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To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/posttolinguist.cfm Directory         1.     R. Sheer , Cognitive Science; General Linguistics; Psycholinguistics: PhD, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, Netherlands Message 1: Cognitive Science; General Linguistics; Psycholinguistics: PhD, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, Netherlands Date: 22-Nov-2010 From: R. Sheer <imprsmpi.nl> Subject: Cognitive Science; General Linguistics; Psycholinguistics: PhD, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, Netherlands E-mail this message to a friend University or Organization: Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics Department: IMPRS for Language Sciences Job Location: Nijmegen, Netherlands Web Address: http://www.mpi.nl/education/imprs-for-language-sciences Job Rank: PhD Specialty Areas: Cognitive Science; General Linguistics; Psycholinguistics Description: The International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) for Language Sciences is an initiative of the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics and two research institutes at Radboud University Nijmegen, the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour and the Centre for Language Studies. The research school offers an unrivalled training and research environment in the language sciences, allowing interdisciplinary work of the highest standard. The IMPRS for Language Sciences is advertising 3 doctoral fellowships in any field contributing to the language sciences, for example, cognitive neuroscience of language, psycholinguistics or linguistics. The PhD fellowships are, in the normal case, 3 years in length. Fellowship recipients will receive a monthly salary sufficient to cover living costs in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Applicants must have a Masters degree (or expect to complete the degree before September 2011) in a relevant field. The working language of the research school is English. Applications must be prepared according to the following guidelines or will not be considered. Your application should be emailed as one PDF document that includes the following information: Curriculum vitae. Include: - Relevant work and educational background. - Details about your completed or expected Masters degree, including supervisors, date of completion, title of thesis and a brief description of your topic, and any grades you received for relevant coursework. - Details about your technical skillset, for example, this may include programming, statistics, mathematical knowledge, experimental design/methods, neuroimaging, practical phonetics, corpus methods, fieldwork, et cetera. Personal statement of interest. No more than half a page. Include: - Highlights of your background and career aspirations. - Reasons for special interest in the IMPRS for Language Sciences. Tentative research proposal. No more than one page. Include: - A sketch of your proposed PhD research project that gives a basic overview of your proposed research and the methods you hope to employ. Note, the details of the final research project would be decided upon in consultation with supervisors - here we would like to see how well you can frame a research question and test a hypothesis. - Names of potential supervisors from any of the three IMPRS partner institutes. You can find out about researchers' work from the partner institute websites (see below for links). You do not need to contact potential supervisors at this time. References. Provide: - Names, titles and email contact details of two academic referees. Proof of English-language proficiency if not a native English speaker. Provide: - Electronic copy/scan of TOEFL/Cambridge/IELTS certificate. This may be submitted after the main application deadline if necessary. The final day for applications is Thursday, 6 January 2011. Applications received after this date will not be considered. Send application by email (marked 'IMPRS application') to imprsmpi.nl. All queries may also be sent to this address. Short-listed applicants will be contacted about interviews in early February 2011 and interviews will be held in mid-February 2011. For more information about the IMPRS for Language Sciences, visit the research school's website: http://www.mpi.nl/education/imprs-for-language-sciences For more information about research at the IMPRS for Language Science's partner institutes, visit: http://www.mpi.nl http://www.ru.nl/cls http://www.ru.nl/donders Application Deadline: 06-Jan-2011 Email Address for Applications: imprsmpi.nl Contact Information: R. Sheer Email: imprsmpi.nl New! 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