Arts and Humanities Research Council

ALT Screenshot from the AHRC news story, highlighting a quote from AHRC Executive Chair Professor Christopher Smith: "UK arts and humanities research is vital to showing the critical role that protecting culture and cultural heritage plays in the UK’s international development agenda. This research will protect cultural heritage at risk from climate change and natural disasters and build disaster-preparedness capacity throughout the world, as also highlighted at COP28. Spanning a diverse range of methods, regions and disciplines, the projects come together to propose new ways to build capacity for climate action in a way that preserves indigenous knowledge and heritage practices across cultures. AHRC is proud to work with DCMS in making the case for culture-based climate action."

ALT AHRC Executive Chair, Professor Christopher Smith, said: AHRC is delighted to announce the launch of a new wave of Creative Industries Clusters. The two new clusters announced today, MusicFutures and CreaTech Frontiers, will create vital support for technology and innovation in the UK’s world-leading creative industries and expand our regional investment. These clusters will support artists and creators so they can benefit from new technologies across a wide range of platforms, and develop their innovation and business skills. The remarkable projects made possible through our Creative Industries Clusters span sustainable fashion, game design and extended reality, and have attracted major co-investment. They have helped solve real-world problems and they deliver commercial benefits to the UK economy in line with the Government’s Industrial Strategy.

ALT Screenshot of the LUCIA Pilot Programme Notification of Intent page. Text as below: Locally Unlocking Culture through Inclusive Access (LUCIA) Pilot Programme - Notification of Intent to submit an application Closes 3 Dec 2024

ALT Screenshot of the New Generation Thinkers opportunity page. Text reads as below: New Generation Thinkers 2025 Opportunity status: Open Funders: Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Co-funders: BBC Funding type: Other Publication date: 28 October 2024 Opening date: 28 October 2024 9:00am UK time Closing date: 28 January 2025 4:00pm UK time This scheme offers five early career researchers the opportunity to be ‘researchers in residence’ where they will work with programme makers at BBC Radio 4 and produce a piece of writing to be recorded for radio. Timeline 28 October 2024 9:00am | Opening date 12 November 2024 10:00am | Webinar 4 December 2024 2:00pm | Webinar 12 December 2024 2:30pm | Webinar (for post-92 university applicants and research organisations only) 28 January 2025 4:00pm | Closing date

ALT Screenshot from the blog. Text reads as below: 'The importance of story skills In a world where connections matter more than ever, I increasingly recognise story skills as essential for nurturing shared purpose, belonging and collective action. Through the art of telling, and listening to stories, we shape our emotions, decisions and relationships in subtle yet powerful ways, bridging gaps across diverse sectors – from business to culture and education. This is where StoryArcs finds its place: an initiative rooted in collaborative, evidence-based research focused on the power of transferable story skills. Our findings reveal that the act of creating and sharing stories can transform organisational dynamics, spark meaningful change and drive lasting impact across communities.'

ALT Image card with a quote from Professor Christopher Smith, Exec Chair at AHRC. Text reads: “This is a thrilling discovery and a testament to power AHRC aims to unleash by connecting the disparate collections of information and material held by the UK’s various heritage institutions through the Towards a National Collection project. The exemplary work of the Unpath’d Waters has revealed, at long last, the resting place of over a hundred men who died under tragic circumstances and gives us a tantalising hint at the historical riches concealed within the waters that surround our island.”

ALT Quote card, featuring quote from Jaideep Gupte, Director of Research, Strategy and Innovation. Text reads: “AHRC’s future-facing approach underpins everything we do, from funding opportunities to strategic thinking. That’s why we partnered with the exciting and innovative Thrive project, which has the potential to radically reconfigure how projects are led across the whole research and innovation sector. Piloting their team-led approach through our Mission responsive mode grant scheme, we are leading the way towards more open, inclusive and diverse research leadership.”

ALT Quote from the blog: "Research doesn’t just happen in a lab: it happens on doorsteps and local neighbourhood streets, civic spaces and town centres, schools and hospitals, cities, coasts and countryside, through diverse digital and physical creative communities." ~ Katy Shaw, Programme Director, Arts and Humanities Research Council Creative Communities AHRC logo

ALT Card featuring a quote from Katherine Warren, Head of Histories, Cultures and Heritage. “This is an exciting opportunity for the UK community to help shape the research themes of the future Resilient Cultural Heritage Partnership and to identify priority areas for future funding calls and joint policy and practice activities. The Partnership will bring together funders, ministries, researchers, practitioners, stakeholders and the public across Europe and beyond, to facilitate Cultural Heritage and Climate Change collaboration on a scale not seen before.” The AHRC Logo sits underneath the quote.

ALT Black and white image of an applauding crowd at an event. Text below: ahtv - engaging academic in TV. Wednesday 6 November | Nonway Hall, London. Tickets on sale now. Supported by AHRC. The TV foundation logo

ALT Screenshot of funding opportunity. Details below: Collaborate with German partners on arts and humanities research: round seven Opportunity status: Open Funders: Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Co-funders: German Research Foundation (DFG) Funding type: Grant Total fund: £6,000,000 Award range: £1 - £420,000 Publication date: 16 October 2024 Opening date: 16 October 2024 9:00am UK time Closing date: 19 February 2025 10:59pm UK time Timeline: 16 October 2024 9:00am | Opening date 19 February 2025 10:59pm | Closing date March to June 2025 | Peer review September 2025 | Assessment panel meeting Early or mid-November 2025 | Decision outcomes

ALT Professor Christopher Smith stood at a podium giving an introductory speech at the AHRC RICHeS launch event,

ALT Professor Tao Chang, Associate Director of Infrastructure and Major Programmes at AHRC, stood at a podium giving an introductory speech at the AHRC RICHeS launch event. Above Professor Chang is a presentation screen.

ALT Professor Alice Roberts stood up giving a key note address at the AHRC RICHeS launch event. Behind Professor Roberts are two pull-up banners displaying information about the RICHeS programme.

ALT Screenshot of a UKRI web page with the following text and a photograph of Professor Katy Shaw, the blog author: Research reimagined: Creative Communities and inclusive innovation Katy Shaw, Programme Director, Arts and Humanities Research Council Creative Communities 7 October 2024 Creative Communities is a major research programme funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and hosted by Northumbria University.

ALT Screenshot of the RICHeS news item with a quote from AHRC Executive Chair, Professor Christopher Smith: Heading: Unleashing new understanding about our cultural heritage 'The UK has a rich and unparalleled cultural heritage and is a global leader in the science of heritage conservation. By investing in heritage science, we are not only unleashing new understanding about our cultural assets but boosting a world-leading heritage economy that will benefit us all. Using the latest technology and scientific equipment, this programme will support access to heritage collections, grow the UK’s heritage economy and drive technological innovation in areas such as material science. Placing this work in Daresbury increases the chance of the spillover effects we have already demonstrated.'

ALT Screenshot form the UKRI news story featuring a quote from AHRC Executive Chair Christopher Smith: 'From drone warfare to psychological warfare, from the medical discoveries arising from war to the lessons from the past for our contemporary world, this exhibition showcases not just the impact of war on the mind, but also the power of multidisciplinary research that melds arts and humanities with science. I am delighted that AHRC has supported research to bring fascinating new insights to a wide audience and to inspire debate on a vital issue of our time.'

ALT Screenshot from the War and the Mind exhibition page. Details: - 27 September 2024 to 27 April 2025 - IWM London - For Everyone Free Exhibition