Funding and Finance

Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Doctoral Studentships

  • Reference Code: AHR04


Closing Date: 27th June 2011

Details:

Sponsor: Arts and Humanities Research Council Block Grant Partnership scheme
Duration of the award: Normal AHRC terms and conditions apply, which means that awards must be for a minimum of one year FT (or 20 months PT). In practice, most successful AHRC doctoral studentship applications are for awards of 3 years (FT) or 5 years (PT)

Awards available
For 2011 entry, we have 4 additional awards available in: archaeology; linguistics; Iberian and Latin American language and culture; translation and interpretation; English language and literature; fine art; museum, gallery and heritage studies; history; classics and ancient history; creative writing; film, digital and media production, music and political philosophy.

Value of the Award and Eligibility
Depending on how you meet the AHRC’s eligibility criteria, you may be entitled to a full or a partial award. A full award covers tuition fees at the UK/EU rate and an annual stipend of £13,590 (2010/11). A partial award covers fees only at the UK/EU rate.  To see if you would be eligible for a full or partial award, please refer to Annex ‘A’ of the AHRC Studentship Funding Guide.

Person Specification
Candidates should have, or expect to achieve, a MA (at least a Merit), or equivalent, in a relevant subject and have a strong record of achievement in your BA (at least an upper-second-class Honours degree).

How to Apply
Before making an application you must get in touch with the relevant subject area contact (see list below). This is to ensure that we are able to support your application and have the appropriate supervisory expertise and capacity.  You must complete the University’s online Postgraduate Application Form, quoting the reference code AHR04 in the relevant section of the ‘your details’ tab on the form. Your application should include:

 - A research proposal of up to 1000 words maximum that follows ‘Annex A: Case for support’ of the AHRC Studentship Competition guidelines.  Your research proposal must be convincing, well-articulated and there should be a good ‘fit’ between your research proposal and staff research expertise available at Newcastle University.  The proposal must demonstrate that you are fully informed about your chosen research area and that the research is part of a progression, for example it is based on an interest that you have developed during your Master’s programme.  The proposal must be focused and there should be a timeline that shows how the research will be achieved over three years (FT) or five years (PT).

  • Two references (where possible referees should not be members of the proposed supervisory team)
  • Student CV
  • Transcripts of previous/current degrees

Closing date for applications 
Applications must be received by 12 noon on Monday 27 June.

Subject area contacts

Archaeology: Sandra Fletcher
Tel:+44 (0) 191 222 7966
E-mail: sandra.fletcher@ncl.ac.uk    

Classics & Ancient History: Sandra Fletcher
Tel:+44 (0) 191 222 7966
E-mail: sandra.fletcher@ncl.ac.uk    

History:  Sandra Fletcher
Tel:+44 (0) 191 222 7966
E-mail: sandra.fletcher@ncl.ac.uk    

Iberian Language and Culture: Rosaleen Howard
Tel:+44 (0) 191 222 8328
E-mail: rosaleen.howard@ncl.ac.uk 

Translation and Interpretation:  Francis Jones
Tel:+44 (0) 191 222 7796
E-mail: francis.jones@ncl.ac.uk

Fine Art:  Richard Talbot, 
Tel: +44 (0) 191 222 6042   
Email: richard.talbot@ncl.ac.uk 

Digital Media:  Sylvia Brown
Tel: +44 (0) 191 222 5804
Email: Sylvia.brown@ncl.ac.uk

Music:  Sylvia Brown
Tel: +44 (0) 191 222 5804
Email: Sylvia.brown@ncl.ac.uk

Museum Studies:  Sylvia Brown
Tel: +44 (0) 191 222 5804
Email: Sylvia.brown@ncl.ac.uk

Creative Writing:  Bill Herbert
Tel: +44 (0)191 222 3517
bill.herbert@ncl.ac.uk

English Language and Literature:  Michael Rossington
Tel: +44 (0) 191 222 3427
Email: michael.rossington@ncl.ac.uk 

Linguistics:  Anders Holmberg
Tel:+44 (0) 191 222 3530
E-mail: anders.holmberg@ncl.ac.uk

Political Philosophy:  Martin Coward
Tel:+44 (0) 191 222 8824
E-mail: martin.coward@ncl.ac.uk