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AHRB Mission

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

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AHRB Mission

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  1. 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

  2. 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)

  3. AHRB Funding Principles • Support for Excellence • Peer Review • Competitive Assessment • Responsiveness • Partnership • Transparency • Procedures • Feedback • Reporting on Outcomes

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

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