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Faculty of Humanities

AHRC Landscape Award

The AHRC is providing funding for original research across the arts and humanities. The University of Manchester is pleased to be awarding six of these AHRC Doctoral Landscape awards to fund students beginning their doctoral research. Three of these are funded by the AHRC, and the other three by the University of Manchester. These studentships will cover tuition fees, stipends, and additional financial support for research activities and collaborations with external partners. 

Eligibility

Open to International (including EU), International (non-EU) and UK (home) students.

Open to students whose research falls within the remit of the AHRC (as defined by UKRI). 

To be eligible for an AHRC Landscape Award, a student must: 

  • Have received an offer of a place on a PhD programme at Manchester in a relevant Department or School within the Faculty of Humanities, and their project falls within the remit of the AHRC.
  • Expect to begin their studies PhD studies in September 2026 (deferrals are not permitted).
  • The award is open to full-time or part-time applicants.

Academic requirements

To be eligible applicants are required to meet the entry requirements for their programme.

Deadlines

Applicants seeking to apply for AHRC Landscape Award must submit their programme application by the school or department deadline:

  • School of Social Sciences: 1 December 2025
  • School of Arts, Languages and Cultures: 12 January 2026
  • School of Education, Environment and Development: 19 January 2026

Allocation procedure

  1. Applicants submit their application by the relevant school deadline. Applications must indicate the intention to apply for AHRC Landscape Award and contain all necessary supporting documents. 
  2. Applications are then circulated for review via PGRA. If you have a potential supervisee seeking AHRC Landscape Award, please ensure to review their application in a timely manner. Candidates must hold an offer by 16 March 2026. If the research proposal is redrafted during the evaluation, make sure the revised version of the proposal is forwarded to the Doctoral Academy Admissions team. 
  3. Following the programme offer deadline, the Doctoral Academy Admissions team compiles all eligible applicants, into a candidate list per department and School. This candidate list and all application documents are provided to Department Co-Ordinators & School PGR Directors by 18 March 2026.
  4. Departments will rank their candidates and nominate their strongest. Department Coordinators must request approval from School PGR Directors before the ranking is returned to Doctoral Academy Admissions Team by 27 March 2026.
  5. Department rankings will be shared with the faculty panel for consideration w/c 30 March 2026.
  6. The faculty panel will consider and rank the nominated candidates w/c 13 April 2026 and inform the Doctoral Academy Admissions team of the outcomes.
  7. The Doctoral Academy Admissions team will then inform all candidates of their outcomes (successful, unsuccessful, reserve).
  8. The Doctoral Academy Admissions team will issue funding letters to successful candidates.