AD[A]PT Studentships - AHRC funded Doctoral Focal Awards

We are offering three fully funded PhD scholarships through the AD[A]PT Consortium's AHRC Doctoral Focal Award, supporting arts and humanities research for healthier people, places and planet. All studentships are being offered at the School of Architecture. 

AD[A]PT offers the opportunity to work with our partners that include RIBA, RTPI, RICS, CIOB, Historic England, Chartered Institute of Housing Cymru, Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, Cadw, RCAHMW, CIBSE, Design Commission for Wales, Landscape Institute, and Circus Eruption, some of which will support studentships in Collaborative Doctoral Awards, allowing students to be partly based within their organisation.

We welcome applicants from under-represented groups whose proposals address AD[A]PT’s vision: identifying barriers to creating healthy places, developing strategies to overcome them, and using design-led arts and humanities methods to support UN SDGs, net-zero goals, safety standards, and inclusive, biodiverse environments.

You can choose to apply through either an Open Call or a Set Brief. Both routes offer an equal opportunity to be considered for an AD[A]PT studentship and/or Collaborative Doctoral Award (CDA), there is no advantage to choosing one route over the other.

Open Call Themes include: generational differences, inclusion and justice, healthy urban places, green spaces, cultural heritage, regenerative practice, built-environment professions, homes and housing, governance, life and fire safety, healthy buildings, or healthcare environments.

Set Briefs: there are set briefs supported by our CDA partners: RIBA, RICS and CIOB (see Appendix B of the Call for Proposals and Award Details document in the AD[A]PT website).