The Office of the School of Arts and Humanities at the University of Cambridge is extending an invitation for applications for a doctoral studentship funded by the AHRC CDA (Collaborative Doctoral Award) through the Open-Oxford-Cambridge AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership. The intended start date for this doctoral program is October 2024. Prospective candidates have until December 5 to submit their applications for this PhD scholarship.

This particular studentship is affiliated with the Theoretical and Applied Linguistics Section within the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Language and Linguistics. The successful candidate will engage in collaborative research led by Professor Lanthi Tsimpli from the University of Cambridge, along with Amy Lightfoot, co-supervisor from the British Council UK, and Dr. Debanjan Chakrabarti from the British Council, India.

The chosen PhD student will undertake original research aimed at addressing a significant gap in understanding and destigmatizing the use of multiple languages in classrooms within linguistically diverse societies in the Global South.

In terms of financial support, the DTP (Doctoral Training Partnership) studentships will provide an annual maintenance grant to cover living expenses (£18,622 stipend + £550 CDA allowance per annum at current rates) and university tuition fees at the home fee level. Notably, this CDA also allocates specific funding to support a fieldwork research period based at the British Council in India. For international candidates, the fee difference between home and overseas fee rates will be covered by the University through internal co-funding.