Funding opportunity: Focal awards: art history, visual arts and creative practice

Apply for funding to recruit and train doctoral students through a doctoral focal award in art history, visual arts and creative practice.

You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) doctoral funding.

We will support up to 30 studentships per award over three cohorts and funding will be provided at the usual UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) rates.

Each proposal must outline your approach to:

• doctoral training and professional development
• increasing representation of students from underrepresented groups

The first cohort of students will start in October 2026.