Durham University — PhD Studentships in Transformative Humanities (AHRC Doctoral Landscape Award) 2027
Up to 11 AHRC Doctoral Landscape Award PhD studentships at Durham University in the Transformative Humanities framework, starting October 2027.
| Amount / funding | Up to 11 PhD studentships; tuition fee waiver, stipend for 3.5 years full-time or 7 years part-time at the UKRI-set level, additional funding opportunities, training and placement resources; up to 6 awardees also selected for association with the AHRC Northern Hub; up to 9 awards open to home students (home-level fees) and up to 2 open to overseas students (overseas-level fees) |
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| Deadline | 15 January 2027, noon (UK time) |
| Start date | October 2027 |
| Level | PhD |
| Funding type | full |
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About this scholarship
Up to 11 AHRC Doctoral Landscape Award PhD studentships at Durham University in the Transformative Humanities framework, starting October 2027.
Minimum requirements
Only PhD students accepted to Durham with a supervisory team led by Arts & Humanities or Social Sciences; supervision must include collaboration across at least 2 departments; projects related to the Transformative Humanities framework (themes include Creativity, Culture, and Heritage; Digital Humanities; Environmental Humanities; Medical Humanities; Science-Humanities; Social Justice, Communities, and Policy, per the Durham postgraduate funding page).
Application checklist
- Apply to the PhD programme of the lead supervisor's department
- Enter 'Transformative Humanities' under Programme Related Information for the scholarship question
- Research proposal max 1,000 words including footnotes (excluding bibliography)
- CV max 2 pages
- Equal opportunities monitoring form (retain the code issued after submission)
- Contact details of 2 referees
- Contacting potential supervisor(s) before applying is recommended
- Information/Q&A session 10 November 2026 11:00 UK time online via Teams; successful applicants notified March 2027
Application tips
- Enter 'Transformative Humanities' in the Programme Related Information scholarship field — that flags the application.
- Build a supervisory team spanning at least 2 departments.
- Keep the proposal to 1,000 words including footnotes (bibliography excluded).
- Retain the equal-opportunities monitoring code issued after submission.
Always verify deadline, amount and eligibility on the official page before applying. Values marked ESTIMATE are based on a previous cycle and are not confirmed for the current round.
Tags: Transformative humanities, Digital humanities, Environmental humanities, Medical humanities, Social justice