The University of Liverpool has been awarded an AHRC Doctoral Landscape Award, worth £1.5m, to support funding and training for postgraduate researchers in the arts and humanities for the next five years.
This Doctoral Landscape Award scheme will support at least three full PhD studentships each year, 2026 – 2030. The studentships will consist of a maintenance stipend, payment of tuition fees, a Research Training Support Grant, and funding for collaborative activities which will take the form of placements with non-HEI Partners.
AHRC Executive Chair Professor Christopher Smith said: “The AHRC doctoral landscape awards provide flexible funding to allow universities to build on existing excellence in research and opportunities for innovation across the arts and humanities. They will support the development of talented people and, alongside our other doctoral schemes, contribute to a vibrant, diverse and internationally attractive research and innovation system.”
Professor Katia Balabanova (Department of Communication and Media), the academic lead for the AHRC Doctoral Landscape Award, said: “This is wonderful news for arts and humanities research in Liverpool, recognising and building on our research strengths while providing an essential source of funding for future exciting PhD projects over the next five years”
A total of 50 universities have been allocated AHRC Doctoral Landscape Awards. These institutions will work together to share training and good practice via regional hubs.