AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership studentships

Value of award (per year)

Home tuition fee for 2024-25 at UKRI rate is £4,786.

Annual stipend at UKRI rate for 2024-25 is £19,237.

Duration of award

The funding duration is for 3.5 years commencing from 1st of October for each Cohort. The submission duration is for 4 years starting from 27th of September for each Cohort. It does not include periods of leave, write-up, continuation or extension.

At what stage of my course application can I apply for this scholarship?

Please apply after you have submitted your application for an eligible course at the University of St Andrews. You do not need to wait until you have received an offer of a place before applying.

Additional criteria

All funding and reporting are via the University, students will be requested to provide project details for the AHRC annual submission via the student research data portal in October of the first year. Additional information may be requested at any time and any changes in status to the project should be forwarded to the DTG Coordinator.

Any issues with fees or funding should be reported to Finance Scholarships in the first instance.

Current award holder should refer to the  UK Research and Innovation training grants: standard terms and conditions of training grant for full details on RTSG claims, fieldwork expenses, maternity cover and any other leave of absences or extensions likely to affect funding or submission dates. Requests for these should be emailed to Registry PGR Change of Circumstance Student Support Registry and Finance Advice and Support.

If a student is prevented from working by illness for a continuous period of more than two weeks they must inform Registry PGR Change of Circumstance Student Support immediately and send a medical certificate confirming the period unfit to work (regardless as to whether or not the student is suspending studies).

Current students can contact the School Postgraduate Secretary, Registry or Finance Advice & Support for any additional information regarding AHRC or University terms and conditions.

How to apply

As a prospective PhD student, you will apply to work with an individual supervisor or supervisory team within a School, and not a specific programme of study. It is therefore important that you look at staff research interests within School of Art History, School of Classics, School of Divinity, School of English, Department of Film Studies, School of History, School of International Relations, School of Modern Languages, Department of Philosophy and ensure that your project matches an existing area of research.

There is a two-stage process for AHRC applications whereby any prospective applicant must first apply through the University of St Andrews and, prior to applying to AHRC, must contact a potential supervisor, who will then assist with the application to the Council.

If you are unable to identify a possible supervisor, please email School contacts.

Any academic wishing to supervise an AHRC DTP studentship should contact their Director of Postgraduate Studies in the first instance.

Prospective students are strongly encouraged to apply as early as possible.

Please note, the internal application deadline for funding commencing in 2025, ended on 13 January 2025.

Please note, the online application platform of SGSAH AHRC DTP Studentship will open on 3 February 2025 and will close at noon (GMT), on 14 February 2025

Terms and conditions

Please read the University of St Andrews scholarships terms and conditions

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If applying to this scholarship, please be aware of the following requirements:

• You must meet and agree to the Research Council terms and conditions for funding. Please be aware that funding is not normally available during write-up, continuation or non-medical leave of absence periods.
• You must be a registered student (have fully completed matriculation) before you can receive your funding, every year.
• All payments are made directly into a UK bank account, awardees should ensure that they have registered their bank details securely through MySaint and keep these up to date to ensure that there is no delay in receipt of payment.
• UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) handles all personal data in accordance with current UK data protection legislation and the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) where appropriate.
• Further information is provided via the UKRI Privacy Notice.
• The University will collect and process your personal data to manage Award applications and to manage funds where an Award is made. This could include the passing of personal data to Award sponsors or their equivalent, only for the purposes of managing and monitoring an Award as required by the conditions of funding.

It is the responsibility of the student to notify the University as soon as possible of any interruption to study and return to study thereafter. Guidance for a request can be found on our Leave of Absence page. Please refer to the Research Council terms and conditions regarding funding and interruptions.