Are you an MA graduate planning to do or already pursuing a PhD in linguistics or a related field? Would you like to spend a few months doing linguistic research with us in Berlin? Do you have an idea for a small project, a short study or an interesting collaboration related to the CRC? Apply for a short-term grant!
The CRC (Collaborative Research Center) 1412 “Register: Language Users’ Knowledge of Situational-Functional Variation”, funded by DFG, investigates aspects of register knowledge on the part of the language users. The integrated Graduate Project of the CRC offers a number of short-term fellowships of 3 or 4 months for the year 2025.
Find out more about the research profile of the CRC and its sub-projects on our website: https://sfb1412.hu-berlin.de/.
Please read the conditions and information about the scholarship carefully before you apply.
Requirements
- Enrollment in a PhD program or MA degree or equivalent (not yet a doctorate)
- The scholarship can start in September or October 2025 and must be completed by the end of 2025.
- Proposed projects should be carried out within one of the 18 CRC sub-projects. The hosting PI of the selected sub-project must have been contacted before submitting the application and must have confirmed the association.
Please understand that applications that do not fulfill these conditions cannot be considered.
Application
- Your application should consist of:
- A short project description of 2-3 pages including: title of the project, CRC subproject and name of the PI(s) who have confirmed the affiliation, timeline, requested start date (Sept/Oct) and duration of the fellowship (3 or 4 months).
- a CV
- the MA certificate or/and a letter of enrollment in a PhD program
- Applications are reviewed by a committee of experts from the CRC.
- Please send the application as a single PDF file to anne.temme@hu-berlin.de.
Important information about the scholarship
- The scholarship amounts to €1,468 per month.
- During this time, the scholarship holders are members of the HU or ZAS. The place of work is Berlin.
- Health insurance is not covered by the scholarship.
- Additional income / further scholarships must be declared. Any income will be deducted from the scholarship.
Deadline
- The initial deadline for application is May 5th, 2025. Later applications can also be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis until funds are exhausted. Please contact us briefly to enquire whether a late application is still possible.
- We will consider applications submitted by the end of July 2025 at the latest.