Fully Funded Doctoral Landscape Award: Creative & Caring Communities (CCC) 2027/28 (105-26)

Fully Funded Doctoral Landscape Award: Creative & Caring Communities (CCC)  2027/28 

Cohort 2 Recruitment: 

Funding providers: AHRC and Royal College of Art 

Location: London

Funding for: UK, EU and International Students

Project start date: September 2027

Mode of study: Full and Part time 

Funding Details: 

Fees fully funded

Stipend £23,805, Pro-rata for part-time students*

*The rate is set by UKRI and will increase with inflation annually.

RCA is one of 50 universities across the UK funded through the Doctoral Landscape Award scheme, receiving funding for 15 doctoral studentships over five years.

The Royal College of Art’s Creative & Caring Communities (CCC) Doctoral Landscape Award (DLA) brings together a wide range of RCA expertise and collaborative partnerships to foster innovative doctoral research.

CCC aims to support new themes of research in art and humanities, architecture, design, and communication by cultivating hybrid interdisciplinary approaches with practice research at the centre. The scheme aims to foster collaborative doctoral research practices that generate new ways of knowing and create meaningful impact.  

CCC delivers an experience-led and inclusive space for original doctoral research that targets complex spatial, social, cultural and technological concerns. Care is at the heart of resilience. CCC aims to explore new experimental and methodological approaches that advance and contribute to emerging fields of interdisciplinary studies.

We are looking for your submission between  all  schools:

School of Arts and Humanities

School of Communication and Design

School of Architecture 

Applications should be made via the Applicant Portal:

Applications open: Monday 12 October 2026

The deadline to submit your application is Friday 8 January 2027, 12 noon (UK time).

Indicate that you wish to apply for the CC DLA Studentship Award by using the tick box provided. 

For further information about the award, how to apply please visit the CCC DLA Webpage. 

You can also register for the Information Webinar, for PhD candidates interested in applying for AHRC CCC funding, to learn more about the award and how to apply.

Time: 9.30 am, 6th October 2026.

Duration: 1 hour maximum

Indicative Format:

Introduction (Hala Mansour)

Short presentations from School Post Graduate Research Leads 

Q&A

Fair Access and Widening Participation

RCA is encouraging students from the UK under-representation of particular groups within postgraduate study to apply. 

Closing Date: 08 Jan 2027

Programme/Department: Studentship