The NSF Linguistics Program supports basic research on human language including syntax, semantics, morphology, phonetics, and more, but doesn't fund clinical or applied research.
NSF supports research to diversify language science by broadening studied learners, languages, and methods to develop more generalizable theories of language and communication.
Language Learning Early Career Research Grant Program supports early-career researchers’ language-science studies to advance understanding of language learning and lay groundwork for larger funded projects.
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Linguistics supports postdoctoral scholars in research and undergraduate teaching that connect linguistic methods with questions of broad humanistic significance.
This grant supports basic research in sociology focusing on human social organization, processes of change, and fundamental social processes using qualitative and quantitative methods.
Sharing Language Diversity Fellowship supports Ph.D. researchers documenting Indigenous languages and archiving linguistic data, advancing doctoral work aligned with endangered language preservation.