Inclusive Data Research Skills for Arts and Humanities/How do you get funding?

There are various ways to get research funding for arts and humanities researchers. One of the main funding bodies for this field is the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), who have various funding rounds for different purposes

Where can I find previously funded projects?
Exploring previously funded projects is a great way to discover the types of projects that have been funded. The UKRI gateway (2024) to publicly funded research and innovation is an interactive tool with a search function. Users are able to search for projects by key words, subject, project team members and the project reference. Each project then includes:

UKRI has a ‘funding finder’ for searching current opportunities; this is a great place to start looking for funding. Some of these opportunities are very specific, others more general. You can also contact UKRI if you aren’t sure if your project is right for a specific research call.
 * Project title
 * Lead research organisation
 * Department name
 * Abstract
 * Organisations linked to the funding
 * People on the funding
 * Funded value
 * Funded period
 * Funder
 * Project status
 * Project category
 * Project reference
 * Principle investigator
 * Research subject
 * Research topic

As UKRI is a publicly funded body, all the projects that successfully received its funds can be searched; on this page, you can see who was involved in this project and what institution they were part of when the project was initially funded.

https://gtr.ukri.org/

Finding UKRI Funding
UKRI has a ‘funding finder’ for searching current opportunities; this is a great place to start looking for funding. Some of these opportunities are very specific, others more general. You can also contact UKRI if you aren’t sure if your project is right for a specific research call.

https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/

Overview of AHRC open grants
As part of the DAReS project, our post-doc researcher prepared this presentation about AHRC ‘open grants’; this can be a good place to start looking for applying for funding and thinking about what stage of research you are at.

research funding presentation