The awards are available on either a 1+3 or +3 basis. A 1+3 studentship provides funding for four years (or part-time equivalent), completing a research training Masters in the 1st year, followed by 3 years research funding for a PhD. A +3 studentship provides funding for the three years PhD research study only (or part-time equivalent). To gauge whether your existing Masters degree would be enough for you to proceed directly to +3, please compare its coverage with our Masters in Language and Communication Research, https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/taught/courses/course/language-and-communication-research-maCollaborative awards involve working with a non-academic partner, already written into the specification. The projects associated with these awards are already partially defined in terms of data source, methods and broad theoretical orientation.Please read the information above that outlines the nature of the project, to ensure you have the necessary interests, skills and academic background for carrying out the research.Should you have any questions, please contact Dr Andreas Buerki ( [email protected] ) before applying.Short descriptions of the ESRC Wales DTP linguistics pathway, with short profiles of existing and recent funded student projects, can be found here: http://www.walesdtc.ac.uk/pathway/linguistics/Applicants should apply to the Doctor of Philosophy in Language and Communication with a start date of October 2020 by 12 noon: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/research/programmes/programme/language-and-communicationIn the research proposal section of your application, please specify the project title and supervisors of this project and copy the project description in the text box provided. In the funding section, please select 'I will be applying for a scholarship/grant' and specify that you are applying for advertised funding from ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership for Wales Collaborative Doctoral Award: Usage-Based Language Learning: How It Works.Please contact [email protected] for information on the required supporting documentation. To request information in Welsh, please contact the Postgraduate Recruitment Team ( [email protected] ).