World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) PCT Fellowship Program 2026 for Graduate Students (Funded) – YOA

Deadline: March 3, 2026

Applications are open for the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) PCT Fellowship Program 2026. The PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty) Translation Division of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) organizes a Fellowship Program for assistant terminologists, translators, publish-editors, translation technologists, and technical specialists, with the purpose of offering coaching and on-the-job expertise at a world group. 

There are 5 kinds of Fellowship place:

• Terminology fellows can be skilled within the creation of terminology entries for the PCT Termbase and subsequent publication in WIPO Pearl.
• Translation fellows can be skilled within the translation of patent abstracts and patent examination paperwork.
• Post-Editing fellows can be skilled within the publish-enhancing of machine translation (PEMT) of patent abstracts and patent examination paperwork.
• Translation Technology fellows can be skilled within the use and help of translation and terminology administration methods and machine translation methods.
• Technical Specialist fellows have prior expertise in business or as a researcher in a particular technical self-discipline and share their data with PCT translators, and can be skilled on the PCT system and the function of translation beneath the PCT.

Benefits

• Staff of the PCT Translation Division at WIPO present coaching and steerage to members all through the interval of their fellowship in Geneva. Fellowships could differ in size however normally aren’t shorter than three months.
• Fellows are given a month-to-month stipend of 5,000 Swiss francs (taxable) and are supplied with medical cowl.
• Additionally, WIPO will help with journey and visa preparations. Fellowships can’t be carried out remotely.

Eligibility

For the Terminology Fellowship

• Candidates must be at the moment pursuing or be a latest graduate of a sophisticated diploma program (Master’s, Doctorate or an equal stage diploma) in terminology, translation, a associated linguistic self-discipline, or in a technical discipline offered they’ve robust linguistic capability. Prior expertise in utilized terminology could be thought-about a bonus however is just not a requirement, and candidates are anticipated to work of their native language.
• In 2026, functions are invited from native audio system of Arabic, Chinese, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish, who even have glorious data of English.

For the Translation Fellowship

• Candidates must be at the moment pursuing or be a latest graduate of a sophisticated diploma program (Master’s, Doctorate or an equal stage diploma) in translation, terminology, a associated linguistic self-discipline, or in a technical discipline offered they’ve robust linguistic capability. Prior expertise in technical translation could be thought-about a bonus however is just not a requirement, and candidates are anticipated to translate into their native language.
• In 2026, functions are requested from candidates working within the following language combos solely:
  • Japanese to English
  • Korean to English

For the Post-Editing Fellowship

• Candidates must be at the moment pursuing or be a latest graduate of a sophisticated diploma program (Master’s, Doctorate or an equal stage diploma) in translation/publish-enhancing, terminology, a associated linguistic self-discipline, or in a technical discipline offered they’ve robust linguistic capability. Prior expertise in technical translation/publish-enhancing could be thought-about a bonus however is just not a requirement, and candidates are anticipated to publish-edit of their native language (goal language).
• In 2026, functions are requested from candidates working within the following language combos solely:
  • Chinese to English
  • English to French

For the Translation Technology Fellowship

• Candidates must be at the moment pursuing or be a latest graduate of a sophisticated diploma program (Master’s, Doctorate or an equal stage diploma) in translation expertise, translation or a associated linguistic self-discipline together with a translation expertise part, or in a technical discipline comparable to computational linguistics, info expertise, or synthetic intelligence. Prior expertise in translation expertise could be thought-about a bonus however is just not a requirement, and candidates are anticipated to work in English or French.

For the Technical Specialist Fellowship

• Candidates ought to have not less than a primary diploma (Bachelor’s stage) in a technical or scientific discipline (priorities embody engineering, textiles, mining and telecommunications) and have demonstrated expertise in business or as a researcher, in addition to a excessive stage of linguistic capability in English and a second language that’s ideally Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, or Spanish.

Application

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For extra info, WIPO PCT Fellowship.