Thirty eight UK researchers have been successful in getting funding as part of the latest round of awards from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Research Grants (Standard and Early Careers) Scheme.

More than two hundred and forty academics in the fields of arts and humanities applied for research funding as part of this scheme. After a process of rigorous peer review the successful applicants, coming from HEIs across the UK, have been awarded a total of over £13m.

The majority of these projects average three years to undertake and many of them will commence in Autumn 2008.

Some of the topics to be researched will include:

• An analysis of the C.I.A. and the contested record of US Foreign Policy 1947-2001
• the history of genealogy in early South Asia
• a look at the Arts Council of Great Britain and the development of theatre and performance in Britain 1945-1995

The AHRC Research Grants scheme is intended to support well-defined research projects enabling researchers to collaborate with, and bring benefits to, other individuals and organisations through the conduct of research. This programme provides grants for projects with a full economic cost (fEC) between £20,000 and £1,000,000 for a varying duration up to a limit of 60 months.

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Media Contact: Jake Gilmore, Communications Manager, j.gilmore@ahrc.ac.uk. Tel: 0797 099 4586

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 archaeology and English literature to design and dance. 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.

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