We are running this funding opportunity on the new UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Funding Service so please ensure that your organisation is registered. You cannot apply on the Joint Electronic Submissions (Je-S) system.
The project lead is responsible for completing the application process on the Funding Service.
To apply
Select ‘Start application’ near the beginning of this Funding finder page.
- Confirm you are the project lead.
- Sign in or create a Funding Service account. To create an account, select your organisation, verify your email address, and set a password. If your organisation is not listed, email support@funding-service.ukri.org
Please allow at least 10 working days for your organisation to be added to the Funding Service. We strongly suggest that if you are asking UKRI to add your organisation to the Funding Service to enable you to apply to this Opportunity, you also create an organisation Administration Account. This will be needed to allow the acceptance and management of any grant that might be offered to you.
- Answer questions directly in the text boxes. You can save your answers and come back to complete them or work offline and return to copy and paste your answers. If we need you to upload a document, follow the upload instructions in the Funding Service. All questions and assessment criteria are listed in the How to apply section on this Funding finder page.
- Allow enough time to check your application in ‘read-only’ view before sending to your research office.
- Send the completed application to your research office for checking. They will return it to you if it needs editing.
- Your research office will submit the completed and checked application to UKRI.
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References
Applications should be self-contained, and hyperlinks should only be used to provide links directly to reference information. To ensure the information’s integrity is maintained, where possible, persistent identifiers such as digital object identifiers should be used. Assessors are not required to access links to carry out assessment or recommend a funding decision. Applicants should use their discretion when including references and prioritise those most pertinent to the application.
References should be included in the appropriate question section of the application and be easily identifiable by the assessors, for example (Smith, Research Paper, 2019).
You must not include links to web resources to extend your application.
Deadline
AHRC must receive your application by 28 January 2024 at 4:00pm UK time.
You will not be able to apply after this time.
Make sure you are aware of and follow any internal institutional deadlines.
Following the submission of your application to the funding opportunity, your application cannot be changed, and applications will not be returned for amendment. If your application does not follow the guidance, it may be rejected.
Personal data
Processing personal data
AHRC, as part of UKRI, will need to collect some personal information to manage your Funding Service account and the registration of your application.
We will handle personal data in line with UK data protection legislation and manage it securely. For more information, including how to exercise your rights, read our privacy notice.
AHRC, as part of UKRI, will need to share the application and any personal information that it contains with the BBC so that they can participate in the assessment process. For more information on how the BBC uses personal information, visit the BBC Policies and Guidelines.
Publication of outcomes
AHRC, as part of UKRI, will publish the outcomes of this funding opportunity at Board and panel outcomes – AHRC.
If your application is successful, we will publish some personal information on the UKRI Gateway to Research.
Core team
Assign yourself as project lead.
You should only have one project lead.
Application questions
Personal eligibility
Word Limit:100
You must be a UK resident, aged 18 or over and select one of the eligibility criteria listed.
Please select which of these three categories describes you best, then enter ‘A’, ‘B’ or ‘C’ in the space provided:
- A: you are currently studying for your first PhD and have made considerable progress on your research, for example being within one year of submitting your thesis
- B: you are within eight years of the award of your first PhD, excluding any period of career break such as parental leave, caring responsibilities, health reasons, or reasons consequent upon the COVID-19 pandemic
- C: you are within six years of your first academic appointment at an organisation that is eligible to receive funding from UKRI, excluding any period of career break such as parental leave, caring responsibilities, health reasons, or reasons consequent upon the COVID-19 pandemic. This must be a paid contract of employment, either full-time or part-time, which lists research or teaching as the primary function, including research assistantships
You only need to meet one of the criteria above, though you may meet more.
Discipline classification: primary
Word Limit: 5
Please provide the primary research area of your proposal.
What the assessors are looking for in your response
You must select from one of these research disciplines.
This information will be used for the purposes of processing your proposal and in the selection of appropriate assessors. The research disciplines are:
- archaeology
- area studies
- classics
- cultural and museum studies
- dance
- design
- development studies
- drama and theatre studies
- education
- history
- human geography
- information and communication technologies
- languages and literature
- law and legal studies
- library and information studies
- linguistics
- media
- music
- philosophy
- political science and international studies
- social anthropology
- theology, divinity and religion
- visual arts
Discipline classification: secondary
Word Limit: 50
Please describe using keywords, the research area of your proposal and where relevant the approach, time period or geographical area.
Your current research activity
Word Limit: 250
Briefly describe what you are researching and its broader relevance to a non-academic audience.
What the assessors are looking for in your response
Provide a brief explanation of the current arts and humanities research you are undertaking.
The assessors are looking for research that is:
- new, unique, interesting or challenges current thinking
- evidenced, scholarly and well written
Your research history
Word Limit: 250
List the academic institutions where you have been based, the years you were there and the research you undertook.
What the assessors are looking for in your response
Include all the academic institutions for whom you have carried out research. Start with the most recent; describe what you did and how you did it, providing any interesting outcomes. You should set this out in the same way you might set out a CV.
The assessors are particularly looking for:
- a breadth of research interest
- high standards of scholarship
Discussion ideas
Word Limit: 550
In this section, please provide two discussion ideas for one of the programmes listed above which draw upon your own research or your knowledge of trends in your subject area.
What the assessors are looking for in your response
Keep in mind this will be for a non-academic audience. The assessors are looking for ideas that:
- will engage and excite the public
- explain the relevance of your research and what the findings mean in an accessible way
- demonstrate creative and original thinking with personality and flair
- fit with the programme’s editorial (listen to recent broadcasts to familiarise yourself with your chosen programme)
Write a review
Word Limit: 250
Review a new film, play, novel, book of poetry, exhibition, or any other cultural event of which you have personal and recent experience.
What the assessors are looking for in your response
This should be aimed at a non-academic audience and must be on a topic and discipline separate from your research.
Write the review as if you were going to read it on air as a short essay for BBC Radio 3. You can listen to examples online on the BBC website.
Remember that many radio programmes are interested in the link between arts and ideas so your review will need to explore ideas within or prompted by the work and not simply discuss its apparent quality.
The assessors are particularly looking for:
- links between arts and ideas, where you explore ideas within or prompted by the work
- comfort with communicating ideas outside of your research area in an interesting, well written and engaging manner
- editorial and stylistic suitability for a BBC Radio audience