AHRC Responsive Mode: Curiosity Award
The AHRC Responsive Mode: Curiosity Award funds innovative, early-stage arts and humanities research to spark new ideas and collaborations, supporting high-potential projects led by UK Research and Innovation.
Funder: UK Research and Innovation
Due Dates: Rolling (always open; no closing date)
Funding Amounts: Up to £100,000 full economic cost (FEC) per project; AHRC funds 80% FEC; duration up to 5 years.
Summary: Flexible awards for early-stage, ambitious arts and humanities research to spark new research agendas and collaborations.
Key Information: No closing date; applications assessed as received.
Description
This funding opportunity supports innovative, early-stage research in the arts and humanities through the AHRC Responsive Mode: Curiosity Award. Aimed at generating new ideas, fostering creative collaborations, and establishing new research networks, the award is intentionally flexible, welcoming proposals from solo researchers, teams, and networks. The scheme encourages high-risk, high-potential projects, interdisciplinary and practice-led research, partnership building, knowledge exchange, and public engagement. The primary focus of the project must align with the AHRC’s subject remit, but interdisciplinary and international collaborations are encouraged. The award is designed to serve as a springboard for further research opportunities and development.
