposer at the HEI.
Projects funded in previous rounds of the Collaborative Doctoral Awards
Collaborative Research Studentships Awarded under Strategic Programmes
Religion and Society
Details of the Religion and Society Programme can be found on the Religion and Society Research Programme Website.
Beyond Text
Details of the Beyond Text Programme can be found on the Beyond Text Programme Website.
Science and Heritage
Details of the Science and Heritage programme can be found on the Science and Heritage Programme Website.
Research Training Framework
In 2004 the AHRC introduced a framework of research training requirements for its doctoral award holders.
Documents for current award holders
Doctoral Studentship CDA Final Report Form (474kb)
Doctoral Studentship CDA Supervisor Final Report Form (203kb) (to be completed by both supervisors)
Doctoral Supervisor Final Report Form (141kb)
The AHRC work with the RCUK Shared Services Centre (SSC) to deliver all of our funding activities. All queries regarding eligibility for funding and applications in progress and also queries regarding current awards, should be directed to the SSC team dealing with your subject area using the contacts page.