CDP Partner Organisations

The following organisations hold Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDPs) with the AHRC. 

Awards are made up of an annual cohort of studentships for each partner institution, which can be spread across individual or multiple studentship CDA projects. Around 50 studentships per year are supported.

CDP 4 award holders (2024, 2025, 2026, 2027)

• British Library
• East of England Consortium (CC-EE): University of Cambridge Museums, Colchester and Ipswich Museums, Norfolk Museums Service, Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery
• Historic Buildings & Monuments Commission for England: Historic England and English Heritage Trust
• Imperial War Museums
• Museum of the Home, London
• National Gallery / The Bowes Museum
• National Museums Northern Ireland (Ulster Folk Museum, Ulster Transport Museum, Ulster American Folk Park, and Ulster Museum)
• Portsmouth City Council & Museums
• REACH (Revisiting and Enhancing Approaches to Collections and Heritage) Consortium: Royal Museums Greenwich, National Portrait Gallery, Historic Royal Palaces, British Film Institute, and the National Trust
• Science Museums and Archives Consortium: Science Museum, BT Group Archives, Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British geographers), Royal Society and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• Tate
• The British Museum
• The National Archives
• Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A)
• Welsh Culture & Heritage Consortium: Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales and the National Library of Wales

CDP 3 award holders (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)

• Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales
• British Library
• Historic Buildings & Monuments Commission for England: Historic England and English Heritage Trust
• Imperial War Museums
• Museum of London Archaeology
• National Gallery, Bowes Museum and York Museums Trust Consortium
• Oxford University GLAM (Gardens, Libraries and Museums) Consortium: Ashmolean Museum, Bodleian Libraries, Museum of the History of Science, Oxford Botanic Gardens &Arboretum, Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Pitt Rivers Museum
• REACH (Revisiting and Enhancing Approaches to Collections and Heritage) Consortium: Royal Museums Greenwich, National Portrait Gallery, Historic Royal Palaces, British Film Institute, and the National Trust
• Science Museums and Archives Consortium: Science Museum, BT Archives, Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British geographers), Royal Society and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• Scottish Cultural Heritage Consortium: Historic Environment Scotland, National Museums Scotland, National Galleries of Scotland, National Library of Scotland and Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
• Tate
• The British Museum
• The National Archives
• Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A)

CDP 2 award holders (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)

• British Library
• Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England: English Heritage
• Imperial War Museums
• National Gallery & The Bowes Museum Consortium
• Oxford University Museums Consortium: Oxford University Museums (Ashmolean Museum, Museum of the History of Science, Oxford University Museum of Natural History, and Pitt Rivers Museum)
• Scottish Cultural Heritage Consortium: National Museums of Scotland, National Galleries of Scotland, Historic Scotland, National Library of Scotland
• Sports Heritage Network: National Football Museum, World Rugby Museum, National Hockey Museum, National Horseracing Museum, River and Rowing Museum, Rugby League Cares and the MCC Cricket Museum
• The Thames Consortium: The National Archives, National Maritime Museum and National Portrait Gallery
• Science Museums and Archives Consortium: Science Museum group, BT Archives, The Royal Society and the Royal Geographical Society
• Tate
• The British Museum
• Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A)

CDP 1 award holders (2013, 2014, 2015)

• British Library
• Glasgow Life
• Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England: English Heritage
• Imperial War Museums
• National Gallery
• Royal Geographical Society: Institute of Royal Geographers and Royal Society
• Science Museums Consortium: Science Museum, Museum of Science and Industry, National Media Museum, National Railway Museum in York, Locomotion National Railway Museum in Shildon, BT Archives
• Scottish Cultural Heritage Consortium: National Museums of Scotland, RCAHMS, National Galleries of Scotland, Historic Scotland
• The British Museum
• The Thames Consortium: The National Archives, National Maritime Museum and National Portrait Gallery
• Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A)