The Studentship Competition provides postgraduate students studying at Research Organisations (ROs) in the UK with the opportunity to submit an individual proposal for an award. The Studentship Competition is of equal standing to the Block Grant Partnership (BGP) competition. Its purpose is to recognise that ROs with a historically smaller award profile with the AHRC still offer excellent postgraduate provision, and to enable these organisations to build capacity. Only ROs that do not hold a BGP award are eligible to submit proposals to the Studentship Competition.
Through its two postgraduate funding mechanisms (the BGPs and the Studentship Competition), the AHRC aims to maintain stability across the subjects it supports, while allowing some scope for supporting newly emerging disciplines or courses. Based on the ROs solely eligible to submit applications, we anticipate that a large proportion of the awards made under the Studentship Competition will fall within the fields of the Creative and Performing Arts. We also expect that the majority of awards will be in the Professional Preparation Master’s Scheme.
Under the Studentship Competition, awards are available for arts and humanities students to undertake Master’s-level study or doctoral study at a Research Organisation in the United Kingdom.
Closing date for receipt of proposals is 4pm on 6th May 2010.
If you are a member of staff at an RO which does not currently have a Je-S account, please be aware that accounts can take a few weeks to set up. You should therefore arrange for this to be done well in advance of the scheme deadline.
We fund the Research Organisation directly, either via the Studentship Competition, or the Block Grant Partnerships, therefore, students should talk to the institution at which they plan to study in order to obtain information on their organisational selection processes.
To apply under the Studentship Competition, students need to make a joint application with the Research Organisation at which they plan to study. In selecting students for entry into the Studentship Competition, organisations are expected to adhere to AHRC eligibility criteria, and to put forward only the highest quality students.
Applications must be made through the Joint Electronic Submissions (Je-S) systemhttps://je-s.rcuk.ac.uk. The number of applications an RO can submit will be capped.
If you are an award holder or university staff connected to an institution please see the officer responsible for your institution.
For general enquiries please contact pgenquiries@ahrc.ac.uk