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Funder details

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Funder name: Arts & Humanities Research Council

Correspondant:
Correspondant title:
Address: AHRC Polaris House North Star Avenue
Swindon
SN2 1FL
Country: UK
Telephone: 01793 41 6000
E-mail: Enquiries@ahrc.ukri.org
Website: http://www.ahrc.ac.uk
Funding objective / Areas of interest: Primary funder of Arts and Humanities research in the UK.

The Council funds high quality research and postgraduate training in a huge range of subjects from history to English literature to design and dance.

Specifically included in its subject coverage is Religious Studies which may include the study of the world`s religions, specific or comparative, including their scriptures, thought, history, ethical teaching, social and cultural impact, practices and related areas. It embraces theological, textual, philosophical, sociological, anthropological and applied approaches. It is not intended to exclude any of the areas normally studied under the rubric of theology, divinity, religious studies or biblical studies.
Type of funding available: Research grants, fellowships, follow-on grants, research workshops and networks and Knowledge Transfer activities.
Beneficiary type:
Eligibility criteria: The AHRC will only accept applications from those working within and supported by an HEI or Independent Research Organisation (IROs).

A list of eligible IROs can be found on the AHRC website at:

http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/FundingOpportunities/Pages/IndependentResearchOrganisations.aspx
Exclusions / restrictions:
Example grants: Research Grant
Prof. Ada Rapoport-Albert, UCL – The Grammar of the Hasidic Hebrew Tale, 1864-1914 (£296,342).

Research Fellowship
Dr Dan Levene, University of Southampton – A Corpus of Curses: Aggressive Incantation Texts in Jewish Aramaic from Late Antiquity (£72,177).
Application guidelines: All applications must be submitted with the approval of the applicant`s employing institution.

Applications are created and submitted via JeS, all applicants should ensure they are registered via the link below:

https://je-s.rcuk.ac.uk
Trustees:
Additional information: The AHRC encourages applications from Early Career Researchers to their Research Grant and Research Fellowships schemes, with an indication that the success rate is higher for such applications. The criteria for applying via this route is:

Applicants must at the point of application be either:

• within eight years of the award of their PhD or equivalent professional training; or

• within six years of their first academic appointment; and:

• to have at least a year of post-doctoral experience in an academic/research environment or to have an equivalent level of professional/ practice experience of direct relevance to the proposed research.
Information sources: AHRC website

Areas of Interest

History of the Jewish People, Jewish Thought and Philosophy, Languages, Literature (other than Biblical and Rabbinic), Rabbinic Literature, Religion and Religious Movements, Bible and Related Literature, General

Beneficial Areas

Regions
Europe

Countries:
UK

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