Linguistics Scholarships & PhD Positions 2026–2027: 8+ Open Programmes

Árni Magnússon Institute – Scholarship in Icelandic Studies (Iceland)

Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies · Iceland

The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies offers a scholarship for international students and scholars of Icelandic — language, literature and history — to support a research stay in Reykjavík. The institute publishes the annual call and its closing date on the scholarship page.

EMCL – European Master in Clinical Linguistics (Erasmus Mundus)

EMCL Consortium (University of Groningen) · Netherlands

EMCL is a two-year research master in clinical linguistics, neurolinguistics and psycholinguistics run by the universities of Eastern Finland, Ghent and Groningen. The application portal for the 2027-2029 intake opened on 1 October 2026 and closes on 1 December 2026, so this is one of the tightest Mundus windows this season.

Hokkaido International Foundation – Japanese Studies Scholarship for Foreigners

Hokkaido International Foundation · Japan

The Hokkaido International Foundation (HIF) offers a scholarship for foreign students of Japanese to attend its intensive summer Japanese-language programme in Hakodate. The annual call, including the deadline and grant coverage, is published on the foundation's scholarship page for foreigners.

Lecturer-PhD Candidate German Language and Culture (Docent-promovendus) - Leiden University, Netherlands

Leiden University · Netherlands

Leiden University advertises a combined lecturer-PhD candidate (docent-promovendus) position in German language and culture. The appointment runs for five years and combines 75 percent doctoral research with 25 percent teaching within the German language and culture programme of Leiden's Faculty of Humanities. Applicants can apply without IELTS - selection is based on documents and an English interview, not a test certificate.

Paid PhD Position in Norwegian Professional Language Use in the Workplace, Agder

University of Agder · Norway

This Agder PhD fellowship investigates the use of Norwegian professional language in workplaces. Hosted by University of Agder. Apply by 9 November 2026.

PhD Candidate: Dutch Morphology and Constructicography - Leiden University, Netherlands

Leiden University · Netherlands

Leiden University's Centre for Linguistics invites applications for a PhD candidate working on Dutch morphology and constructicography. The project develops computational descriptions of Dutch word formation and construction patterns, contributing to digital language resources that connect morphological analysis with construction-based lexicography.

PhD in Computational Romance Verb Inflection at University of Surrey, UK

University of Surrey · United Kingdom

Surrey Morphology Group is recruiting a PhD student to compare predictability in Romance verbal inflection. The studentship forms part of the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship project Scaling Predictability in Morphological Paradigms.

TELME – Erasmus Mundus Master in Teaching Foreign Languages in a Multicultural Environment

TELME Consortium · France

TELME is a two-year Erasmus Mundus master in teaching foreign languages in a multicultural environment, delivered by five European universities with two national degrees at the end. The Cohort 2 campaign for the September 2027 intake opened on 3 October 2026 and closes on 10 January 2027 at 12:00 Paris time, with scholarship files due by 3 January.