AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Awards

AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Awards (CDAs) are doctoral studentship projects which are developed by a university-based academic working in collaboration with an organisation outside of higher education. They are intended as a way of facilitating collaboration with a diverse range of non-HEI partners, including smaller, regional partners, and spreading capacity for non-HEIs to work with HEIs in focused, mutually beneficial ways. CDAs provide important opportunities for doctoral students to gain first-hand experience of work outside the university environment and enhance the employment-related skills and training which a student may gain during the course of their award.

FUNDING: Full studentships, for candidates who meet the AHRC residency requirements, will provide an annual maintenance grant to cover living costs (£14,777 pa at current rates) and will fully cover university tuition fees. Fees-only studentships are available for applicants ordinarily resident in an EU country other than the UK, but applicants can also apply for maintenance grant funding from other sources. For more details see the postgraduate funding page.

APPLICATION PROCESS: All applications will need to be made through the University postgraduate Application Portal. Whilst making your online application please make clear which CDA you are applying for and the supervisor leading the project.Postgraduate Applicant Portal, you must indicate that you would like to be considered for funding and complete the AHRC section under “Funding”. You will also need to complete the OOC DTP Supplementary Questions Form and upload it as an additional document when completing your application through the portal.

Informal enquires about the project should be directed to the supervisor. Applications need to be submitted by the funding deadline, 7 January 2020. If you have any questions about this vacancy or the application process, please contact manager@oocdtp.ac.uk.

Current Collaborate Doctoral Awards

Writing the Ethnological Museum
Supervisory team: Dr Priya Gopal (Cambridge) and Professor Dan Hicks (Pitt Rivers Museum)
Please apply for the PhD in English (Criticism and Culture).

Boundaries of the Book in a Digital Age
Supervisory team: Dr Jason Scott-Warren (Cambridge) and Dr Chris Fletcher (Bodleian Libraries)