CRC 1646

RTG: Integrated research training group

The CRC is committed to high-quality education for doctoral researchers and postdocs, and will provide early career researchers with an environment that allows them to fully develop their potential and thus contribute to the overall research goals of the initiative. The measures applied within project RTG focus on research subjects and methods, but also research ethics, career planning, citizen science and sustainable research data management and range from introductory events, summer schools, writing retreats and workshops to social activities fostering interdisciplinarity and international exchange.

Scholarships for visiting researchers (PhD students & postdocs)

The CRC 1646 "Linguistic Creativity in Communication" offers annual fellowships for visiting researchers (PhD students and postdocs).

In the Collaborative Research Center “Linguistics Creativity in Communication” (CRC 1646) at Bielefeld University, funded by the DFG, linguists together with colleagues from other disciplines research creative linguistic activity in everyday communication, the resulting products, and how they can spread into a larger community. The individual projects will shed light on the properties, limits, benefits of linguistic creativity and the interplay of these different aspects including its theoretical, psycholinguistic and computational modelling. Based on this, the CRC will provide a detailed description of the phenomenon, its mechanisms and processes and develop a comprehensive theory of linguistic creativity in communication, in individuals and among the collective of language users.

We are offering several fellowships for PhD students and postdocs between two weeks and up to six months to do research with us! The CRC can cover up to 2,000€/per month for PhD students and up to 2,500€/month for postdocs to cover travel and cost of living during the stay.

How to apply?
Please contact the P.I.s of the project(s) you would like to cooperate with in advance before submitting the application to arrange the conditions of your stay and the work schedule.

We look forward to receiving your short applications as a single PDF file until 31st August, 2026 to crc1646-rtg@uni-bielefeld.de with the following documents:
• letter of motivation
• CV
• certificates
• schedule for your research project
• fellowship form signed by the P.I. of the project at the CRC available here

Please note that the fellowship must take place fully in 2027.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our Research Training Group team (crc1646-rtg@uni-bielefeld.de).

For an overview of previous fellows who visitied Bielefeld, go here.