AHRC Doctoral Landscape Awards
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 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 placements with non-HEI Partners.
Applying for Doctoral Landscape Award funding
The application process will consist of two stages: a preliminary Expression of Interest stage, followed by a full research proposal stage.
We welcome Expressions of Interest from any prospective PhD student who intends to research within the arts and humanities, and who intends to commence their studies in October 2026. International students are welcome to apply, as are candidates who intend to study part-time around other commitments.
A limited number of candidates will be selected, on the basis of the content of their Expressions of Interest, to then work up a full research proposal in collaboration with a prospective academic supervisor. Three candidates will then be selected, of the basis of their research proposal and the expression of interest combined, to receive a full studentship from the AHRC Doctoral Landscape Award.
Recruitment for the first cohort of AHRC Doctoral Landscape Award PhD students will launch in October 2025. The timeline will be as follows:
- 13th October 2025: Doctoral Landscape Award paperwork launched
- 12th December 2025: Deadline for prospective PhD candidates to submit their Expression of Interest form
- Early February 2026: Outcomes of the Expression of Interest phase announced, shortlisted candidates invited to submit a full research proposal
- 10th April 2026: Deadline for shortlisted prospective PhD candidates to submit their Research Proposal form
- End April: Studentship allocations announced
- 1st October 2026: Projects and funding commences!
Further details and paperwork will be available soon.