Royal College of Art 
London, United Kingdom Offer Summary
The Royal College of Art in London offers a Fully Funded Doctoral Landscape Award for the Creative & Caring Communities (CCC) cohort starting in September 2027. This program, supported by the AHRC and RCA, provides full fee coverage and a stipend of £23,805 pro-rata for part-time students. The award targets UK, EU, and international candidates interested in interdisciplinary research at the intersection of art, humanities, architecture, design, and communication. Emphasizing practice-led inquiry, the scheme fosters collaborative doctoral projects addressing complex spatial, social, cultural, and technological issues with care as a central theme. Applications are accepted via the Applicant Portal from October 12, 2026, to January 8, 2027. The RCA encourages submissions from underrepresented groups and hosts an information webinar on October 6, 2026, to assist prospective candidates.
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Project Description
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:
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.
Academic Contact
Contact details were not provided by the official source.
