LINGUIST List 22.956 Sat Feb 26 2011 FYI: Funding for Visiting PhD Students: Norway Editor for this issue: Brent Miller <brentlinguistlist.org> New! Visit LL's Multitree project for over 1000 trees dynamically generated from scholarly hypotheses about language relationships:             http://multitree.linguistlist.org/ To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/LL/posttolinguist.cfm. Directory         1.     Kaori Takamine , Funding for Visiting PhD Students: Norway Message 1: Funding for Visiting PhD Students: Norway Date: 24-Feb-2011 From: Kaori Takamine <kaori.takamineuit.no> Subject: Funding for Visiting PhD Students: Norway E-mail this message to a friend Are you a PhD student from Russia or Canada? Then you may be eligible for funding from the University of Tromsø to stay as a visiting student at CASTL, UiT, Norway! The Center for Advanced Study in Theoretical Linguistics, CASTL, (http://castl.uit.no/) is pleased to announce one-semester visiting grants for PhDs from Northern countries (High North Fellowship Program). This year grants will be awarded to one student who studies in Russia and one student who studies in Canada. Both grants are for 3 to 5 months and they should be spent in the fall semester of 2011. The High North Fellowship grants are NOK 8,900 per month. The grants also cover travel for up to NOK 10,000. If you are interested in the grants, please send an application to: Astrid Brokke University of Tromsø Dept. of Academic Affairs, International Office NO-9037 Tromsø, Norway The application must include the following: - A filled-out application form (may be found at the following link) http://castl.uit.no/index.php?option=com_rokdownloads&view=file&Itemid=132&id=158:exchangestudentapplicationforminn2010-2011 - A recommendation letter from your adviser of your home institute - A one-page project description (including a brief plan for your research activity during your stay in Tromsø, about your current project, its relevance to CASTL’s research activities, etc) - A document that verifies that you are enrolled in a PhD program at your university The application deadline is May 1, 2011. For more information about the grants, please contact: Astrid Brokke Phone numer: (+47) 776 45 260 E-mail astrid.brokkeuit.no For information about admission to credit giving courses at CASTL, please contact: Elisabeth Eriksen Tel.: (+47) 776 44167 E-mail: elisabeth.eriksenuit.no Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics New! Visit LL's Multitree project for over 1000 trees dynamically generated from scholarly hypotheses about language relationships:             http://multitree.linguistlist.org/ Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 26-Feb-2011       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.