The basic research funding ensures the continuity of my existing line of research on language and gender (i.c.w. S. Van Hoof). In addition, the funding will be used for a doctoral project in collaboration with S. Van Hoof and C. Lybaert on accent bias in recruitment contexts in Flanders. While ethnic discrimination has been extensively demonstrated by means of correspondence tests, less is known about the possible impact of a person's language use, and in particular their accent, on their job prospects. International research indicates that a foreign accent in a job interview reduces those chances, while a regional accent does not. However, the available studies are mainly in English; for Flanders, we do not yet have experimental research that examines whether jobseekers experience a disadvantage when applying for a job because of a foreign accent, whether the same applies to a regional accent, and whether men experience the same disadvantage as women.