Postgraduate Scholarship: Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)

The AHRC administers three different postgraduate award schemes which provide funding for students undertaking Masters-level programmes and doctoral research in the arts and humanities.

The AHRC offer awards in the

Research Preparation Master's Scheme, which provide funding for full and part-time study on Master's programmes where the focus is on advanced study and research training explicitly intended to provide a foundation for further research at doctoral level
Professional Preparation Master's Scheme, which provide funding for full and part-time study on Master's or Postgraduate Diploma programmes that focus on developing high-level skills and competencies for professional practice
Doctoral Awards Scheme, which provide funding for full or part-time study leading to a doctoral degree
The AHRC offers awards to Master's programme and MPhil/PhD students in a number of subject areas offered by the University of Edinburgh:


Architecture
Celtic and Scottish Studies
Chinese
Comparative & General Literature
Developmental Linguistics
Divinity
English Language
English Literature
Film Studies
French
German
Hispanic Studies
History
Music
Philosophy
Russian
Scottish History
Scottish Studies
Theoretical & Applied Linguistics
Translation Studies

Eligibility
Candidates should hold a first degree (such as BA, BMus, BSc or LLB) if applying for a Master’s level programme and a first degree and a Master’s degree if applying for the doctoral scheme. The competition for awards is intense with the number of applications with first-class degrees invariably exceeding the total number of awards available.

If you have been ordinarily resident in the UK for the three year period preceding the start-date of your proposed postgraduate programme, you may be eligible to apply for a “full award”, which pays your tuition fees and a maintenance grant. If you are from a European Union country, other than the UK, and you have been resident in an EU country for a period of three years preceding the start of your proposed study, you may be eligible for a “fees-only” award, which pays your tuition fees, but does not provide a maintenance grant.

However, if you are resident neither in the UK nor in another EU country, you are not eligible to apply for any form of financial assistance from the AHRC.

Application Procedure
Applications must be made through the College of Humanities and Social Science within the University of Edinburgh. The closing date for the receipt of applications from the University is 1 May 2007. This deadline is strictly enforced. Applications should be submitted in good time to allow them to be processed by the University of Edinburgh ahead of this deadline.

Further Information
Further details and information on which programmes are eligible for support can be obtained from:

AHRC
Postgraduate Programmes

Whitefriars

Lewins Mead

Bristol

BS1 2AE





Telephone: 0117 987 6543

Email: pgenquiries@ahrc.ac.uk

Application forms can be downloaded from www.ahrc.ac.uk/

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