AHRC Doctoral Landscape Awards (University of Edinburgh)

What the award covers

You get PhD or MPhil funding for research in the arts and humanities at the University of Edinburgh. The award covers your tuition fees in full and pays a yearly living-cost stipend (a regular payment to cover your living costs) at the UKRI minimum rate. The money comes from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). AHRC gave Edinburgh a Doctoral Landscape Award as one of 50 UK universities picked to strengthen arts and humanities research. Edinburgh then hands out the funded places to its own doctoral students.

Who can apply

• Degree level: You are starting or doing a PhD or MPhil (a research doctorate or research master's).
• Field of study: Your research is in the arts and humanities, for example history, languages, literature, philosophy, art or culture.
• University: You study, or will study, at the University of Edinburgh.

How realistic are your chances?

The funded places go only to arts and humanities doctoral researchers at one university and are shared out internally. So you compete against a small, subject-specific group rather than a national open pool. A strong research proposal and a supervisor who backs you matter most. Because places are few and awarded through the university, apply as early as you can in your admissions process.