International Placement Scheme 2027
- Funder
- Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
- Award amount
- £2,070 – £18,500
- Deadline
- March 9, 2027
- Eligible countries
- United Kingdom
Real odds
About 1 in 4 funded · 23% · Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), all funding decisions, 2024-25
Source: UKRI investment and outputs data, table 2.1
What this number means
This is the funder’s published average for the whole program in a past year, not a prediction for any one application. Targeted calls, resubmissions and how well a proposal fits all change the picture.
UKRI divides applications awarded by applications assessed in the financial year, across all of the council’s schemes (research grants, fellowships and directed calls).
2024-25: 323 funded out of 1,375.
The year before (2023-24): 24%.
Summary
Open UKRI funding opportunity · Other. Closes 2027-03-09. Total fund £391,074. Opportunity page: https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/international-placement-scheme-2027/
Apply for a funded placement at an international institution.
Placements are available at the following institutions:
- United States: Harry Ransom Center, Huntington Library, Library of Congress, Smithsonian Institution, Yale Centre for British Art
- Japan: National Institutes for the Humanities (NIHU)
- China: Shanghai Theatre Academy
- Africa: Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre with British Institute of Eastern Africa as a secondary host institution
Awards will cover a one-off fee for travel and visa and monthly living expense fees based on local costs and paid at 100% full economic cost (FEC).
You can apply for two to five months of funding.
What we're looking for Aims and scope
We are looking to fund eligible PhD students, and early career researchers (ECRs) to conduct a research placement at an international host institution for two to five months.
Funded through UKRI’s Collective Talent budget, the International Placement Scheme (IPS) is a prestigious programme that invests in the next generation of arts and humanities leaders. By supporting placements at leading cultural and research institutions around the world, IPS fosters international collaborations, develops globally connected talent and strengthens the UK’s research and innovation ecosystem.
The scheme objectives are to:
- support primary research through privileged levels of access to unique resources, facilities and expertise through short placements at internationally renowned cultural and research institutions
- through such access, enrich the depth, range, diversity and quality of UK research activities, especially in areas exploring under-represented and under-researched cultures, histories and methodologies by enabling scholars to engage with resources unavailable in the UK or online
- foster international…
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