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The AHRB is dedicated to promoting excellence in arts and humanities research, enhancing the understanding of human culture and improving quality of life. Through its three distinct programmes—Museums and Galleries, Postgraduate Awards, and Research Awards—it provides essential funding. AHRB emphasizes various principles such as transparency and peer review to ensure the effectiveness of its grants. The organization gathers feedback and monitors outcomes to adapt to the evolving fields. Key areas of focus include training for highly qualified professionals and effective dissemination of research.
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AHRB Mission • promoting and supporting excellence in research in arts and humanities • improving knowledge of human culture to enhance quality of life and creative output of the nation • supporting provision of highly-qualified people in arts and humanities and preparing students for a wide range of professions and vocations • promoting and supporting dissemination of research results to research community and public at large
AHRB ProgrammesThree Programmes with Separate Funding Streams • Museums and Galleries (funded by HEFCE) • Postgraduate Awards (funded by the British Academy) • Research Awards (funded by the four UK Funding Councils)
AHRB Funding Principles • Support for Excellence • Peer Review • Competitive Assessment • Responsiveness • Partnership • Transparency • Procedures • Feedback • Reporting on Outcomes
AHRB: Issues Arising from the First Two Years:1 • The Place of the AHRB in the Dual Support System • The Funding of projects • Dissemination of the results of research • Connections to audiences and constituencies beyond the research community in the arts and humanities
AHRB: Issues Arising from the First Two Years:2 • Balance between responsiveness and directiveness • The workings of the peer review system • High levels of competition • Monitoring and evaluation
Applicns (no.) Applicns (£) Awards (no.) Awards (£) Success Rate Research Grants All Subjects 1,169 130.0 m. 233 32.9 m. 20% Languages 100 11.1 m. 24 3.4 m. 24% Research Leave All Subjects 1,104 586 53% Languages 133 82 62% Research Programme: Applications and Awards 2000
Development of the Research Programme • Additional funding from 2002-03 • Balance between funding of individual scholars and of larger-scale projects • The appropriateness of the scale of projects: value for money • The use of research fellows, research assistants and the development of research careers
Applications Awards Offered Success Rate Competition A All Subjects 1,631 578 33% Languages 188 59 31% Competition B All Subjects 1,716 633 34% Languages 237 75 32% Postgraduate Programme: Applications and Awards 2000
Development of the Postgraduate Programme • Research training: what should be the AHRB’s requirements? • Student-driven competitions or quotas: how should awards be allocated? • Should there be quotas for different subjects? • Levels of competition: comparisons between different subjects within and beyond the humanities • Numbers of awards for Master’s and for doctoral Students • Submission rates and how to improve them