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CNRS Research Associate positions

The Laboratoire de Linguistique Formelle ([http://]www.llf.cnrs.fr, LLF) is seeking to support applications in linguistics and language sciences to Research Associate positions at the French Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (cnrs.fr).

CNRS Research Associate positions are full-time permanent positions intended for candidates in their early career. Applicants must hold a PhD by the application deadline. Knowledge of French is not required.

Although CNRS recruits researchers by way of a national competition, applicants are encouraged to select one or more research labs to which they would like to be assigned, and support is crucial for a successful application.

Located at Université Paris Cité (u-paris.fr), the LLF has about 70 members, including 33 permanent faculty members, working on every subfield of linguistics. In recent years, it has extended its focus from formal and theoretical linguistics to domains such as psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, experimental linguistics, computational linguistics, dialogue, typology, and Sign language linguistics.

The LLF is interested in supporting a limited number of applicants, with an excellent research record and willing to develop a project that would fit the lab's areas of inquiry.

The official call for application will be published in early December, 2025 with an application deadline in early January, 2026 (https://carrieres.cnrs.fr/en/external-competitions-for-researchers-m-f/). 

Prospective applicants that wish to be supported by the LLF are invited to contact the lab by December 12, sending a CV (including a publication list) and a short description of their research profile to direction.llf@listes.u-paris.fr. 

Decisions on whether support is granted will be taken by December 19.

Contrats doctoraux

Welcome in delegation

Each year, the LLF supports requests from lecturers and professors to be welcomed by CNRS in delegation. Those accepted may be permanent members of the LLF or unrelated to the laboratory. If you are interested, please send your application with a CV to the head of the laboratory by 1 September of the year of application. The decision on whether or not to support the application will be taken at the September Board meeting. The same procedure applies to renewals of delegations.