Discover the latest funding and other opportunities available to MAH PGRs.
Last updated: 12/01/2026
The annual programme of British Library Doctoral Open Days offers current and prospective research students and other researchers new to the collections an introduction to the practicalities of using the Library and help in navigating the physical and digital collections.
The series begins with a webinar to introduce attendees to the British Library, shows how to access collections and share details of other researcher development opportunities, including the PhD Placement Scheme and fellowship opportunities. This is complemented by in-person Open Days at the St Pancras site, each focusing on a specific area of the collection.
The programme for this academic year will run as follows:
Getting Started at the British Library (Webinar) - Thursday 16 October 2025
Music, Sound and Vision - Friday 31 October 2025
Europe, Americas and Oceania - Friday 28 November 2025
Antiquity to 1800 - Friday 30 January 2026
Asian and African Collections - Friday 27 February 2026
1800-1950 - Friday 27 March 2026
Contemporary British and Irish Collections - Friday 24 April 2026
Digital Collections and Resources - Friday 29 May 2026
These events are an opportunity to meet collection curators, quiz reference specialists, and chat to other researchers in your field of study. Find out more about the full series on the British Library website.
The Royal Society for Asian Affairs (RSAA) 2026 Travel Awards are open to applications from students, young researchers, and early-career academics and aim to fund the travel element of practical projects and research that have the potential to contribute to advances in scholarly or other public knowledge. Individuals have the opportunity to receive a grant of up to £2,000.
Applications can be related to any aspect of the study of Asia (including the Middle East and Turkiye), and the RSAA particularly encourage applications related to the following fields of study:
Find full details. Deadline to apply: Saturday 31 January 2026.
The Buddy Scheme at the Students’ Union are a programme designed to help students find a new friend, and offer support to those who might need a little help settling into life at Sussex.
They look for student volunteers to be matched with the students that apply, and match them based on their chosen preferences. This year they’ve had a really high number of postgraduate students, and students over 25 asking to be matched with those of a similar age, and are looking for PG volunteers to join the scheme.
For more information and how to apply, check out their website.
Cambridge Scholars Publishing is currently inviting proposals for academic monographs and edited collections across all major fields of scholarly research and practice — including the Humanities and Social Sciences, the Physical Sciences, the Life Sciences, and the Health Sciences.
If you are considering submitting a proposal, their website provides full details of our publishing process, together with the Book Proposal Form and guidance for prospective authors.
Exploding Appendix, an avant-garde creative and critical research group based in Brighton and led by MAH PGR Bradley Tuck, are creating an anthology of new manifestoes for the city. If you're passionate about your artwork, creative writing, or other pursuits, and feel like you would like to share your approach with others, this is an exciting opportunity to get your artistic, creative, or political aims published!
The broad theme for the anthology is tied to the idea of the city, generally, but more specifically, to the city of Brighton. Thinking may circle around the relationship between avant-garde work and the metropolis in which we live. The theme of the city/Brighton is a general springboard for your manifesto—be as creative as you like with this suggestion.
The manifestoes can be in whatever form you think appropriate: prose, verse, aphorism, photography, illustration, instruction manual— inside and outside the bounds of so-called acceptability. Multimedia submissions are also encouraged.
Email MAH PGR Christopher Dobson at cd405@sussex.ac.uk if you're thinking about submitting something or if you have any questions.
Are you green-fingered or keen to try your hand at growing stuff? We would love to have some PGRs from MAH join the small team of staff who tend the allotment (MAH-lotment!) in the Silverstone Garden on campus. We have six small raised beds and a variety of seeds, compost and gardening tools at our disposal, and in previous years we have grown a variety of fruits, vegetables and wildflowers. It’s a very informal space and no previous horticultural skills are required!
If you would like to find out more, please get in touch with Assistant Research Manager, Laura Vellacott (L.Vellacott@sussex.ac.uk).
The Faculty of Media, Arts and Humanities has a small budget to help postgraduate researchers with funding research costs. The purpose of the fund is to fund key activities in line with the Faculty’s PGR strategy and to support PGRs with funding individual research costs. The maximum amount of funding which a MAH PGR can apply for over the course of the financial year (1st August - 31st July) is £200.
Find more details including the Faculty’s Guidelines on eligible uses of the Faculty PGR Fund
To request funding please complete the Funding Request form and send the completed form to MAH-pgr@sussex.ac.uk. We aim to confirm funding within two weeks of the application being submitted.
Sussex Fund Doctoral Overseas Conference Grants support University of Sussex PGRs who are presenting their work at an overseas conference. You can apply for a maximum of £1,100 during the period of your PhD registration, and can apply more than once up to the funding limit. From November 2022, an additional £100 above the £1,100 maximum will be available to go towards visa costs, where you require a visa to travel.
The scheme is administered by the Researcher Development team within the Sussex Researcher School, who are able to offer this scheme thanks to a generous grant from the Sussex Fund. To apply, please complete the online application form. Applications must be submitted at least four weeks before the conference start date.
Ensure you read the guidance notes and conditions of the award before submitting an application, to increase the likelihood of a successful award.
The Sussex Researcher School coordinate funding opportunities designed to support your professional development as a researcher at Sussex, including prizes, grants and other schemes.
The Research Professional database allows you to search for funding opportunities by a variety of criteria, and also sign up for email alerts.