White Rose College of the Arts & Humanities (WRoCAH) 2023 AHRC Open Competition Studentships, UK

Applications for the 2023 WRoCAH AHRC Open Competition Studentships are now open.

WRoCAH will have approximately 45 AHRC Open Competition Studentships to award across the three institutions (Leeds, Sheffield and York) for October 2023 entry.

Doctoral researchers face an increasingly competitive post-doctoral environment. Being prepared to face the challenges of the 21st century requires a different kind of training. Doctoral researchers with the White Rose College of the Arts & Humanities (WRoCAH) develop their employability skills with a cohort, learning and networking with each other in a unique and tailored training programme.  The strength of Arts and Humanities research across the White Rose Consortium gives doctoral researchers an unparalleled opportunity to realise their career aspirations within and outside academia.

• Table of Content
• About White Rose College of the Arts & Humanities (WRoCAH)
• WRoCAH AHRC Open Competition Studentships
• Aim and Benefits of WRoCAH AHRC Open Competition Studentships
• Requirements for WRoCAH AHRC Open Competition Studentships Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for WRoCAH AHRC Open Competition Studentships
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About White Rose College of the Arts & Humanities (WRoCAH)

White Rose College of the Arts & Humanities The White Rose College of the Arts & Humanities (WRoCAH) offers a unique and internationalised doctoral training programme across three of the UK’s top universities. Alongside traditional research, the training is tailored towards an increasingly global context of scholarship and fosters collaborations with partner organisations inside and outside of academia. Over three years, our fully-funded candidates produce an individual professional training plan and join a vibrant doctoral cohort that stretches across the Arts and Humani... continue reading

WRoCAH AHRC Open Competition Studentships

Aim and Benefits of WRoCAH AHRC Open Competition Studentships

If your application is successful and you are awarded a studentship, you will receive the following

If you are a new PhD student:

• 40 months of stipend (36 months to cover the usual PhD funding duration, plus 4 months to cover mandatory WRoCAH activities)
• The stipend for 2022/23 is £17,668 (2023/24 rate is not yet available. This page will be updated as soon as this information is available).
• Fees covered at the Home rate (the difference between the Home and International fee rate may be covered by your institution. Please check the guidance notes to confirm the situation with the instition to which you have applied.)
• Access to funding from the small award, large award and Student Led Forum schemes, to cover activities like conference attendance, fieldwork, or event organsation.
• Funding for language training where necessary for your research (provided it is listed in your application).
• Funding for longer REP projects if you complete one that is longer than 1 month
• WRoCAH training & other cohort activities
• Membership of the WRoCAH cohort, in addition to belonging to your Department or School Community
• The support of the WRoCAH team

If you are already a PhD student in your first year of study (or equivalent if part-time) and you successfully apply to WRoCAH, you will receive all of the above except the duration of funding is different. Your funding will take into account the number of months of your PhD you have already completed. You will receive at least 28 months of funding, plus any months of your first year that are still to be completed by 1st October 2023.

Requirements for WRoCAH AHRC Open Competition Studentships Qualification

In order to be eligible

• Your research must fall within the research remit of the Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC). You can check the scope here: https://ahrc.ukri.org/funding/research/subjectcoverage/.
• You must be a new PhD student in October 2023 or be no further than day 1 of your second year (or equivalent if part-time) on 1st October 2023 of your PhD at the University of Leeds, Sheffield or York.
• You must have already applied to your chosen institution (Leeds, Sheffield or York) before you apply to WRoCAH

Interview date, Process and Venue for WRoCAH AHRC Open Competition Studentships

Submission within the funded period:

The AHRC requires that all newly funded students submit their thesis within their funded period. Therefore you must plan to complete your thesis in the funded period from the very beginning. Please talk to your supervisor about how to scale the project to fit within this timeframe and ensure you are both planning towards this deadline.

International Candidates:

The Competition is open to all candidates, whether Home or International. However, please note that if you are awarded a studentship, we are not permitted to cover the costs associated with moving to the UK or to your new University. All such costs (visa, health surcharge, flights, etc.) will need to be covered by you or you will need to find an alternative funding source.

The application deadline for the WRoCAH AHRC Open Studentships Competition is 17:00 GMT on Wednesday 25 January 2023.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

When you have applied to your institution, spoken to your intended supervisor, read all the guidance notes and are ready to apply to WRoCAH, please follow this link above.

You should apply to your chosen institution as soon as possible. You will need your 9 digit University number in order to apply to WRoCAH.

Guidance Notes for Applicants

Full guidance notes to help you with the application process can be found here.

For more details visit:  WRoCAH website.