The Language Sciences Workshop Fund is now open for applications, offering funding for the organisation and delivery of workshops on any relevant topic to researchers in language sciences.
Some example topics or activities that could be funded are:
- Promote research connections and collaborations
- Enable stakeholder and public engagement with ongoing or planned research
- Strengthen research networks and promote intellectual exchange
- Support the development of new project ideas
- Advance and share methodological approaches
This round offers additional funding opportunities for AI-focused proposals through our AI@Cam project “Improving language equity and inclusion through AI”.
Funding of up to £2,000 is available per workshop but we would also consider larger funding requests for exceptional AI-focused projects.
This is an internal call for researchers at the University of Cambridge and affiliated institutions only.
The closing date for applications is 23:59 (midnight) on Sunday 29 June 2025.
If you have any questions about this funding, please email contact@languagesciences.cam.ac.uk
Eligibility & funding criteria:
- Proposals will be evaluated by peer review and by the Language Sciences Management Committee. Where proposals are found to overlap, cooperation between the different groups will be encouraged in the interests of involving a wider range of researchers.
- All applicants must be full members of the University of Cambridge or affiliated institutions.
- Funded workshops should be cross-disciplinary, ideally involving contributors and attendees from multiple research fields and departments.
- External speakers and participants may be invited.
Conditions of funding:
- Workshops may be delivered at any time between the date of the award and the end of the 2025-26 academic year.
- A written report on the workshop should be provided for publication on the Cambridge Language Sciences website within 2 weeks after the event.