Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)

AHRC funds outstanding original research across the whole range of the arts and humanities.

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• About AHRC
• Funding, assessment and award management
• Strategy, remit and programmes
• People, skills and fellowships
• Innovation and international partnerships
• Investments, impacts and engagement

Highlights

Who AHRC is

Changes to AHRC applicant-led funding opportunities

News

9 October 2025

International fellowships to explore AI’s impact on science

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23 September 2025

48 projects backed to turn cutting-edge research into businesses

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15 August 2025

How can we use the power of data to make streets safer?

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Blog

12 September 2025

How AHRC’s investments will help to design a greener tomorrow

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3 September 2025

Creative Industries Clusters: the next chapter in a UK success story

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Funding opportunities

Pre-announcement: Design Generators

Apply for funding to combine design-led interventions with arts and humanities methodologies to make positive contributions to the green transition.

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funding.

• Opportunity status: Upcoming
• Funders: Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
• Funding type: Grant
• Total fund: £1,000,000
• Award range: £150,000 - £200,000
• Publication date: 17 October 2025
• Opening date: 3 November 2025 9:00am UK time
• Closing date: 29 January 2026 4:00pm UK time

AHRC-DFG Research Grants: Round Eight (2025 to 2026)

Apply for funding to collaborate on arts and humanities projects with German research partners.

You must be:

• based at a research organisation eligible to apply to AHRC
• working with a German team led by a researcher eligible to apply to DFG
• proposing a project within the remit of AHRC

• Opportunity status: Open
• Funders: Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
• Co-funders: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
• Funding type: Grant
• Total fund: £5,900,000
• Maximum award: £420,000
• Publication date: 16 October 2025
• Opening date: 16 October 2025 9:00am UK time
• Closing date: 11 February 2026 4:00pm UK time

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Arts & Humanities Research Council
Polaris House,
North Star Avenue,
Swindon,
SN2 1ET

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Events

Engaging with government course 2026

3 March 2026 to 5 March 2026

The Institute for Government, 2 Carlton Gardens, London SW1Y 5AA

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