AHRC Doctoral Landscape Award (DLA)
Applications to the AHRC Doctoral Landscape Award at the University of Sheffield for 2027/28 entry are open.
The University of Sheffield has received an AHRC Doctoral Landscape Award (DLA) to support postgraduate researchers in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities. Sheffield’s DLA studentships will be associated with the AHRC North/Northwest Hub, in collaboration with nine other regional universities.
This scheme will support four full PhD studentships per year. This scheme is not open to candidates who are already enrolled on a PhD.
Up to one of these studentships may be allocated to an outstanding international candidate. Overseas students are therefore welcome to apply, but should be aware that competition will be particularly intense for this place.
The 3.5 year studentships (pro-rata for part-time) will consist of a maintenance stipend at the UKRI rate (currently £21,805 in the 26/27 academic year) and payment of tuition fees (Home or International fees, as applicable)
The Faculty of Arts and Humanities comprises the School of English, the School of History, Philosophy and Digital Humanities, the School of Languages, Arts and Societies and the School of Law.The Faculty is home to more than 200 PhD researchers pursuing pioneering disciplinary and interdisciplinary projects, and boasts more than two dozen Faculty Research Centres bringing together academic staff, postgraduates, early career researchers and regional stakeholders in groundbreaking research. Postgraduate researchers at Sheffield also have access to the dedicated desk and social spaces of the Doctoral School Centre at the Jessop West site.
Recipients of these studentships will be part of DLA North/North West Hub cohort and will be expected to participate fully in cohort training and other activities.
How to apply
You application consists of two parts:
Submit a study application for a PhD place at the University of Sheffield via our online application portal.
The deadline to submit your study application is by Monday 14th December 2026.
Once you have submitted your study application and received an application number, you must submit your funding application via this form. The form will ask you to input your study application number.
The funding application will need to be submitted in one sitting. This template can be used to prepare your answers for submission.
The deadline to submit your funding application deadline is 5 PM GMT Friday 19th February 2027.
Following the application deadline, applications will be shared with the relevant school for the first phase of assessment. Applicants who are selected by their school will then be nominated to a Faculty panel which will convene in March 2027 to confirm the final selections. We aim to notify all candidates of their final outcome by the end of March 2027.
Further information
If you have any questions about scholarships please see our FAQs or email pgr-scholarships@sheffield.ac.uk.