Arts and Humanities Research Council - Research Training Support Grant

RTSG is only available during the funded period.

SGSAH funded students are entitled to apply for £1,750 in total over three and a half years of funding. 

AHRC Collaborative PhD students, not funded by SGSAH, are normally entitled to apply for up to £2,000 during your funded period but please contact pgawards@ed.ac.uk to confirm exact allowance.

We offer funds to support your primary research and attend conferences during your funded period. Support can be offered for small and reasonable costs associated with research expenses and books.

For conferences, we can provide funding for travel. We can also consider in person conference fees up to £200 and provide up to £100 per day towards accommodation. If the conference is online we can cover the registration fee of up to £200.

Payments for conferences are normally limited to one successful application over the lifetime of your award. If you are planning more than one conference over your funding, please contact us first. 

We cannot award an RTSG claim retrospectively and you should not make any bookings or incur any costs until you have approval from our team.

All travel is subject to a satisfactory University risk assessment and secured University travel insurance which should be included with the RTSG application. 

Please complete the application form below and please allow at least 4 weeks for us to consider your request. Your supervisor will need to provide a brief supporting case for you to be considered for the grant. 

The application will ask for the most accurate estimate of costs. It is expected that these costs will be reasonable and full receipts of the approved spend will be required.

Submit the completed application to pgawards@ed.ac.uk

If your application is approved, the Postgraduate Research Student Office will email you to confirm the amount of funds awarded and the next steps to arrange the payment directly to you. 

We will need copies of all receipts and proof of spend. We will ask for a return of funds which cannot be receipted.

For any queries, please contact pgawards@ed.ac.uk