AHRC Midlands4Cities PhD funding for UK and International applicants
The AHRC-funded Midlands4Cities Doctoral Training Partnership (M4C) brings together eight leading universities across the Midlands to support the professional and personal development of the next generation of arts and humanities doctoral researchers. M4C is a collaboration between the University of Birmingham, Birmingham City University, University of Warwick, Coventry University, University of Leicester, De Montfort University, Nottingham Trent University and The University of Nottingham.
Through the Open Doctoral and Collaborative Doctoral Awards Midlands4Cities will fund and support outstanding research for doctoral researchers across the breadth of Arts and Humanities starting in late September 2025.
There are up to 87 PhD studentships available through an open competition and M4C is also awarding 23 Collaborative Doctoral Awards (CDA) which provide diverse and unique project opportunities with national, regional, and local partner organisations. UK and International applicants are eligible for both routes for 2025 entry. Further details on the funding provided are available on the M4C website.
The application process is in two parts.
- University of Leicester PhD application. We recommend you submit your PhD application before Christmas and ideally by end of November to allow potential supervisors time to consider applications and work with you to prepare your M4C funding application. Refer to the How to Apply section below
- M4C funding application. The deadline for M4C funding applications and References to be received is 13th January 2025 by 12.00 hours (UTC+0).
For full details of eligibility, funding, research supervision areas and CDA projects, and for dates of our November application writing workshops, please visit the Midlands4Cities website or contact enquiries@midlands4cities.ac.uk.
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The University of Leicester
University of Leicester is keen to receive applications from prospective research students looking to complete a PhD with research focusing around Arts and Humanities topics, which are available to receive funding from the AHRC.
Our Open Doctoral Awards are student-led, and we invite high-quality applications within any disciplinary and interdisciplinary area of the arts and humanities. You will:
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Agree a research proposal with academic supervisors within the M4C partnership, with the potential to build cross-institutional supervisory teams to maximise fit and expertise.
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Be accepted for study at a particular institution (your ‘home’ university).
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Produce a quality thesis and take advantage of personal, professional, and career development opportunities through M4C’s commitment to ‘quality thesis plus’.
In addition to the Open Doctoral Award, M4C also offer an alternative Collaborative Doctoral Award in which you will work with an external partner.
Duration of study
The normal maximum award tenure is 3.5 years (42 months) for full-time study and seven years (84 months) for part-time study. These periods can be extended if you make a case to the AHRC. You can do this as part of your AHRC M4C application.
Application writing workshops
There is advice and support to help you with your application available at one of the online writing workshops aimed at potential students who are planning to submit an application for PhD research to Midlands4Cities.
You can register here for the joint University of Leicester/De Montfort University M4C application writing workshop.
It will be offered online, on Saturday 9th November 2024, 14:00-17:00 (GMT).
You can also register here for the Midlands4Cities Application Information Session and Q&A on 13th November 2024 from 4-6pm (GMT)
Advice and support with your application
