The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and British Telecommunications plc (BT) are pleased to announce a call for research projects of mutual strategic interest under a pilot programme of Research Networking.
The research theme for this call will be ‘Digital Heritage: understanding the personal, social and cultural contexts of consumers of cultural heritage’.
The aim of the collaboration is to bring together the arts and humanities research community with BT researchers and other stakeholders and partners with an interest in digital heritage to facilitate knowledge exchange and collaborative research.
Project proposals to this call should involve BT through for example, provision of staff expertise and/or ‘in-kind’ access to technology and capability.
Academic researchers who are interested in this research scheme should contact John Seton from BT Research to discuss appropriate BT involvement and/or other parties with a potential interest in participating in this call.
The AHRC and BT welcome networks which involve academic colleagues from the arts and humanities and BT staff as well as non academic organisations, businesses and other parties whose interests complement the aims of the pilot programme.
The AHRC/BT Pilot Research Networking call offers further opportunities for researchers to engage with the theme of heritage as an important strategic area for the AHRC and for Research Councils UK as a whole. In addition to this call, the AHRC/EPSRC Science and Heritage Programme is currently offering other funding opportunities for research projects in the area of heritage science. Information on the projects funded so far and future activities under this programme can be found at www.heritagescience.ac.uk.
The closing date for this research call is 21st May and if you have any questions please contact:
Joanna Pollock, Knowledge Transfer Programme Manager; tel: 0117 9876585
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Editors notes
Arts & Humanities Research Council: Each year the AHRC provides approximately £100 million from the Government to support research and postgraduate study in the arts and humanities, from languages and law, archaeology and English literature to design and creative and performing arts. In any one year, the AHRC makes approximately 700 research awards and around 1,000 postgraduate awards. Awards are made after a rigorous peer review process, to ensure that only applications of the highest quality are funded. Arts and humanities researchers constitute nearly a quarter of all research-active staff in the higher education sector. The quality and range of research supported by this investment of public funds not only provides social and cultural benefits but also contributes to the economic success of the UK.
Further information about the schemes is available on the AHRC and BT Research Networking Pilot Funding Call page of this website.