PhD Studentship: Linguistics and Bilingualism: Fully funded PhD Scholarship in the ESRC Welsh Graduate School for the Social Sciences (WGSSS) Linguistics and Bilingualism

Overview

Swansea University invites prospective students to propose a doctoral research project within the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, focusing on the language-related expertise of staff in Applied Linguistics and Welsh. This fully funded PhD scholarship is part of the ESRC Welsh Graduate School for the Social Sciences Linguistics and Bilingualism pathway. Research areas broadly encompass second language acquisition, bilingualism and multilingualism, as well as the structure, meaning, and use of language across fields such as psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, corpus linguistics, pragmatics, forensic linguistics, discourse analysis, language technology, and education. Supervision can also be conducted jointly with colleagues in Modern Languages, Psychology, and Education.

What you get

The studentship provides coverage for tuition fees alongside an annual tax-free living stipend matching UKRI minimum rates, set at twenty-one thousand eight hundred and five pounds per annum for the academic year 2026 to 2027. Recipients gain access to laboratory facilities including two EyeLink Portable Duo eye-trackers and specialized software such as subscriptions to Gorilla.sc and Qualtrics. Additionally, students become members of the Language Research Centre, an interdisciplinary center that incorporates language-related research throughout the university.

Key dates

The closing date for applications is 2026-12-06.