History, Languages & Philosophy

Exploring human history, languages, and ideas to make sense of who we are and where we come from

#29 of 29 research categories by total funding · About £13 per person in the UK

Funded awards
6,090
Published funding
£841.0M
Average published award
£237K
Active funded awards
1,010
NIHR-supported projects
9

Amounts are published for 3,547 of 6,090 funded awards. Data as of 16 July 2026.

AHRC funds the most History, Languages & Philosophy research — 4,066 grants (67% of the topic). The busiest year was 2020, with 535 grants.

Top Funders by Funded Award Count

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FunderFunded awards
AHRC4,066
ESRC653
EC421
UKRI322
Wellcome249
EPSRC175
InnovateUK135
NERC50
MRC7
STFC6

Funded Awards by Year

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YearFunded awards
2006397
2007339
2008295
2009229
2010225
2011219
2012216
2013177
2014129
2015167
2016233
2017222
2018271
2019451
2020535
2021475
2022446
2023414
2024416
2025152

Grants

Aristoteles Pezographos: The Writing Styles of Aristotle and their Contribution to the Evolution of Ancient Greek ProseDurham UniversityUKRI£2.1M2023Active
LAF: Learning Anglo-French: French Language-Learning Manuscripts in Britain, c.1200-c.1500University of ExeterUKRI£1.6M2023Active
Voices of Britain under and after Rome: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Languages, Identities, and Cultural EntanglementsUniversity of NottinghamAHRC£1.2M2026Active
Revision of the Anglo-Noman Dictionary (Letter V and Consolidation)Aberystwyth UniversityAHRC£1.2M2025Active
A Chronology of the Medieval Irish LexiconQueen's University BelfastAHRC£811K2023Active
Revision of the Anglo-Norman Dictionary (Letters T-Z)Aberystwyth UniversityAHRC£811K2021Completed
Revision of the Anglo-Norman Dictionary (N-Q)Aberystwyth UniversityAHRC£802K2012Completed
Text and Meaning: Contributions to a Revised Dictionary of Medieval IrishQueen's University BelfastAHRC£787K2014Completed
Medieval Latin Dictionary—AHRC£605K2008Completed
Greek in Italy: investigating the linguistic effect of the long-term presence of Greek speakers on the languages of Ancient Italy.University of CambridgeAHRC£559K2013Completed
Vernacular Aristotelianism in Renaissance Italy, c. 1400-c. 1650University of WarwickAHRC£500K2010Completed
GRAVE: Gandharan Relic rituals And Veneration ExploredCardiff UniversityUKRI£201K2024Completed
Greece Writes Back: Anti-Fascist Receptions of Antiquity in the Literature of Occupied Greece, 1941-1945University of St AndrewsAHRCNot disclosed2024Active
The re-enchantment of antiquity and romance revival in British literature and culture 1870-1914.King's College LondonAHRCNot disclosed2024Active
Petrarch Commentary and Exegesis in Renaissance Italy, c. 1350-c. 1650University of WarwickAHRC£696K2017Completed
The Latinization of the North-western Roman Provinces: Sociolinguistics, Epigraphy and ArchaeologyUK participants: University of NottinghamEC£1.3M2017Completed
Medieval Latin Dictionary from British Sources—AHRC£488K2011Completed
The Old French William of Tyre and its ContinuationsCardiff UniversityAHRC£398K2009Completed
The Zibaldone Project: the first complete edition in English of the notebooks of Giacomo Leopardi (1798-1837).University of BirminghamAHRC£154K2008Completed
Refashioning the World: an archaeology of the Roman West AD 200-500University of BirminghamAHRC£27K2007Completed

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