29.4775, Support: General Linguistics: PhD, University of York

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Subject: 29.4775, Support: General Linguistics: PhD, University of York

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Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2018 11:30:13
From: Paul Foulkes [paul.foulkes at york.ac.uk]
Subject: General Linguistics: PhD, University of York, United Kingdom

 Institution/Organization: University of York 
Department: Language & Linguistic Science 
Web Address: https://www.york.ac.uk/language/postgraduate/phd/ 

Level: PhD 

Duties: Research
 
Specialty Areas: General Linguistics 
 

Description:

The Department of Language and Linguistic Science at the University of York
invites applications for PhD programmes starting in October 2019.

Several funding schemes are available (further details below):
- AHRC PhD funding.
- WRoCAH Collaborative Doctoral Award for a PhD jointly supervised by Aculab
PLC.
- ESRC funding for a PhD or Masters + PhD.
- Wolfson Foundation funding for students of any nationality to study for a
PhD.
- University of York scholarships and bursaries for international PhD
students.

AHRC and ERSRC funding is available to UK students (fees + stipend of
approximately £14,750) and EU students (fees only). 

The closing deadline for PhD scholarship applications is Wednesday 23 January
2019, 17.00 GMT, except for the WRoCAH Collaborative Doctoral Award (14
December 2018). 

Further details:
- AHRC funding
The White Rose College of the Arts & Humanities (WRoCAH) is a Doctoral
Training Partnership of the Universities of Leeds, Sheffield and York. WRoCAH
offers at least 48 AHRC studentships per year. Applicants must already have
applied for a PhD programme at one of Leeds, Sheffield or York. The AHRC funds
linguistic research in a wide range of areas. 
https://www.york.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-research/funding/ahrc/

- WRoCAH Collaborative Doctoral Award between the University of York and
Aculab PLC
Applications are invited for a collaborative PhD project jointly supervised by
the University of York and Aculab PLC. The focus of this project is on
Automatic speaker recognition (ASR). Suitable applicants are likely to have a
background in phonetics, acoustics, speech technology, engineering, ASR and/or
forensic speech science.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UIz-IyFcCelcU0yQlX6Ck_wO_L3TCxLIIdHZ7o8iV0
k/edit
Deadline: initial applications from potential students must be received by 14
December 2018. Interviews for potential candidates will be held on 8-9 January
2019, after which the successful applicant will need to submit a full
application for WRoCAH funding by 23 January 2019.

- ESRC funding
The White Rose Social Science DTP is a partnership of seven universities. It
expects to distribute around 40 scholarships with funding from the ESRC. It
focuses on topic areas in the social sciences. Applications must link the
proposed PhD topic to one of seven pathway themes: Cities, Environment, and
Liveability (CEL); Security, Conflict, and Justice (SCJ); Education,
Childhood, and Youth (ECY); Data, Communication, and New Technologies (DCT);
Wellbeing, Health, and Communities (WHC); Sustainable Growth, Management, and
Economic Productivity (SMP); Civil Society, Development, and Democracy (CDD).
Projects on sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, phonetics, and forensic
speech science are suitable for this scheme. 
Most students take the MA in Social Research, followed by a PhD. 
https://www.york.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-research/funding/esrc/

- Wolfson Foundation funding
The Wolfson Foundation offers four scholarships. At least one will be in in
Languages, defined as applied languages rather than linguistics. It may
involve the study of literary or historical texts, where these are in
languages other than English. Wolfson covers tuition fees at the UK/EU or
overseas rate, as well as an annual stipend of £28,750.
https://www.york.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-research/funding/wolfson/ 

- Funding for international students
For international students the University of York also offers various
scholarships and bursaries. These include Overseas Research Scholarships,
which cover full international fees and offer a stipend of approximately
£14,750 p.a. 
https://www.york.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-research/funding/international/
 

Application Deadline: 23-Jan-2019 

Web Address for Applications: https://www.york.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/apply/instructions/ 

Contact Information: 
	Professor Paul Foulkes 
	paul.foulkes at york.ac.uk  


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