36.3850, Internships: Cognitive Science, General Linguistics, Language Acquisition, Neurolinguistics, Psycholinguistics: 3- to 4-month Fellowships at the University of Potsdam, CRC1287 Limits of Variability in Language, Potsdam, Germany

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Subject: 36.3850, Internships: Cognitive Science, General Linguistics, Language Acquisition, Neurolinguistics, Psycholinguistics: 3- to 4-month Fellowships at the University of Potsdam, CRC1287 Limits of Variability in Language, Potsdam, Germany

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Date: 15-Dec-2025
From: Raúl Bendezú [raul.bendezu.araujo at uni-potsdam.de]
Subject: Cognitive Science, General Linguistics, Language Acquisition, Neurolinguistics, Psycholinguistics: 3- to 4-month Fellowships at the University of Potsdam, CRC1287 Limits of Variability in Language, Potsdam, Germany

University or Organization: University of Potsdam, CRC1287 Limits of
Variability in Language
Web Address: https://www.sfb1287.uni-potsdam.de/en/
Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science
                     General Linguistics
                     Language Acquisition
                     Neurolinguistics
                     Psycholinguistics
Voluntary
Internship Location: Potsdam, Germany
The candidates must be enrolled in a PhD programme at a non-German
university. The enrollment period must cover the whole duration of the
fellowship.

Description:
The fellows will work alongside the PIs and scientific staff of one of
our 15 research projects on a short-term project.

Application Deadline: 15-Feb-2026

Email Address for Applications: mgk-sfb1287 at uni-potsdam.de
Web Address for Applications:
https://www.sfb1287.uni-potsdam.de/en/early-career
Application Instructions:
The Collaborative Research Centre CRC 1287 “Limits of Variability in
Language: Cognitive, Computational, and Grammatical Aspects” in
Potsdam, Germany, invites applications for short-term fellowships
available in 2026 (available only to PhD candidates from non-German
universities)
The linguistic system exhibits a high degree of variability at all
levels of linguistic description. This variability in language can be
characterised as a range of different possible linguistic behaviours
that are available to an individual language user, a group of language
users, or in specific languages. The variability is limited by the
constraints of the underlying linguistic system and shaped by
cognitive and social or communicative factors. This variability is not
just reducible to random noise but provides an important source of
information to explain and predict linguistic behaviour. By modelling
the factors influencing linguistic behaviours, the CRC (26 PIs in 15
scientific projects, two transfer projects, one science communication
project, and three service projects) contributes to a better
understanding of the underlying mental representations and processing
architectures in individual language users, as well as of the
grammatical options available in individual languages and specific
linguistic varieties, and options shared by particular subgroups of
languages users.
We are offering several three- to four-month fellowships to PhD
candidates from non-German universities who would like to carry out a
collaborative research project within one of the projects of the CRC.
Please see the available projects here:
https://www.sfb1287.uni-potsdam.de/en/projects. The monthly fellowship
is tax exempt and amounts to 1468 EUR (basic amount plus direct costs)
plus 400 EUR per child if applicable. Holders of the grant need to
cover health insurance on their own.
The fellowships require completed academic studies at an institute of
higher learning (Master’s degree or equivalent) and enrolment in a PhD
programme in a non-German university. Furthermore, before submitting
the application, candidates must have approached the principal
investigators in their project of interest with a developed proposal
detailing (a) what they would do during their stay, and (b) how this
relates to the aims of the CRC project. Applications that do not meet
these criteria will not be accepted.
Please note that the fellowship must take place fully in 2026 [1]. The
earliest starting date is 1 April.
Please send your application as a single PDF file to
mgk-sfb1287 at uni-potsdam.de. This must include:
1. a short letter of motivation (max. 1 page)
2. a research proposal and timeline for the duration of the stay (2-4
pages)
3. a full CV including:
- prove of enrolment in a PhD programme [2]
- academic transcripts,
- list of publications/talks/presentations,
- a web-link to a copy of the Master's thesis, and
- names and e-mail addresses of two referees.
Additionally, the research proposal should have a title and state
which project within the CRC the short-term researcher wants to be
affiliated with (e.g., “B01”).
The deadline for the application for a fellowship in 2026 is February
15, 2026. Late applications may be considered if positions are
unfilled.
For further details please contact the MGK coordinator, Dr Raúl
Bendezú, at mgk-sfb1287 at uni-potsdam.de.
Notes:
[1] Fellowships for 2027, 2028 and 2029 will be announced in due
course.
[2] The enrollement in a PhD programme must cover the whole duration
of the fellowship (i.e. the stay in Potsdam).

Contact Information:
        Dr Raúl Bendezú
        Email: mgk-sfb1287 at uni-potsdam.de

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