The AHRC support 3 schemes for postgraduate study:
Research Preparation Master’s scheme
The Research Preparation Master’s scheme supports students undertaking Master’s courses that focus on advanced study and research training explicitly intended to provide a foundation for further research at doctoral level. Studentships will normally be for one year full-time or two years’ part-time or distance-learning study.
Professional Preparation Master’s scheme
The Professional Preparation Master’s scheme supports students undertaking a Postgraduate Diploma or Master’s course that focuses on developing high level skills and competencies for professional practice. Studentships will normally be for one year full-time or two years’ part-time or distance-learning study.
Doctoral Awards scheme
The Doctoral scheme provides studentships to enable students to undertake and complete a doctoral degree in any area of the AHRC’s subject domain. Studentships will normally be for up to three years for full-time study, or up to five years for part-time study. Distance learning study is not supported in the doctoral scheme.
Please see our Guide to Student Funding (471kb pdf) before applying for AHRC funding, to ensure that you meet our scheme, subject, residency and academic eligibility requirements.
You should contact the Research Organisation at which you wish to study if you have any question about your eligibility, and to find out about their application processes and deadlines.
Funding Opportunities for Postgraduate Students
The following schemes are for Masters courses and student-led Doctoral level research. Prior to beginning any application process you must first check that you meet our eligibility requirements (471kb pdf). You must then contact the Research Organisation you wish to study at so that they can advise you on their recruitment processes and the subject areas in which they will be accepting applications. Please note that while the following links give further information on these schemes the information is primarily for organisations.
A Frequently Asked Questions Document (pdf 59kb) is also available.
Additional Funding for Doctoral level Students:
The following schemes are for organisation-led research where there is already a funded research project with a specific topic and they have been given a doctoral studentship/s as part of that project. You must meet our eligibility requirements and organisations will advertise any available studentships they may have. Please note that while the following links give further information on these schemes the information is primarily for organisations. You must contact the organisation directly in order to apply for the studentship. The AHRC has no part in the advertisement or recruitment of these studentships.
Information for current award-holders can be found here.