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 Eligibility (290kb) to ensure that you meet our scheme, subject, residency and academic eligibility requirements.
All studentship opportunities are joint proposals or nominations with the organisation at which you wish to study. Therefore in the first instance please contact your organisation before approaching AHRC as they will have their own short-listing processes.
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 (290kb). You must then contact the Research Organisation you wish to study at in order to access this funding as they will have their own internal shortlisting and recruitment processes, and will also be able to advise you as to the subject areas they will be accepting applications through (if applicable). Please note that while the following links give further information on these schemes the information on them is aimed mainly at organisations.
A Frequently Asked Questions Document (59kb) aimed at students 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 on them is aimed at organisations and 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.