International Placement Scheme 2027 (Other)

Key facts

About this grant

Summary from the official listing on Find a Grant (GOV.UK):

Apply for a funded placement at an international institution.

Placements are available at the following institutions:

• United States: Harry Ransom Center, Huntington Library, Library of Congress, Smithsonian Institution, Yale Centre for British Art
• Japan: National Institutes for the Humanities (NIHU)
• China: Shanghai Theatre Academy
• Africa: Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre with British Institute of Eastern Africa as a secondary host institution

Awards will cover a one-off fee for travel and visa and monthly living expense fees based on local costs and paid at 100% full economic cost (FEC).

You can apply for two to five months of funding.

Eligibility

This funding opportunity is open to organisations with standard eligibility. Check if your organisation is eligible.

This funding opportunity is open to:

• PhD students currently funded by AHRC
• early career researchers (ECRs) in any arts or humanities subject

You must apply to undertake primary research in an AHRC subject area for all hosts.

You can apply for a placement at more than one institution in a single round, noting that separate applications need to be submitted. However:

• applications must be for separate and distinct research work packages
• dates must not overlap
• total placement length cannot be longer than the maximum total length of five months
• placements must take place in one continuous block of time
• applications must not be interdependent
• you should stay in-country for the duration of the placement

You can only hold a placement at the same institution once in each stage of your career, for example once as a PhD student and once as an ECR.

Deferred entry applications are not permitted except under exceptional circumstances, where you should contact us at the earliest opportunity. Equally, if your application is successful but you cannot undertake your placement, you must reapply the following year.

Before applying, PhD students must secure approval of their UK research organisation and their supervisor. ECRs must secure approval from their head of department. This approval confirms that you can attend the placement in full if your application is successful.

Who is eligible to apply

Individual eligibility for PhD students

You must be a doctoral student currently funded by AHRC to be eligible to apply to any host.

Placements must be undertaken during the funded period of your doctoral award.

PhD students must include their doctoral training grant reference in the ‘About you’ section of the application form.

Because these placements are intended to enrich and form part of the period of doctoral study, no additional time will be added to the doctoral award end date.

Individual eligibility for ECRs

Anyone who considers their role to be that of an ECR may self-identity as one. There are no eligibility rules based on how many years have passed since the award of your PhD.

You must be employed and supported by an eligible UK research organisation with a contract that extends for at least the duration of your grant under the International Placement Scheme. You will need to demonstrate that a contract is in place at the point of applicati

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