The Priority Programme “Robust Assessment & Safe Applicability of Language Modelling: Foundations for a New Field of Language Science & Technology (LaSTing)” (SPP 2556) from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) supports researchers in the interdisciplinary field of the cognitive and computational language sciences (including classical disciplines such as linguistics, psychology, neuroscience, computational linguistics, artificial intelligence, philosophy, computer science and others) who seek to advance our understanding of language modelling from a theoretical or empirical point of view, or use modern language technology as a tool for innovative theoretical and empirical research in the cognitive language sciences. The Priority Programme implements an extensive suite of individual measures to support diversity, networking and dissemination, and to ensure the success of early career researchers and scholars with backgrounds underrepresented in academic research. Early career researchers are explicitly encouraged to submit their own proposals. Applications are open to researchers in Germany.
Funding is provided for 3 years.
Applications close on September 30, 2025 (applicants must register by September 23, 2025).