Call for Applications: Arabic NLP School @ EACL 2026 (Rabat, March 24)
Salam Khalifa
We are pleased to invite applications to the Second Arabic NLP School, a one-day intensive program organized by SIGARAB and co-located with EACL 2026, to be held on Tuesday, March 24, 2026, in Rabat, Morocco.
Building on the success of the first Arabic NLP School (co-located with COLING 2025), the 2026 edition introduces a redesigned, highly practical format focused on developing end-to-end research skills in Arabic NLP. The program will guide participants through the full research lifecycle, including:
- Formulating research ideas and questions
- Conducting responsible and comprehensive related-work reviews
- Designing meaningful experiments
- Curating and annotating data
- Preparing submissions and camera-ready papers
- Effectively presenting research at conferences
While these skills are broadly applicable to NLP research, the School places a strong emphasis on Arabic language technologies, Arab cultures, and the needs of emerging researchers from the Arab world.
The Arabic NLP School is intended for a diverse audience, including undergraduate and graduate students, PhD candidates, researchers, and industry or government practitioners with an interest in Arabic NLP.
Arabic NLP School 2026 is an application-based program offered free of charge to accepted applicants. See details for the application below.
Important Dates
- Application Deadline: January 31, 2026
- Acceptance Notification: February 9, 2026
- Arabic NLP School: March 24, 2026
- Location: Rabat, Morocco
The application form is available here: 👉 [Application Link]
We encourage you to apply and to share this call with interested colleagues and students.
More information will be announced soon.
Sincerely,
The Arabic NLP School Organizing Committee
Salam Khalifa
PhD Candidate
Linguistics Department
Institute for Advanced Computational Science (IACS)
Stony Brook University