The scholarship has been created by the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Durham University to generate a cohort of doctoral students in the area of Environmental Humanities for the 2024/25 year.
Environmental Humanities, understood broadly in terms of explorations of the interaction of nature and society and focussed on transformative research that brings the humanities – including the research carried out by all of our departments - to our most pressing problems in this area (such as the climate emergency).
The awards will match current AHRC rates of maintenance and provide a full fee waiver at the home fee rate. Awards increase every year, typically with inflation. As an indicator, the level for 2023/2024 was £18,622.
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One of the awards will be ringfenced for Black British, British Asian, UK domiciled candidates of mixed Black or Asian heritage and / or Irish Traveller applicants who qualify for home fee status.
Applicants must
Please note:
To be eligible for the one ring-fenced scholarship, the candidates must be of the following backgrounds:
You will need to complete Durham University's online application form and to state that you wish to be considered for the Environmental Humanities Scholarship when the form asks you to indicate how you intend to fund your studies. (Please select 'other' from the drop-down menu and insert Environmental Humanities Scholarship in the text box.)
Please ensure that you submit your academic application and provide all relevant documents including transcripts, study certificates, academic references and English Language certificates to Durham University as soon as possible and you will need to hold an offer for a PhD programme from an Arts & Humanities Faculty Department by 5pm on 22 April 2024.
If you have already submitted an application previously and received an offer from one of the Arts & Humanities Faculty's Departments, you can self-nominate for the Environmental Humanities studentship, if your research proposal fits in the Environmental Humanities cluster.
Applicants are encouraged to self-nominate for the Environmental Humanities PhD Scholarship but are required to be in receipt of an offer (either conditional or unconditional) for a PhD programme of the Arts & Humanities Faculty for the October 2024 intake at the time of application for the scholarship. They can discuss their research proposal with their supervisors well in advance of the deadline.
Applicants will need to submit a completed Environmental Humanities applications form, including their CV, research proposal (up to 2,000 words) and offer letter from Durham University as an attachment by 5pm on 22 April 2024. The completed form and attachments will need to be submitted by e-mailing arts.assocdean.pgr@durham.ac.uk
The application form includes a short statement on how they would benefit from being part of a cohort of students exploring challenges in the area of Environmental Humanities (up to 1,000 words).
Environmental Humanities application form
A Selection Panel headed by the Deputy Executive Dean (Postgraduate) in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities will meet soon after the application deadline to consider the submitted proposal and their relevance to the research parameters of the Scholarship. The successful candidate will be contacted in the first instance by email, and unsuccessful applicants will be advised of the outcome soon afterwards.
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If you have any questions about whether you are eligible for a scholarship or the application process, get in touch with the Faculty Postgraduate Research Coordinator:
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