36.233, Support: New Funding Opportunity for Students, Hermann Paul School of Linguistics Basel-Freiburg

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Subject: 36.233, Support: New Funding Opportunity for Students, Hermann Paul School of Linguistics Basel-Freiburg

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Date: 16-Jan-2025
From: Philipp Dankel [philipp.dankel at unibas.ch]
Subject: New Funding Opportunity for Students, Hermann Paul School of Linguistics Basel-Freiburg


Institution/Organization: Hermann Paul School of Linguistics
Basel-Freiburg
Web Address:
https://www.hpsl-linguistics.org/scholarship-application/application-form-2025/

Level: PhD

Duties: Research

Specialty Areas: Discipline of Linguistics; General Linguistics;
Pragmatics; Sociolinguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics
Required Language(s): English (eng)
                      French (fra)
                      German (deu)
                      Italian (ita)

Description:

Description:
The Hermann Paul School of Linguistics at the University of Basel
(Switzerland) and the Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg (Germany)
is offering one scholarship for a PhD candidate in Basel, starting
between August 1st and September 1st 2025.
The graduate programme is internationally recognized and presents
inter-university collaboration. As a PhD candidate, you will be part
of a lively and active research community located in the upper Rhine
region. Funding rates for the scholarships at the University of Basel
are in line with regulations of the Swiss National Science Foundation
(SNF). Scholarships are granted for one year and may be subject to an
extension of up to two years with successful project development. The
PhD can be done in the following subjects: English Linguistics, French
Linguistics, General Linguistics, German Linguistics, Italian
Linguistics. The prerequisite for your application is a good to
excellent degree (MA or equivalent; minimum MA mark: a 5 out of 6 in
the Swiss system) in the field of language sciences. As part of an
international community your PhD project should constructively add to
the research environment. Scholarships are awarded based on the
quality of your outline: applications without an outline will not be
considered. Please inform yourself about the research areas at the
HPSL beforehand and get in touch with your preferred first supervisor
as soon as possible (the list of supervisors is available at
https://www.hpsl-linguistics.org/people/faculty-and-researchers/).
Please note that PhD scholarships at the University of Basel must be
supervised by a first supervisor affiliated with the respective
university which grants the scholarship (Basel).
Please submit your application electronically. It should include:
- a letter of motivation
- an informative outline of your research interests and PhD project
- your curriculum vitae
- copies of educational certificates (please note: in Basel the
requirement for entering the PhD programis a "good" or "excellent"
degree)
- a writing sample (seminar paper or master thesis on a linguistic
topic)
- A document with two names of referees. Ideally, the referees should
be a professor, a junior professor or another member of university
staff with the right to supervise a PhD. In addition, ask one of the
referees to send a letter of recommendation that contains information
on your expertise and potential in linguistics directly to
philipp.dankel at unibas.ch by the application deadline.
- if available: confirmations of internships, language proficiency and
conference participation
The Closing date for applications is March 31, 2025. The selection
process will take place in May and acceptances and refusals will be
sent out by the end of June.
Please note that PhD scholarships at the University of Basel must be
supervised by a first supervisor affiliated with the University of
Basel. Please contact possible first supervisors as soon as possible.
It is important to have their support for the application.
You can start the electronic application process on the HPSL homepage
at:
https://www.hpsl-linguistics.org/scholarships/hermann-paul-scholarship-in-linguistics-2025/

Application Deadline: 31-Mar-2025

Mailing Address for Applications:
        Switzerland
Web Address for Applications:
https://www.hpsl-linguistics.org/scholarship-application/application-form-2025/
Email Address for Applications: hpsl at unibas.ch

Contact Information:
Dr. Philipp Dankel



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