Focal awards: multilingual futures for UK growth and connectivity

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Submit a full application for an AHRC doctoral focal award which seeks to unlock linguistic and cultural expertise. Applications are by invitation only.

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Submit a full application for an AHRC doctoral focal award which seeks to unlock linguistic and cultural expertise. Applications are by invitation only. AHRC will support up to 20 studentships per award over four cohorts at the usual UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) rates. To be the lead applicant, you must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for AHRC funding with capacity in languages research. You can only apply for this funding opportunity if we have invited you to do so following a successful outline application.

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