AHRC responsive mode: Curiosity Award
The AHRC Curiosity Award funds early-stage, innovative arts and humanities research projects, supporting new ideas, networking, and collaborations across disciplines and career stages.
Funder: UK Research and Innovation
Due Dates: Open - no closing date (rolling submissions)
Funding Amounts: Up to £100,000 (full economic cost) per project; AHRC funds 80% FEC; project duration up to 5 years.
Summary: Flexible funding for early-stage, ambitious arts and humanities research to spark new agendas, networking, and collaboration.
Description
The AHRC responsive mode: Curiosity Award supports early-stage, innovative research in the arts and humanities. It is designed to enable researchers to explore novel ideas, develop new research agendas, and build networks that can lead to larger-scale projects. The award is highly flexible, supporting a variety of activities including seed funding, proof-of-concept work, high-risk concepts, knowledge exchange, public engagement, and partnership development. Both single-discipline and interdisciplinary projects are welcome, and international collaboration is encouraged. The scheme is open to researchers at any career stage and aims to foster equitable and innovative research approaches.
