Arts and Humanities studentships available at the University of Sussex via CHASE Doctoral Training Partnership

The University of Sussex and the Consortium of the Humanities and the Arts South-East (CHASE) invite applications for Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) PhD Studentship awards within and across the following fields:

Why Sussex?

Sussex hosts CHASE, one of the AHRC's prestigious Doctoral Training Partnerships, bringing together doctoral researchers from across the Arts and Humanities. We are renowned for our path-breaking creative and interdisciplinary work, but also achieve excellence in discipline-based research. Our School of Media, Arts and Humanities offers a vibrant platform for cutting-edge, interdisciplinary research in a friendly and supportive atmosphere. You can join a lively community of innovative thinkers, researchers and creative practitioners such as writers, filmmakers, and musicians, engaged in producing exciting work seeking to address the challenges of a world shaped by the speed of technological innovation and global change.

What does CHASE at Sussex have to offer?

A CHASE scholarship offers:

• payment of fees and a living allowance (currently £19,237 pa)
• eligible to apply for further funding for training and research expenses (archival visits, conference trips, and learning a language or other skill integral to your research project)
• develop yourself as well as your research, through specialist research seminars by world class visiting speakers, the Sussex Researcher Development Programme as well as the CHASE training programme
• opportunity to undertake a placement outside the University, including with partner organisations, such as the BBC Archives, the British Film and Video Council, or The Victoria and Albert Museum
• benefit from research and practical expertise available across the CHASE institutions, via research networks, attending specialist training events, joint or additional supervision and the biannual Encounters conferences

How to apply?

To apply for a CHASE studentship for autumn 2025, you must first apply for a place on a PhD course at the University of Sussex:

The deadline for applications to Sussex is 12:00 noon GMT 16^th December 2024.

After securing a place, you can request access to the online CHASE application form from your School.

The deadline for the CHASE funding competition is 12:00 noon GMT 27^th January 2025.

CHASE studentships are open to UK and non-UK students and we are able to offer a small number of full scholarships to international candidates.

For further information, attend our virtual postgraduate event see our Sussex website and the CHASE website. Also attend our in person PhD open evening Monday 21^st October, 5pm-8.30pm, on campus.

CHASE is actively committed to the values of diversity and inclusivity and we welcome applicants from Black and Minority Ethnic backgrounds. UK BAME CHASE applicants may also apply for our new Stuart Hall Foundation studentships which will allow them to develop their career and research profile with the Foundation.