Arts and Humanities Research Council
AHRC
Funds research across history, languages, literature, philosophy, archaeology, design, music and the creative industries. Notably supportive of collaborative work with museums, galleries, heritage bodies and creative businesses.
- Kind of funder
- Research council
- Where it funds
- UK-wide
- Indicative award size
- £30k – £2m
- Approx. annual research spend
- £130m
- Who can apply
- Universities, Research institutes, Charities & NGOs
- Career stages
- PhD / doctoral, Postdoctoral, Early career, Established researcher
Research networking and early career routes start well under £100k.
Research areas
Named schemes (2)
Trust and confidence in policing: Research & Innovation Consortium ↗
Apply for funding to develop and test dynamic tools and innovative approaches to measure public trust and confidence in policing by 2030. The tools and approaches developed will access the voices of underrepresented communities, assess the impact of police activity, and identify what builds public trust and confidence.
Open27 Oct 2026up to £2m per award£2m total fundpulled from UKRI 2026-09-11AHRC Research Grants (standard and early career) ↗
Support for arts and humanities projects, with a dedicated early career route carrying lighter eligibility requirements and smaller budgets.
Rolling / recurringCheck funder site for current round£50k – £1m per awardchecked 2026-05-01