Collaborative Doctoral Partnerships

Each year, the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council fund a number of doctoral studentships involving research collaborations with museums, libraries, archives and heritage organisations.

Two Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Studentships commenced at the Sainsbury Research Unit in October 2019. For further information on these projects, eligibility, award details and how to apply, please see the relevant pages:

Leather trousers and leopard skin waistcoats: missing objects and endangered material knowledge in the Kalahari. A Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Studentship between the British Museum and the University of East Anglia.

Voyagers All? The historic role of missionary societies in shaping children’s understandings of Britain’s place in the world. A Collaborative Doctoral Partnership studentship between the National Maritime Museum and the University of East Anglia.