Historian Joy Porter reflects on two-year build up to an AHRC Standard Research Grant win
Top tips
- Look through Arts and Humanities Research Council strategy literature to highlight synergies.
- Be realistic about timeframes to work up a major team-oriented bid—it will likely take years rather than months.
- Large bids that are written piecemeal often lack a clear continuous voice and this might not be the best way to proceed.
- Respond to reviewers’ comments in the spirit of using the comments to improve the final bid.
- Be prepared to justify the amount of time spent on a major bid, as well as the likely costs involved, within your institution.
With a remit to support collaborative research projects that cost between £50,000 and £1 million, the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s Standard Research Grants have the capacity to support major interdisciplinary projects focused predominantly within the council’s remit.