News
Humanities Research Fund (HRF) - Funding Call
The Humanities Research Fund (HRF) is now accepting out-of-cycle applications for activities to be carried out between 1 December 2025 - 31 July 2026.
These will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. The panel will review applications approximately every 1-2 weeks until the money is allocated.
Funding is available to support research activity in the Faculty of Arts, including:
- Pump-priming to kick-start new, innovative research projects
- Research Supplements
- Publication costs
- Conference travel
Please note that this fund requires a 10% departmental contribution.
For more details and to apply please see:
Enquiries can be directed to WarwickHRF@warwick.ac.uk
Winners of the HRC Doctoral Fellowship Competition
Congratulations to:
Aidan Diable (History) / Adam Coleman (History of Art) - Pride and Place: Negotiating Self, Civic, and National Identities in Space
Jade Lindo (History) - Empire鈥檚 Fruit: Colonial Ecologies, Food Systems, and Imperial Power
Francesca Luppino (SMLC) - Say a Body where None. Necromanticism and Thanatological Imagination of the Afterlife in the Modern and Contemporary Age (1764-2027)
Warwick India Network Launch
Monday 16th March, 15:00-17:30
Panorama, Rootes Building
Join the launch of the Warwick India Network and help shape our institutional engagement with India:
- Hear from the University鈥檚 senior leaders and reflect on what is, and should be, Warwick鈥檚 distinctive approach to engaging with India.
- Learn about many inspiring and impactful projects that our researchers are undertaking in collaboration with partners in India.
- Find out more about the Warwick India Network, and how it will connect colleagues across the institution, and facilitate collaborations with partners in India.
- Sign up to the Warwick India Network mailing list to receive our news and participate in future India opportunities and events.
EU Funding & Training Opportunities
Seed Funding for collaborations and for proposal writing for EU funding opportunities:
- reminder – still open for submissions, next deadline: Wed 18 March 2026, 5pm
- No applications received for this deadline yet- this will be the final deadline for this academic year.
Training for Horizon Europe opportunities:
- - call deadline: 9 Sep 2026; deadline to apply for training: Fri 8 May 12pm. Also open to external applicants looking to be hosted at Warwick.
- - call deadlines: Oct 2026 for ERC STG; Jan 2027 for ERC COG; deadline to apply for training: 5pm on Wed 6 May
- ERC Plus Grants- Thursday 23 April, 1.30pm- 2.30pm, online. Overview of the ERC鈥檚 newest scheme, , with a deadline in Sep 2026. Grants of up to 鈧�7 Million (lump sum), 4-7 years, and open to all disciplines. . .
- - bespoke consultancy support of up to 25 hours per consortium to be offered for up to 2 proposals coordinated by Warwick academics and to be submitted to the 2026 round exclusively. Apply by 5pm on Mon 11 May.
If you have any questions about these opportunities, please get in touch.
Kind regards,
Lelia
Lelia Buretia | EU Research Development Officer | Research & Impact Services