Arts and Humanities Research Council - Doctoral Landscape Awards

The Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities will provide Doctoral Landscape Award holders with additional PhD training and Cohort Development opportunities during the studentship. 

Doctoral Landscape Award – Open PhD Studentship 2026/27

Philosophy PhD is offering 1 doctoral studentship for 2026/27 in the Open competition. 

Online Information Session

The Dean of Postgraduate Research in the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences will be hosting an online information session for prospective applicants at 10am-11am GMT 16th October 2025. No registration is needed. Please click on this link to join the session:
https://eu.bbcollab.com/guest/24e40505d3594467ae543d961f147ed2 

Award

The award will cover the PhD tuition fee and a stipend at the UKRI level for a minimum of 3.5 years with training options equivalent to 6 months of stipend to best support your PhD project and professional goals. The defined training options are listed in the Competition Guidance and funding application.

Eligibility

This funding is only open to new applicants for PhD study in 2026/27. The funding is not open to current PhD students.

The AHRC welcomes PhD researchers from throughout the world. All funded PhD students – Home or International – will be eligible for a full award: a stipend to support living costs and tuition fees at the applicable fee rate.

Candidates will normally hold a relevant 2:1 degree (such as BA, BMus, BSc or LLB) and a similar calibre of Master’s degree or equivalent professional experience.

Awards are only available in the advertised Disciplinary Panels. Where the PhD application does not fit within the Disciplinary Panel, your funding application will be marked unsuccessful. 

Applying 

1. Before applying, applicants are strongly advised to contact potential supervisors early and discuss their preferred funding option with their proposed supervisory team. The University reserves the right to award a different funding option depending on its assessment of the project.
2. Applicants are encouraged to make contact with the School as soon as possible to register their interest in this funding opportunity as this will allow the School to track the progress of your application. Please email the PPLS Postgraduate Research Admin Team to register interest.
3. Applicants must complete the University of Edinburgh application form for the relevant PhD programme. Once this application has been submitted, applicants will receive email confirmation from the system including their User Name (UUN). 
   - PhD Philosophy PhD application deadline: 23:59 UK Time on Monday 10 November 2025.
4. Applicants must complete the Doctoral Landscape Award Funding application form and submit it via email to the PPLS Postgraduate Research Admin Team before 5pm UK Time on Thursday 27th November 2025.
   Applicants who will require a Student Route visa and wish to undertake the funded internship option, must indicate this on the funding application. If the option is not selected at the application stage, the funded internship cannot be considered at a later stage in the PhD. 

SGSAH DLA Application Form

Competition Guidance

Selection

The University will select applicants for funding. Award notifications will be sent in March 2026. Some candidates may be placed on a reserve list.

Further Information 

For more information regarding the Doctoral Landscape Award, please email the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Postgraduate Awards office: Postgraduate Research Student Office