Grant funders

Arts and Humanities Research Council

Research council, England

Also known as AHRC

United Kingdom 24 open calls
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Open calls 24
Given in 2025 £91.3m
Typical grant £116k Middle half £80k to £350k
New grantees in 2025 1% first grant from this funder

Open calls

A guide for the commercialisation of Creative Industries Research Closes 15 Oct 2026 · Up to £250k 9 days left Pre-announcement: Trust and confidence in policing: R&I Consortium Closes 27 Oct 2026 · Up to £2.0m Open Trust and confidence in policing: Research & Innovation Consortium Closes 27 Oct 2026 · Up to £2.0m Open CoSTAR Showcase Labs: Createch infrastructure and commercialisation Closes 29 Oct 2026 · Up to £4.0m Open CoSTAR Satellite Labs: Accessible creative R&D infrastructure Closes 29 Oct 2026 · Up to £2.0m Open Unlocking advanced capabilities in conservation and heritage science Closes 25 Nov 2026 Open Long-term cultural and sporting events legacy Closes 1 Dec 2026 Open Attendance and engagement at UK sporting, cultural and heritage sites Closes 1 Dec 2026 Open Gambling harms research grants Closes 8 Dec 2026 · Up to £2.0m Open Focal awards: multilingual futures for UK growth and connectivity Closes 21 Jan 2027 Open Isambard-AI and Dawn AIRR supercomputers: Gateway route Rolling, no deadline Open Isambard-AI and Dawn AIRR supercomputers: Rapid Access route Rolling, no deadline Open AHRC Curiosity Award: applicant-led mode Rolling, no deadline · Up to £100k Open Collaborate with researchers in Luxembourg Rolling, no deadline Open Collaborate with researchers in Brazil Rolling, no deadline Open UKRI Translation: AHRC Proof of Concept Rolling, no deadline · Up to £150k Open AHRC Working with Brazilian researchers: Applicant-led mode Rolling, no deadline Open Daphne Jackson Trust fellowship Rolling, no deadline Open AHRC Catalyst Awards: applicant-led mode Rolling, no deadline Open AHRC Collaborate with researchers in Luxembourg: applicant-led mode Rolling, no deadline Open UKRI-SBE lead agency opportunity Rolling, no deadline · Up to £1.0m Open AHRC UKRI NSF-SBE lead agency: applicant-led mode Rolling, no deadline Open AHRC Standard research grant: applicant-led mode Rolling, no deadline Open Collaborate with researchers in Norway Rolling, no deadline Open

Giving by year

1% of 2025 grantees were new to this funder 92% of grantees are funded again within three years

Amount and number of grants we hold records for in each year, which can be less than everything the funder gave. The current year is incomplete.

Where it gives

London 1,234 grants · typical £88k
South East 992 grants · typical £83k
Scotland 746 grants · typical £82k
Yorkshire and The Humber 729 grants · typical £81k
South West 598 grants · typical £81k
North West 553 grants · typical £80k
East Midlands 472 grants · typical £65k
West Midlands 436 grants · typical £66k

All years we hold. Grants with no recorded place are left out.

Latest grants made

King's college London ‘Intelligent Women: Citizenship, Meritocracy and the Equal Franchise Act’ £251k 10 Jan 2027
University of Wales Trinity Saint David UKRI-Norway – Sand and Sea: Links between the Silk Road and Indian Ocean in Antiquity £84k 31 Dec 2026
University college London Early Careers Research at the Library of Congress funded by UKRI / the UK Government £6,775 18 Nov 2026
University Of Edinburgh Reimagining Urban Land for Inclusive African Futures £261k 31 Oct 2026
University of Liverpool Crafting Care for People, Place and Planet (Doctoral Focal Awards in the Arts and Humanities) £1.6m 30 Sep 2026
King's college London ADAPT-AI: Analysing and Diversifying Audience Participation with Creative Technologies & AI, Doctoral Focal Awards in the Arts and Humanities £1.7m 30 Sep 2026
Oxford Brookes University AD[A]PT: Architectural Design And Humanities Promoting Transformation - Doctoral focal Awards in the Arts and Humanities £1.6m 30 Sep 2026
Swansea University Lles: a Welsh Hub for Doctoral Focal Awards in the Arts and Humanities £1.6m 30 Sep 2026
Glasgow School of Art Doctoral Focal Awards in the Arts and Humanities - 'A Golden Thread: Crafting the Creative Economy from Scotland's Highlands, Lowlands and Islands' £1.6m 30 Sep 2026
University of Leeds Creative Bridges: Connecting Diversity and Sustainability for UK Screen Industries £1.6m 30 Sep 2026

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