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Each of the three following postgraduate schemes has its own subject domain, and offers support for those studying full-time or part-time.
Competition A provides one-year and two-year studentships funding full-time study on Master's courses; Competition B funds studentships of up to three years for full-time study, or of up to five years for part-time study, for a doctoral degree.
PVA support students undertaking a full-time, postgraduate Diploma or Master's course in certain practice-based professional and vocational areas of study.
This scheme provides awards for those intending to undertake a Ph.D. in the following practice-based subject areas: art and design; practice-based media studies; creative writing; drama, dance and performing arts; musical performance.
Provides up to £100,000 a year for up to five years, to substantial research projects which may involve some teamwork. Funding for research students is now also available through this scheme as academic members of staff may include in their application the cost of supporting postdoctoral students who are undertaking work which contributes to the research project.
Offers up to £5,000 to meet the direct costs of research projects, including such items as travel, maintenance and consumables.
Provides funding for research leave of three or four months. The period funded by the AHRB must be matched by a preceding period funded by the institution.
Provides support for the appointment of full-time research fellows in the creative and performing arts. This scheme includes one fellowship in partnership with the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation for practice-based research within or into the Japanese creative and performing arts.
Promotes and supports collaboration between researchers in academic departments and colleagues who work in, for example, libraries, archives museums, galleries, studios and theatres. This will often be in the form of a three or four month period of secondment.
Funds new or existing centres to undertake strategically important research across all areas of the arts and humanities. The Board provides money to set up and run the centres, which have access to funds for five years.
Grants of up to £50,000 for up to one year to support notably innovative research projects.
Strengthens, or makes more accessible, important resources and collections by providing awards to meet the costs of proposals to improve the utilisation and accessibility of research resources and materials of all kinds. The maximum length of an award is three years, with maximum expenditure of £100,000 permitted in any one year.
For more detailed information on schemes and financial arrangements please see the AHRB website at http://www.ahrb.ac.uk/ or contact The Arts and Humanities Research Board at Whitefriars, Lewins Mead, Bristol BS1 2AE (tel. 0117 987 6500; fax 0117 987 6600) for advanced research awards.
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Cambridge University Reporter Special, 8 November 2001
Copyright © 2001 The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge.