CADRE will circulate new CDP calls as they become available. We also plan to hold future events to increase awareness of this scheme and facilitate networking with potential non-HEI partners.

Please see below a call for proposals from the REACH Consortium.

The REACH Consortium, an AHRC-funded Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (‘CDP’) has issued a Call for Expressions of Interest in developing collaborative PhD projects (October 2025 start) with one of our 5 members – please read on…..

• The REACH Consortium brings together 5 nationally significant cultural and heritage institutions which together attract 38 million visitors per annum and combine 10 UNESCO World Heritage Sites:

• Royal Museums Greenwich (National Maritime Museum)
• National Portrait Gallery
• Historic Royal Palaces
• British Film Institute
• The National Trust
• REACH was first awarded an AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (‘CDP’) allocation in 2019, with a second CDP award of 13 fully-funded studentships to start in 2024-27.
• Since 2019 REACH has selected a wide range of arts and humanities PhD projects funded through the AHRC (see https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/research/reach for details of the 11 current projects).

REACH would like to hear from academics interested in collaborating on PhD projects to start in October 2025.

• Please complete the Expression of Interest form, following the guidance in the REACH Consortium Information Sheet.
• Deadline for EoIs: Monday 30 September 2024 to research@rmg.co.uk
• Important: Please contact the relevant REACH Consortium committee member listed on the Expression of Interest form before submitting an EoI.

·If your EoI is selected to go forward, full applications will be required by end of November, with final decisions in January.

• Please visit our webpage: REACH Consortium

Information Webinar for prospective academic co-supervisors, Thursday 13 June:

• Want to find out more about collaborating on a PhD with one of the five cultural and heritage institutions within REACH?
• Sign up hereto be sent joining instructions for a short, informal webinar on REACH on Thursday 13 June, 10.00-10.45.
• Please note this event is not for potential students. PhD opportunities for students within REACH are advertised each Spring. REACH does not accept named students on projects.

More on REACH themes:

Our focus is on the construction of diverse identities in British and global contexts, and their representation or invisibility within historic and contemporary heritage practices and debates. These themes express our common strategic objective to generate public-facing outcomes addressing new perspectives, foregrounding underused resources and reshaping expectations of our collections and priorities. Our cross-cutting themes are as follows:

1. Identities in British and global contexts
2. The migration of people, objects and ideas
3. Diverse and marginalised histories, particularly those relating to race, gender, sexuality, disability and class
4. Heritage narratives and public engagement
5. Conservation science, materiality and environments
6. Cultural approaches to science, technology and media