We are pleased to announce that Professor Ambreena Manji
@AmbreenaManji
and Professor David Olusoga
@DavidOlusoga
have been appointed to join AHRC's Council.
Read more:
Introducing the
#NewGenerationThinkers
of 2021 🎉
Ten of the UK’s most promising early-career researchers will be sharing their work on the radio, TV and more this year with our New Genreration Thinkers scheme, in partnership with
@BBCRadio3
.
➡️
#NGT21
We're excited to announce a new £2.5m call to create a collaborative Centre for Cultural Value to advance understanding of the value of arts and culture. It follows recommendations from a newly published report – details below:
@phf_uk
@ace_national
New pre-announcement: early career fellowships in cultural and heritage institutions! Funding available to conduct research at cultural and heritage institutions. Learn more -
More details coming in autumn 2022
In times like these, the arts and humanities can help expand our shrinking horizons, and explore human truth that goes beyond headlines, and statistics. Today, we’re pleased to reveal the ten talented academics who are 2020’s New Generation Thinkers.
#NGT2020
The remains of Britain's earliest Rabbit have been discovered by AHRC-funded experts, revealing that Rabbits arrived in the UK more than 1,000 years earlier than previously thought
@uniofexeter
@uniofleicester
@UniofOxford
Opening soon:
@ahrcpress
and
@dcms
are looking for research projects that will help develop a thorough and well-rounded approach for fully exploring the value of
#culture
and
#heritage
-
Apply by 17 January
#NewGenerationThinkers
2019 is now open! For information about the scheme, advice from previous NGTs, and guidance on how you can become an AHRC/
@BBCRadio3
New Generation Thinker, visit
We're excited to announce the launch of
#DTP2
and the ten partnerships – bringing together 72 UK higher education institutions – that will support £170m of innovative PHDs over the next eight years.
Congratulations to the ten early career researchers who have been announced as this year’s New Generation Thinkers, supported by AHRC and the BBC 🙌
Find out more about them:
#NGT2024
@BBCFreeThinking
📢 New Generation Thinkers reveal 📢
10 academics have been chosen to bring their exciting research to a whole new audience through our partnership with
@BBCRadio3
.
Meet our Thinkers -
#NGT2023
Congratulations
@DesignMuseum
for achieving Independent Research Organisation (IRO) status, joining IROs like
@V_and_A
,
@Tate
and
@TheRSC
.
As the first independent museum to be awarded IRO status, it acknowledges their important impact in design research:
We're expecting to launch a new call early next month aimed at building new, transatlantic partnerships, focusing on digital scholarship
Museums, libraries, galleries and archives will work together to apply new digital methods and technologies. More here
We’re inviting applications from across the arts and humanities communities, disciplines and sectors to join our Advisory Board.
There are 11 member vacancies for the AHRC Advisory Board, covering a three year term length.
Apply by 12 September.
We’re delighted to announce the £6m Immersive Arts consortium, to support UK artists and organisations working in immersive technology.
This new scheme will give artists the opportunity to access training, mentoring, specialist facilities and vital funds
Introducing our two new responsive mode schemes:
🟡The Curiosity Award
🟡The Catalyst Award
Find out more below and check out
@JaiGupte
new blog to learn more about the opportunities:
We encourage the arts and humanities research community to apply for the
@UKRI_News
open call for research and innovation ideas to address the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts.
Find out more:
In collaboration with
@wellcometrust
, we've launched the 2020 Medical Humanities Awards to celebrate the contribution of the arts and humanities to improving healthcare, health and wellbeing:
Today we’re announcing the 9 R&D partnerships & the Policy and Evidence Centre funded through the
#CreativeClusters
Programme. These projects will bring together world-class researchers with companies & organisations, boosting creative industries in the UK
Today we're happy to announce the third round of our Collaborative Doctoral Partnership scheme, which gives museums, libraries, archives and heritage organisations the opportunity to host AHRC-funded doctoral students
#DoctoralWeek
We've produced a toolkit specifically designed to help arts and humanities researchers get their research out to as wide an audience as possible. For more information, click the link below |
We're pleased to announce the reappointment of Professor Christopher Smith as Executive Chair of AHRC.
Christopher has been pivotal in driving forward our impact in the arts and humanities, and will continue to steer AHRC over the next two years.
Great to see this welcome new investment in
#humanities
research at the
@BritishAcademy_
with the support of the
@wolfsonfdn
. Arts and humanities researchers play such an important role in helping us to understand the world around us and tackle the big challenges of the age
Are you an arts and humanities researcher or social scientist who's interested in advising key
#policy
makers? The AHRC/
@ESRC
Knowledge Exchange Fellowship scheme opens in just two weeks offering the opportunity to work at
@foreignoffice
Why do arts and culture matter? What difference do they make to people’s lives?
Today we're announcing that
@UniversityLeeds
will be home to the unique new Centre for Cultural Value, answering these questions and many more:
Are you an early career researcher keen to bring your work to new audiences? In partnership with
@BBCRadio3
, our
#NewGenerationThinkers
scheme offers fantastic opportunities to get your research out there.
#NGT2021
⬇️
We're delighted to announce that arts and humanitites researchers can now apply for Daphne Jackson fellowships. The scheme gives academics the opportunity to return to research after a career break for family, caring or health reasons.
@DaphneJacksonTr
The Royal Shakespeare Company has been awarded Independent Research Organisation (IRO) status by
@ahrcpress
.
@TheRSC
is the first performing arts organisation to be given IRO status – 1/4
Today’s the day! We’re so pleased to announce our ten EDI Engagement Fellowships, supporting researchers whose work focuses on equality, diversity and inclusion issues.
We’re pleased to announce six projects which will develop a formal and multidisciplinary approach to valuing the benefits of culture and heritage assets to society.
Learn more about the projects:
@DCMS
We've just launched our brand new communications toolkit for AHRC researchers looking to get their research out there. Click the link to request your copy and find out more:
Sunday read: "If a few more people in the world understand what translators do and why they should be cherished...then I’ll be happy." - We spoke to
@britishlibrary
's first ever Translator in Residence, here:
We’re pleased to welcome the largest conservation charity in Europe, the
@nationaltrust
, to our family of Independent Research Organisations. This opens up new research opportunities linked to the amazing cultural and natural heritage that they care for
We've launched a new pilot fellowship scheme to support researchers to carry out Equality, Diversity and Inclusion-focussed engagement and policy work.
Learn more:
Calling all postdoctoral researchers, research associates and other early career researchers. We are launching a new Early Career Researcher Forum. Applying to join is simple. Find out more here:
We've produced a communications toolkit specifically designed to help arts and humanities researchers get their research out to as wide an audience as possible. For more information visit
It's almost here! The 2019 AHRC/
@BBCRadio3
New Generation Thinkers call opens tomorrow – so If you're a
#EarlyCareerResearcher
interested in working in broadcast and public engagement, keep an eye out on Twitter and at for
#NewGenerationThinkers
2019!
Pre-announcement ⬇️
£25m in funding will be available for collaborative community research grants.
The grants will test and copy collaborative models for integrating community assets within the structures of health and social care in the UK -
How to engage with policy makers: A guide for academics in the arts and humanities is now available.
Includes lessons from the 'Engaging with Government programme' with practical examples from AHRC &
@instituteforgov
alumni & speaker network.
Read here:
We're excited to announce a new opportunity for Early Career Researchers interested UK policy. Engaging With Government 2019 is a three-day course designed to help researchers engage with policy-making at the highest level
Are you an early career research interested in undertaking a fellowship at cultural heritage institution? Expressions of interest stage open now until 16 January 2023. Learn more at townhall meetings & information webinars taking place November – January:
We’re looking to fund in-depth interdisciplinary scoping studies that explore and develop ideas for research areas which could form the basis of future funding initiatives. A wide range of research areas accepted. Apply before 2 April:
International Fellowships available for PhD students and Early Career Researchers. You'll have dedicated access to internationally renowned collections, programmes and expertise held at International Placement Scheme institutions.
Apply by 12 March:
@ESRC
Congratulations to the researchers shortlisted for our Medical Humanities Awards, in partnership with
@wellcometrust
.
Their projects apply arts and humanities to a range of health challenges, from antimicrobial resistance to mental health.
Read more:
If you're an Arts & Humanities researcher looking to get a handle on how to get your research to as wide an audience as possible, check out our communications toolkit here:
Applications open for the next round of New Generation Thinkers!
We’re looking for exciting research ideas from across the community to become inspiring BBC programming
Find out how to apply:
#NGT2024
#placesofpoetry
launches today! Created by academics at the universities of Exeter and Lancaster, this stunning digital map of England and Wales lets users pin poems to specific locations in England and Wales.
Learn more here:
This is a great opportunity for archaeologists across the UK, with any field work planned this spring or summer, to work with the fantastic
@theAliceRoberts
on the next series of Digging for Britain on the BBC
📣 Call out to humanities researchers. There’s still time to apply to take part in
@BeingHumanFest
2024, the UK’s national festival of the humanities, taking place 7- 16 November, in partnership with AHRC.
Apply by 18 July to hold a free, public event:
It's
#BBCMusicDay
so let’s remember the women erased from musical history.
A group of trailblazing academics, in partnership with
@BBCRadio3
and AHRC, tracked down forgotten pieces of music in the archives.
Listen to their finds:
Improving health through access to culture, nature and community.
The Mobilising Community Assets to Tackle Health Inequalities programme aims to address entrenched health inequalities in some of Britain’s poorest communities.
More info on our website.
Could your heritage, culture or museum focused research project benefit from a 3-6 month placement at the Smithsonian? We’ve partnered with
@smithsonian
for a new call for joint fellowships focusing on digital scholarship |
Meet Gary Brannan. As Keeper of Archives and Special Collections,
@UoYBorthwick
, he helps ensure anyone can access historic records - from academics to amateur local historians.
Watch his full
#101Jobs
That Change the World video:
Pre-announcement: early career fellowships in cultural and heritage institutions! Funding available to conduct research at cultural and heritage institutions. Learn more -
More details coming in autumn 2022
New opportunity for AHRC funded researchers and doctoral students!
@ahrcpress
is offering research projects with striking & engaging visual elements the chance to have their projects documented by a professional photographer:
#researchinpix
A new £600,000 investment from
@ahrcpress
and
@UKRI_news
will support 14 museums to explore and scale up digital innovations designed during the
#Covid19
pandemic, helping shape the future of museums
@MuseumsAssoc
/1
Happy
#CreativeIndustriesDay
! In September last year, we launched
#CreativeClusters
– 9 R&D partnerships that look to boost the UK's thriving creative industries, from
#Videogame
production to the fashion and textiles industries
It’s been a bit of a week. So today, as you’re practicing social distancing, working from home instead of at your desk, why not take five minutes, go outside and take part in our
#springnaturediary
/1
Today we're launching the new
@ahrcpress
Delivery Plan, making a strong case for arts and humanities research and setting out our exciting ambitions for the next five years. Read the new plan and an interview with AHRC Director of Research Edward Harcourt:
For her leading work creating digital tools to help improve quality of life for older people in care homes, AHRC-funded
@Helenmanchester
is one of 13 women profiled by
@UKRI_News
for International Women's Day
#IWD2019
#BristolUniWomen
Read her story here:
Today we’re launching the Moon Landing Memories campaign with
@spacegovuk
to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 🌑
We want to hear your memories of humankind's journey to the Moon how space exploration has inspired you |
#MoonMemories
Call for new members to join the Peer Review College with a key objective to further diversify our membership and cement plurality of voices in our decision-making processes-
Applications invited from all career stages.
Submit applications by 25 November.
Places are central to our lived experiences. Rebecca Madgin
@imadgination03
, Programme Director for the AHRC Place-based research programme, explains how arts and humanities can shed new light on past and present places, as well as shaping future places.
Today we are announcing two new Directors joining AHRC’s Executive Leadership team, along with five new Programme Directors, appointed to help deliver AHRC’s vision. Learn who will be joining us below:
Collaborative community research is key to tackling health inequalities.
Our latest funding call brings together arts, humanities, social, medical and biological researchers to create improvements in health inequalities in the UK.
Get involved:
Very pleased to congratulate our former Executive Chair and UKRI International Lead
@ProfAThompson
on being appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours!
A new report from
@UofGlasgow
explores how to develop a people-centred, place-led approach to policies and practices.
The report also includes the findings from phase one of the AHRC's Place-Based Research Programme. Find out more:
@imadgination03
.
A great
@wmarybeard
quote in the
@thetimes
on the importance of
#humanities
&
#SocialSciences
: "the humanities and social sciences are not simply the icing on the academic cake, but essential to the intellectual, cultural and political health of the country” (ditto for the
#arts
)
We’re pleased to announce the seven researchers who have been awarded funding to celebrate diverse classical composers from the past, through our scheme run in partnership with
@BBCRadio3
.
Read more: ⤵️
Our Executive Chair, Prof Christopher Smith
@rometostandrews
, has been appointed as the new
@UKRI_News
International Champion. He will begin the role at the end of March, providing leadership as the UK forges new international relationships.
Read more:
The
@ahrcpress
and
@BBCRadio3
#NewGenerationThinkers
career development programme is back!
If you're an arts and humanities early career researcher who wants to get your research in front of a big audience, this is the scheme for you -
Open now:
@ahrcpress
and
@dcms
are looking for research projects that will help develop a thorough and well-rounded approach for fully exploring the value of
#culture
and
#heritage
-
Apply by 17 January
New pre-announcement: early career fellowships in cultural and heritage institutions! Funding available to conduct research at cultural and heritage institutions. Learn more -
More details coming in autumn 2022
A free course on Humanities research in the digital age, developed by
@OOCDTPhas
, has recently launched. Designed for doctoral students and anyone who'd like to learn about the importance of digital skills.
Available on Open Learn platform - see more:
Theatres have been hit hard by the pandemic - but a new toolkit from an AHRC-funded project is helping them to innovate. Made by the Digital Theatre Transformation project, it helps theatre companies transition to digital performances
Learn more:
Interested in being part of a UK-Ireland digital humanities research collaboration? Together with
@IrishResearch
, we’re looking for UK and Ireland-based researchers to carry out collaborative and interdisciplinary projects.
Deadline 18 March
It's
#Shakespearesbirthday
!
In 2016, the AHRC-funded
@ShakespeareLang
project began creating an Encyclopedia of Shakespeare's language. Almost two years later, the original project is drawing to a close and we can't wait to see what they've found |
AHRC has turned 25!
Since 1998, we have invested over £2.5bn in arts and humanities across the UK, supporting jobs, improving skills and focusing support in key strategic areas.
Read more about the work we have funded over the last 25 years:
#WeAreAHRC