AHRC Doctoral Awards Scheme

Arts and Humanities Research Council

THIS INFORMATION IS FOR CURRENT AWARD HOLDERS ONLY - APPLICANTS PLEASE SEE THE BLOCK GRANT PARTNERSHIPS OR STUDENTSHIP COMPETITION.

Doctoral awards provide support for up to three years of full-time study, or up to five years of part-time study (and in exceptional cases full-time up to four years or part-time up to seven years), to enable you to pursue and complete a programme of doctoral research and gain a doctoral degree.

In awarding studentships for doctoral research we assume that a doctoral thesis is a piece of work that:
- exhibits substantial evidence of original scholarship and contains material that can be prepared for publication, and
- can be produced by a capable, well-qualified and dilligent student, properly supervised and supported, within the period of award.

We expect full-time award holders to submit their doctoral thesis within four years of the start of the award. Part-time students should submit their thesis within seven years.