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British Library Doctoral Open Days

Stuart Hall Essay Prize: deadline 5pm Mon 3 Nov 2025

Buddy Scheme volunteers for the Students' Union

Call for submissions: MANIFESTOES FOR THE CITY (BRIGHTON). Deadline 30 January 2026.

, an avant-garde creative and critical research group based in Brighton and led by MAH PGR Bradley Tuck, are creating an anthology of new manifestoes for the city. If you're passionate about your artwork, creative writing, or other pursuits, and feel like you would like to share your approach with others, this is an exciting opportunity to get your artistic, creative, or political aims published!

The broad theme for the anthology is tied to the idea of the city, generally, but more specifically, to the city of Brighton. Thinking may circle around the relationship between avant-garde work and the metropolis in which we live. The theme of the city/Brighton is a general springboard for your manifesto—be as creative as you like with this suggestion.

The manifestoes can be in whatever form you think appropriate: prose, verse, aphorism, photography, illustration, instruction manual— inside and outside the bounds of so-called acceptability. Multimedia submissions are also encouraged.

Email MAH PGR Christopher Dobson at cd405@sussex.ac.uk if you're thinking about submitting something or if you have any questions.

PGR Allotment Volunteers wanted! 

Are you green-fingered or keen to try your hand at growing stuff? We would love to have some PGRs from MAH join the small team of staff who tend the allotment (MAH-lotment!) in the Silverstone Garden on campus. We have six small raised beds and a variety of seeds, compost and gardening tools at our disposal, and in previous years we have grown a variety of fruits, vegetables and wildflowers. It’s a very informal space and no previous horticultural skills are required!  

Media, Arts and Humanities PGR Fund

The Faculty of Media, Arts and Humanities has a small budget to help postgraduate researchers with funding research costs. The purpose of the fund is to fund key activities in line with the Faculty’s PGR strategy and to support PGRs with funding individual research costs. The maximum amount of funding which a MAH PGR can apply for over the course of the financial year (1st August - 31st July) is £200.   

To request funding please complete the  and send the completed form to MAH-pgr@sussex.ac.uk. We aim to confirm funding within two weeks of the application being submitted. 

Sussex Fund Doctoral Overseas Conference Grants

Sussex Fund Doctoral Overseas Conference Grants support ÃûæÂÖ±²¥ PGRs who are presenting their work at an overseas conference.  You can apply for a maximum of £1,100 during the period of your PhD registration, and can apply more than once up to the funding limit. From November 2022, an additional £100 above the £1,100 maximum will be available to go towards visa costs, where you require a visa to travel.

The scheme is administered by the Researcher Development team within the Sussex Researcher School, who are able to offer this scheme thanks to a generous grant from the . To apply, please complete the . Applications must be submitted at least four weeks before the conference start date. 

Ensure you read the guidance notes and conditions of the award before submitting an application, to increase the likelihood of a successful award.   

Other sources of funding for research

The Sussex Researcher School coordinate funding opportunities designed to support your professional development as a researcher at ÃûæÂÖ±²¥, including prizes, grants and other schemes.

The Research Professional database allows you to search for funding opportunities by a variety of criteria, and also sign up for email alerts.