The University of Edinburgh is part of a consortium of ten Higher Education institutions which has been awarded funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) to support postgraduate doctoral studentships and training through the Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities (SGSAH).
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Studentship application deadline - Thursday 21 November 2024 (23:59 GMT)
The studentships are being awarded as part of the AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) scheme, which forms part of the wider Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities (SGSAH).
The award will cover the PhD tuition fee and a stipend at the UKRI level (around £19,237) for up to 3.5 years full-time study (pro-rata for part-time study).
Postgraduate research candidates applying for admission to Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) may be eligible for a studentship from the AHRC. ECA has a vibrant research community reflecting the diverse expertise of its members and the disciplines it brings together. It encourages applications from applicants who have a research interest aligning with, or cutting across, ECA's Schools: Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Art, Design, History of Art, Music.
Are you eligible?
Candidates will normally hold a relevant First Class Honours degree (such as BA, BMus, BSc or LLB) and preferably a similar calibre of Master’s degree. PhD students within the eligible subject areas who are currently in their first year of study are eligible to apply.
Awards are available to Home fee applicants and limited awards available for International applicants. Please check the full UKRI eligibility criteria here.
To qualify for Home status an applicant must: be a UK National (meeting residency requirements), or have settled status, or have pre-settled status AND meet residency requirement (3 years residency in the UK/EEA/Gibraltar/Switzerland immediately before the start of the PhD) or have indefinite leave to enter or remain.
In accordance with UKRI and AHRC policy, permissible positive action is being applied to the 2025 SGSAH DTP Open Studentships. For the 2025 competition, SGSAH is making available at least three ring-fenced studentships for applicants from UK Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities. These 3 ring-fenced studentships represent a minimum recruitment, with no maximum.
For further information on eligibility and residency criteria can be found on How to Apply section on the SGSAH website.