*with apologies for cross-posting*
Historic England and the English Heritage Trust invite proposals from universities and other Higher Education Institutes to co-supervise PhD studentships in a range of heritage topic areas. This call is not open to individual students. This call is open till November 22nd 2019. 
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Details of the opportunity and application process are given below. Initial enquiries to the email addresses below are welcome.
The call for proposals
We are looking for collaborative proposals from a university or other Higher Education Institutes, and specialists at either Historic England or English Heritage. The university/HEI would host the PhD student, fully funded for four years by AHRC. Historic England or English Heritage would provide staff time for co-supervision, access to resources and contacts, practical experience to complement the student experience. 
For the 2019 Call for Proposals we are looking to co-design proposals in these priority areas (areas 4,6 and 7 may be of particular interest to this list):
Historic England: topics from our Research Agenda
1.	Social value of heritage 
2.	Economic value of heritage
3.	Contested values in heritage
See https://historicengland.org.uk/research/agenda/research-theme-value/
4.	Materials science
See https://historicengland.org.uk/research/agenda/research-theme-innovate/
English Heritage:
5.	Untold Stories of the National Heritage Collection
6.	Insect pests and historic collections and interiors
7.	Temperature sensitivity of historic collections made of vitreous materials (such as painted stained glass and enamels)
For initial enquiries about the topic areas and about who to contact to develop proposals, please contact either 
Edmund Lee [log in to unmask] about priority areas 1 to 4 or
Andrew Hann [log in to unmask] for priority areas 5 to 7.
Before you apply note that
Under the latest round of our Collaborative Doctoral Partnership, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, we are funded to offer co-supervision of three four-year PhD studentships within these areas.
These PhD students need to be co-supervised by a named principle and secondary academic supervisor at the university, and a named principle and secondary supervisor from Historic England or English Heritage. 
Students will benefit from a clear connection of their research with the expertise in practical issues in heritage management of the national agencies.
Making an application
To apply please visit our Collaborative Research Opportunities webpage at https://historicengland.org.uk/research/support-and-collaboration/researchopportunities/ and download the Priority Research Topics 2019 document and the Proposal Form and Guidance.
The deadline for applications to be received is November 22nd 2019.
We will assess proposals giving equal weight to three criteria:
	relevance to our chosen priority research topics
	academic strength of the proposal
	use of the collaboration with Historic England / English Heritage to enhance the students experience
Successful proposals will be notified in early 2020, ready to recruit students to start in October 2020.

Kind regards
Robin

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