AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Awards

Arts and Humanities Research Council

Collaborative awards are intended to encourage and develop collaboration between Higher Education Institution (HEI) departments and non-academic bodies.

Collaborative research studentships provide opportunities for PhD students to gain first hand experience of work outside an academic environment. The support provided by both an academic and non-academic supervisor enhances the employment-related skills and training a research student gains during the course of their award.

The studentships also encourage and establish links that can have benefits for both collaborating partners, providing access to resources and materials, knowledge and expertise that may not otherwise have been available and also provide social, cultural and economic benefits to wider society.

Scheme Format:
A HEI and non-HEI organisation collaborate on a project that falls within the AHRC’s subject domain and that can provide demonstrated benefits to both partners. The project is carried out by a research student (or students) that are recruited by the partners, jointly supervised by members from each partner organisation and who will gain a doctoral qualification by the end of the award.