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Research Proposals for PhD in Linguistics

In the 'Research Proposal' section of the main application form, please include only 100 words outlining your topic, and upload a fuller research proposal as a separate document, in the 'supporting documents' section.

This proposal should be between 1500 and 2500 words in length , and should contain at least the following:

1. Title of proposed research project

This should allow the reader to place the research, at a glance, within an academic sub-field, as well as identifying the main issue to be addressed.  It should not be more than 20 words long.

2. Background

Outline the linguistic area in which you propose to conduct research.  Why is it important and interesting? What is the need for further research in this area? You should provide a context for your research.  Do this by referencing and briefly reviewing a number of key works in your chosen field, showing how your work is built on this prior research.

3. Research questions

You should give at least one overarching research question, plus a number of more specific sub-questions.  Make sure these questions all emerge from and are firmly grounded in the literature you have reviewed.  Ensure that these questions — particularly the specific sub-questions — are researchable; that is, they should not be too broad or too general.  You should also explain how these research questions can be considered original.

4. Data and data analysis

All projects will involve the collection of data of some kind.  In some cases, this will be based on native-speaker judgements.  Other projects will require experimental data, the use of existing or specially-created corpora, longitudinal observation, or sociolinguistic interviews - to name but a few data sources.  Will you be able to gain access to the data in the quantities required? Are there ethical concerns which need to be overcome? You should also be as specific as you can at this stage about the kinds of analysis you will perform.  What specific techniques will you use? What statistical analyses will you be performing (if any)? Mention any software you envisage using.

5. Fit with Departmental Research Interests

Before you formulate your proposal, you should look carefully through the Department of Language and Linguistic Science web pages to identify staff members who might be able to supervise your research.  You may mention the person or people by name.  You are also encouraged (though you are not obliged) to contact individual staff members to find out if they believe your ideas to be viable and if they would in principle be interested in supervising your project.

6. References

You should provide a list of the works you have referred to in your proposal. Don't list other works which may be relevant: this is to assure the reader that you have read and understood the literature you have cited.

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Dissertation proposal guidelines, written proposal.

Each Ph.D. candidate must submit a written dissertation proposal (approximately 10-15 pages long), which must be approved by the candidate’s Reading Committee. The proposal should be written and submitted before the student undertakes the bulk of the dissertation research. It establishes the background, feasibility and interest of the proposed research, and it details the procedures for accomplishing it in a timely manner.

A dissertation proposal will clearly specify the leading research questions and hypotheses, the data relevant to answering those research questions, the theoretical framework and the methods of analysis. It will provide a brief literature review, elucidating the relationship of the proposed research to other current research, and a clear work plan. The proposal should also present and interpret progress to date if the research is already underway. Finally, it should briefly discuss any research costs involved and the anticipated sources of funding.

The written proposal is modeled on the project description for an NSF Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG) in Linguistics. The project description is a major part of the full grant application, so the dissertation proposal can serve as a stepping stone towards a complete DDRIG application, if desired. For those who choose not to seek NSF funding, the proposal format will still be helpful for other types of fellowship and funding applications.

An example of a dissertation proposal that was also submitted for an NSF DDRIG:

• Scott Grimm NSF proposal   ( references )

Abstracts of successful NSF DDRIG proposals:

• NSF-awarded dissertation proposals

Proposal Meeting

After the approval of the written dissertation proposal, each student is required to meet with their reading committee plus one or more faculty members who are not members of the reading committee, who can provide a fresh perspective on the research. The purpose of the meeting is to provide the student with further guidance on how best to undertake the dissertation research and complete the dissertation in a timely matter. Topics to be discussed might include priorities among possible research avenues, the best formulation of the research questions and hypotheses, the design of experimental, corpus, or field studies, sources of research funding, and the preparation of grant applications.

For More Information

Further details about the dissertation proposal and the proposal meeting, including timeline for completion and the selection of additional faculty for the proposal meeting, can be found in the PhD Handbook available via the Resources for Graduate Students web page.

Guidelines for the Dissertation Proposal Document

Format of the exam paper.

The written proposal takes the form of a full research proposal using an established formatting style (APA, LSA; 12-point, Times New Roman).  The proposal is to be submitted in electronic format to committee members unless they explicitly request a hard copy.  The proposal, along with page limits, is as follows.

Abstract (1 page, double spaced)

The summary is a succinct presentation of the entire project.  Without headings, it should address the following areas:

• Background.
• Specific Aim(s), including research questions and/or hypotheses.
• Methods, including data sources and data collection procedures.
• Analysis, including coding and/or statistical procedures
• Significance, describing intellectual merit and broader implications

Research Proposal (no more than 25 pages, double-spaced, excluding references)

The research proposal is a detailed presentation of the problem, a review of the literature, the presentation of preliminary data analyses, and the description of the proposed project.  It should include the following sections, with headings.  Page limits are suggestive.

• Introduction (one paragraph). A brief articulation of the research topic (“This study will investigate…”) and the research questions to be addressed.
• Literature Review/Background (8-9 pages).  This is a review of the relevant literature.  As applicable, it should include a discussion and evaluation of competing or alternate theories, gaps in the literature, the strengths and limitations of particular analytic techniques, and promising directions for scholarship and practice.  The discussion should lead logically to demonstrate the importance of the overall research question(s) posed by the student.
• Preliminary Data/Data Analysis (4-5 pages).  If you have preliminary data,  then you can present the analysis of these data here.  Only data that speaks directly to your question, methods, or analytic techniques is appropriate.  Include details about the source of the data, information about data collection and preparation of the data for analysis (e.g. transcription and coding), description of interpretative or analytic methods, examples of the data, and summary of the results of the analysis. These analyses should show that you are familiar with the kind of data collection and analysis that you propose.
• Research Design (12-15 pages). This section should begin with a re-articulation of the research question(s) and/or hypotheses and a brief introduction to the design of the research (1/2 page).  However, it should not include information already presented in the literature review.  Rather, this section should present detailed information about the following:
• data sources and availability of these sources (e.g. corpora, media, human participants),
• data collection techniques (e.g. audio or audiovisual recording, interviews, structured tasks, use of archived data, etc),
• data preparation (e.g. transcription practices, spreadsheet management, etc),
• data analysis (e.g. coding schemes, interpretive methods, statistical tests, etc)
• a description of the range of expected results and implications.
• Timeline (1 page).  You should include a timeline that takes the form of a Gantt chart showing your estimated periods of data collection, data analysis, and dissertation write-up.
• Reference List.  No more than 35 references should be included.

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Important information for proposers.

All proposals must be submitted in accordance with the requirements specified in this funding opportunity and in the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) that is in effect for the relevant due date to which the proposal is being submitted. It is the responsibility of the proposer to ensure that the proposal meets these requirements. Submitting a proposal prior to a specified deadline does not negate this requirement.

Supports research on human language — encompassing investigations of the properties of individual human languages and natural language in general — and the intersections of linguistics with cognition, society and other areas of science.

The Linguistics Program supports basic science in the domain of human language, encompassing investigations of the grammatical properties of individual human languages, and of natural language in general. Research areas include syntax, semantics, morphology, phonetics and phonology.

The program encourages projects that are interdisciplinary in methodological or theoretical perspective, and that address questions that cross disciplinary boundaries, such as (but not limited to):

• What are the psychological processes involved in the production, perception, and comprehension of language?
• What are the computational properties of language and/or the language processor that make fluent production, incremental comprehension or rapid learning possible?
• How do the acoustic and physiological properties of speech inform our theories of natural language and/or language processing?
• What role does human neurobiology play in shaping the various grammatical properties of language?
• How does language develop in natural learning contexts across the life-span?
• What social and cultural factors underlie language variation and change?

Because NSF's mandate is to support basic research, the Linguistics Program does not fund research that takes as its primary goal improved clinical practice or applied policy, nor does it support work to develop or assess pedagogical methods or tools for language instruction.

The Linguistics Program accepts proposals for a variety of project types: research proposals from scholars with PhDs or equivalent degrees, proposals for Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement (LING-DDRI) awards, and CAREER proposals. We will also consider proposals for conferences. Funding requests for conference support should be submitted in accordance with the Conference Proposals section of Chapter II of NSF's Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) .

NSF's Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (BCS), in partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities and in collaboration with programs in other NSF Directorates, supports efforts to develop and advance knowledge and infrastructure that will enable the analysis of languages that are both understudied and at risk of falling out of use. In recognition of the critical relevance of these languages to understanding the range and limits of human linguistic and cultural variation, BCS accepts research and dissertation proposals in response to solicitations NSF Dynamic Language Infrastructure - NEH Documenting Endangered Languages (DLI-DEL) and Dynamic Language Infrastructure - Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (DLI-DDRI) .

For more information about Multidisciplinary Research and Training Opportunities, please visit the SBE Office of Multidisciplinary Activities web site.

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Writing quality and professional research proposals is an indispensable part of the research process. A well-written proposal guarantees successful award winning or admission into a higher degree research program. In some Research Methods Courses students are presented with some basic and preliminary knowledge and skills to write a research proposal. However, writing quality and professional research proposals require higher levels of expertise and therefore specific guidelines. This book takes proposal writers through certain steps that can guarantee quality proposals.

Each of the chapters in the book focuses on a significant aspect of proposal writing. The first two chapters discuss the research process and how a research proposal may be structured. Building on the current literature and identifying gaps is a critical step in defining new research projects. Chapter 3 covers major issues related to situating research questions within the context of relevant literature and how to approach and structure a literature review in research proposals. Chapter 4 elaborates on how to formulate research questions and/or research hypotheses. The distinction between research questions and research hypotheses is delineated in Chapter 4, and writing appropriate research questions or hypotheses are linked to theories and research paradigms.

Chapter 5 attends to the crafting of research proposals and addresses other significant issues such as audience, tone, and style of writing, citing other works, revising and editing, and observing rules of submission. Chapter 6 covers issues of making coherent arguments, building on authority but adding one’s perspective as an interplay of voices. Chapter 7 reviews choosing an appropriate methodology while Chapter 8 discusses choosing appropriate supervisors and developing effective relationships with them. The role of ethics in research and thinking of ethical issues from the early stages of writing proposals are elaborated on in Chapter 9. Filling out forms for ethics committees and responding to queries from ethics committee members are also discussed in this chapter. The final chapter of the book, Chapter 10, discusses writing research proposals within the larger context of research grants. Three major issues of preparation, writing, and submitting of research grants are discussed in this chapter.

Each chapter of the book ends with a set of reflective learning tasks which enable readers to reflect on the content of each chapter as relates to their own research project. The book also includes three appendices which present three sample proposals with three research orientations, namely, quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods; a sample of an ethics form with commentaries on each section of the form; and a sample of a grant application form with added commentary on each section.

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LYNN SANTELMANN Assistant Professor, Applied Linguistics Portland State University [email protected] Outline for Research Project Proposal (adapted from Course Materials for Psycholinguistics) When writing, please use section headings to indicate where the information can be found. Subheadings need not be used, though in long sections they may facilitate organization. 1. Introduction Explain the issue you are examining and why it is significant. Describe the general area to be studied Explain why this area is important to the general area under study (e.g., psychology of language, second language acquisition, teaching methods )

Summarize what is already known about the field. Include a summary of the basic background information on the topic gleaned from your literature review (you can include information from the book and class, but the bulk should be outside sources) Discuss several critical studies that have already been done in this area(cite according to APA style). Point out why these background studies are insufficient. In other words, what question(s) do they leave unresolved that you would like to study? Choose (at least) one of these questions you might like to pursue yourself. (Make sure you do not choose too many questions)

• List the specific question(s) that you are exploring.
• Explain how these research questions are related to the larger issues raised in the introduction.
• Describe what specific claim, hypothesis, and/or model of psycholinguistics you will evaluate with these questions.
• Explain what it will show about the psychology of language if your hypothesis is confirmed.
• Explain what it will suggest about the psychology of language if your hypothesis is disconfirmed.

Describe the general methodology you choose for your study, in order to test your hypothesis(es). Explain why this method is the best for your purposes. Participants: Who would you test and why? Describe the sample you would test and explain why you have chosen this sample. Include age, and language background and socio-economic information, if relevant to the design. Are there any participants you would exclude? Why, why not?

Describe what kinds of manipulations/variations you would make or test for in order to test your hypothesis(es). Describe the factors you would vary if you were presenting a person with stimulus sentences. Explain how varying these factors would allow you to confirm or disconfirm your hypotheses. Explain what significant differences you would need to find to confirm or disconfirm your hypothesis(es). In particular, how could your hypothesis(es) be disconfirmed by your data? Controls: What kinds of factors would you need to control for in your study? Describe what types of effects would be likely to occur which would make your results appear to confirm, or to disconfirm your hypothesis(es). Describe how you can by your design rule out or control for apparent effects.

How are you going to present the stimuli? What is the participant in the experiment going to do?

How will you analyze the results? What kind of results would confirm your hypothesis? What kind of results would disconfirm your hypothesis

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Partaking in Ongoing Academic Conversation: Dang Ngoc Chau’s Research Presentation Experience at the American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference (AAAL) 2024 in Houston

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Chau Dang (Dang Ngoc Chau) is a third-year PhD candidate at the School of Languages and Linguistics, University of Melbourne. Last year, Chau shared some interesting points about her research project , which was enlightening. From 16 th March to 19 th March this year, Chau presented at the AAAL 2024 conference in Houston, United States, with the aid of the Miegunyah International Scholarship .

Hangyu interviewed Chau about her preparation for and experience during the conference.

Hi Chau! First of all, congratulations on your successful presentation at AAAL 2024! To get us started, how do you feel about this experience in general?

It was amazing! It was probably one of the best experiences I have had so far during my PhD journey because it was the first time ever that I attended a conference. In addition, as you know, AAAL is such a significant and vibrant conference, almost the biggest one in the academic field of applied linguistics. So, it was a splendid experience in which I had a chance to meet really lovely people and learn a lot.

That’s wonderful. You attended the conference as a presenter. Can you briefly introduce the topic of the project you presented at the conference?

I presented a part of my findings from my ongoing research project, entitled “Teacher Agency in Interpreting and Appropriating English Medium Instruction (EMI) Policy”. I looked at a specific case of an EMI computer science programme in Vietnam and investigated how three teachers of the programme exercised their agency from an ecological perspective. My presentation was part of a round table discussion, rather than an individual speech. A round table discussion includes three presentations and 10 minutes each, and we had half an hour after that for Q&A and to discuss our research projects. It was really informative because I had the chance to listen to and interact with other people working in similar areas. The session was quite well-attended with a lot of other researchers who provided some useful feedback and asked relevant questions as well.

It sounds like a very interactive session. So, were the attendees sophisticated and experienced researchers in this field or junior researchers like higher degree research students? How was your interaction with other academics?

Well, AAAL is a platform for everyone. Therefore, I met and spoke to other PhD candidates, some researchers who had just completed their PhD degrees, postdoctoral researchers, as well as prestigious professors working at universities worldwide. Yes, there were academics of different experience levels, which was really fantastic! At my round table, the other two presenters also worked on topics relevant to mine, including multilingual classrooms in the context of Africa and the context of Korean. In this way, we could relate a lot, discussing practices in countries where English is not the official language, and where teachers may encounter various problems. One interesting point is that, as you know, the policies in different countries are really different. Thus, the ways that teachers would interpret and appropriate the policy are divergent in different contexts as well. It is really interesting to see the way that teachers in another context, for example in Korea, would enact agency to support their students from their own will and with not much support from the macro level. So, I think it is meaningful to see relevant research in different context, which can provide a lot of useful insights for my own research.

Meanwhile, I also attended other talks and sessions and took lots of notes. They helped me look at my project from a broader perspective as well and from different angles. It was absolutely an eye-opening experience.

That’s wonderful! Was there anything that left you with a very deep impression during the couple of days at the conference?

Well, I met those whose work I had cited a lot. I think this was one of the best and most impressive parts. For example, I met Prof Nancy Hornberger , a big name in language policy research. I cited a lot of her work and read her books and then I met her in person! I was not a volunteer at the reception, but I was just talking with a new friend there. She came in and asked for the name card. We then asked what her name was, and she replied , “Nancy Hornberger”. I gave her the name card and told her that I had read her books and admired her research. She was so friendly and then we talked a bit. I was so nervous and excited, but it was just such a great experience to see those whose research had enlightened me.

Thanks for sharing that! It’s always good to meet people during the conference and talk to them in person. Before the conference, how did you prepare for that?

Sure! To prepare for the conference, there are three things I want to mention. First is looking out for conferences. Because most conferences, especially major ones where they accept quite a lot of papers, would release their “Call for Papers” announcement quite early, like six months or eight months before the actual conference date. So look out for the conferences that you want to attend, check the deadline, make sure that you prepare your proposal, and submit it by the deadline. When I was preparing for my presentation at AAAL, they required the abstract of the paper about one year before. I discussed this with my supervisors, and they gave me some very useful feedback.

Another thing is that once your proposal is accepted, it is time to look out for scholarships because, you know, travelling to conferences could be extremely expensive, especially if you go to Europe and the United States. I was fortunate enough to get the Miegunyah International Scholarship , which is quite a generous travel grant for PhD and graduate researchers. They provide an allowance of $10,000 for those who attend major conferences in the field of humanities and social science outside of Australia.

Interestingly, there were no advertisements about this scholarship via email or word of mouth. Instead, I was just scrolling through the scholarship website of the University of Melbourne, and I noticed that one matched my requirements and eligibility. Hence, I would like to mention as well that there could be some scholarship that many of us wouldn’t be aware of. Hopefully after this interview, by sharing my experience, next year, more students from our school will get that scholarship. Certainly, there are other grants from the university for graduate researchers as well so look out for them!

My final point is about preparing for the visa. As a Vietnamese citizen, I need a visa to visit most countries, including the United States. From my experience, I could not book an interview for a visa application in Melbourne, and I had to fly to Perth. They only asked me one question, but then I still had to be there in person for the collection of fingerprints as well. I flew to Perth and back, which was a bit time-consuming. I will definitely prepare for my visa earlier next time.

Those are very useful suggestions, particularly the tips and information about scholarships. So, the conference was in Houston, did you go sightseeing or explore the city after the conference?

Yes, but I didn’t have much chance for that due to the really packed schedule. But on the last day, I had a chance to visit NASA (Johnson Space Center) . Houston is famous for that. I spent a whole day there, and it was amazing. As for the city, it is quite different from Melbourne. For example, Melbourne CBD is often busy and bustling, but in Houston, the centre is just full of big buildings for offices. It was relatively quiet because the residential areas including restaurants and grocery stores would be far out from the city centre.

It’s your third year now and you’ve already made some accomplishments. Could you share a bit about your plan for the next couple of years?

Yes, similar to any other PhD candidates, at this point, I would prioritise my PhD research and to complete it within the next year. I am going to write up my results and next year, if possible, I would like to attend AAAL 2025 in Denver again. I plan to attend another conference to present a different part of my PhD research. I am preparing for that!

Thank you so much for sharing this experience with us today, Chau!

My pleasure! Thank you, Hangyu!

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Applied linguistics is closely connected with theoretical linguistics and investigates language on practice. Applied linguistics focuses on the solutions of the direct problems related with languages and uses the theory of different branches of linguistics on practice. The most important branches of applied linguistics are: lexicography (theory and practice of the composition of dictionaries), didactics of linguistics (the science on the methods of language education), terminology (the science which studies the origin and the use of terms in different disciplines), translation (methodology of the correct translation).

Applied linguistics is widely used in the information technologies and the development of the Internet. It is obvious that the Internet provides users with opportunities to collect data in different languages and even translate information from one language to another.

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Online dictionaries and translators are extremely important and useful today, because enable people translate words and phrases at a moment’s notice and safe much time. On the other hand the quality of these translations is quite poor, so the core task of applied linguistics in this sphere is to compose the most accurate dictionaries, which can be no worse than the printed ones. Applied linguistics works on data mining, optical character recognition and speech recognition and helps recognize and restore the damaged information with the help of the special software. Applied linguistics is used in every sphere of human activity, starting from education (methodology of teaching a language) and composition of special terminology of different sciences and professions and finishing with forensic linguistics which is used in court practice.

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MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships Call 2024 - Open!

The 2024 call for the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions   Postdoctoral Fellowships is open as of the 23rd of April. The grants, which have a budget of € 417.18 million, aim to improve the creative and innovative potential of researchers holding a PhD.  

They will help researchers acquire new skills, develop their careers, and gain international, interdisciplinary, and inter-sectoral experience by working in another country.

These prestigious fellowships are also a stepping stone in researchers’ careers. They allow them to strengthen research cooperation with leading scientific teams and figures worldwide. 

The call will close on 11 September 2024 and is expected to fund over 1,400 projects.

The Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) contribute to excellent research, boosting jobs, growth and investment by equipping researchers with the new knowledge, skills and international and intersectoral exposure to fill the top positions of tomorrow and solve current and future societal challenges.

MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships PF  aims at supporting the international  mobility of researchers within ( European Fellowships )  and beyond Europe ( Global Fellowships) . Postdoctoral Fellowships (PF) are for experienced researchers to undertake their own research project at a host organisation in another country, thus gaining new skills through advanced training and possibly, intersectoral mobility. The grant usually covers two years' salary, a mobility allowance, research costs and overheads for the host institution. Family and special needs allowances are also available, when applicable.

The call opened on the 23rd of April 2024 with a deadline on the 11th of September.

Two modalities: European Fellowships and Global Fellowships

There are two types of MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships: 

• Researchers based in India willing to move to Europe   for their fellowship can apply for a  European Fellowship .  The research projects are carried out in the EU or Associated Countries  (to Horizon Europe) and last for  one to two years . There are no more panels in the Postdoctoral Fellowship call
• Individual researchers based in Europe  can also apply for a European fellowship for mobility within the  EU or Associated Countries .
• Researchers based in Europe  can apply for a  Global Fellowship  to carry out research of up to 2 years in a third country - such as India - and return to Europe for 1 year.  This is an excellent opportunity for Indian higher education institutions/research institutes/private sector firms to host a high-level Europe-based researcher, fully funded by the European Commission.

Both types of Fellowship can also include a  secondment period  of up to 1/3 of the standard fellowship duration in another organisation worldwide. An optional additional placement of up to 6 months in a non-academic host in Europe (member states or countries associated to Horizon Europe) is now possible at the end of the fellowship .

All research areas  can be funded, from physics to linguistics, and from health sciences to mathematical modelling.

For all official details of this call, follow the link to the Funding & Tenders Portal

NOTE: As of January 2024, the United Kingdom is associated to the Horizon Europe programme. United Kingdom organisations will therefore be able to  apply and receive funding  under this year’s call under the same conditions as EU Member States and other countries associated to Horizon Europe. 

In addition, researchers applying to Global Fellowships will need to seek the commitment of an organisation based in a  third country , as they will carry out their research there for a period of between 12 and 24 months.

Experienced researchers of any nationality , i.e. researchers holding a doctoral degree with no more than 8 years of experience after the completion of their PhD.

Mobility rule :  The researcher must  not have resided or carried out his/her main activity  (work, studies, etc.) in the host organisation's  country for more than twelve months in the three years  immediately prior to the call deadline. Make sure you check all specific requirements in the guide for applicants.

The call is open to researchers wishing to reintegrate in Europe, to those who are displaced by conflict, as well as to researchers with high potential who are seeking to restart their careers.

Individual researchers submit proposals for funding written in liaison with their planned host organisation in Europe. Proposals are judged on their research quality, the researcher's future career prospects, and the support offered by the host organisation.

Researchers must develop an application with their prospective supervisor and apply together with their future host organisation, which can be

• a university
• a research institution or facility
• a company, small or medium-sized enterprise
• a government, public institution, or body
• a museum, hospital, or NGO
• any other organisation 

based in an EU Member State or  Horizon Europe associated country .

Resubmissions : please note that proposals involving the same recruiting organisation (and for Global Postdoctoral Fellowships also the associated partner hosting the outgoing phase) and individual researcher submitted to the previous call of MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships under Horizon Europe and having received a score of less than 70% must not be resubmitted the following year.

MSCA PF Call 2024

Interested in applying?

The first step is to read the work plan and guide for applicants  (find the links below). 

Check the main resources to apply on the website of the European Research Executive Agency

You can also check these 6 steps to prepare your application

Have not found a host yet?

Register on the MSCA matchmaking platform which brings together fellows, companies, supervisors, NGOs and Academic Institutions  from a large number of European countries and beyond. Using this platform, you will be able to publish your profile, partner search and offer your hosting arrangements to attract talent.

Search the database of MSCA-PF hosting offers from European universities

Be proactive! Contact your network of European collaborators and ask for assistance from your local supervisor, research colleagues or International Relations Office to put you in touch with their European colleagues.

Many European institutions are looking for the best international research talent to host as MSCA PF at their institutions! Calls for Expressions of Interest inviting candidates to apply for an MSCA-PF with the support of their institution can be found on the EURAXESS portal.

Past Webinar and other useful resources

Webinar: How to apply for Europe's most prestigious Postdoctoral Fellowship! MSCA-PF Call 2024

MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships call 2024: 6 steps to prepare your application

Several countries make funding available for MSCA Seal of Excellence holders

Additional resources

• Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions -   Work Programme 2023-2024   2024
• MSCA Factsheet 2021-2027
• MSCA PF Guide for applicants  2023   2024 to be published soon
• Guidelines on the calculation of 8-years research experience in Postdoctoral Fellowships under Horizon Europe   New 2024  &  MSCA-PF Self-assessment tool for the calculation of the 8-years research experience   New 2024
• MSCA PF Application form / Project proposal  (template)  2024 to be published soon  and   specific keywords  
• MSCA PF Handbook by MSCA NET  2023 - New version to be ready by June/July
• Common mistakes in MSCA-PF proposal submission , by the European Research Executive Agency.
• MSCA specific evaluation forms used by the expert evaluators  (this is for the evaluators, not the applicants , but it is useful to understand the evaluation process)  New
• MSCA4Ukraine   New
• MSCA How to apply, by the European Commission   New 2022
• Find a Host  Organisation in Europe  &  MSCA Matchmaking platform
• How to look for EU funded projects, including successful approved MSCA IF/PF projects?

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