LINGUIST List 22.3919

Fri Oct 07 2011

Jobs: English; Cognitive Science: PhD Student, Max Planck Institute

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        1.     Anne Missbach , English; Cognitive Science: PhD Student, Max Planck Inst for Human Cognitive & Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
Message 1: English; Cognitive Science: PhD Student, Max Planck Inst for Human Cognitive & Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
Date: 06-Oct-2011
From: Anne Missbach <missbachcbs.mpg.de>
Subject: English; Cognitive Science: PhD Student, Max Planck Inst for Human Cognitive & Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
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University or Organization: Max Planck Inst for Human Cognitive & Brain Sciences Department: International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) Job Location: Leipzig, Germany Web Address: http://imprs-neurocom.mpg.de/application/index.html
Job Rank: PhD student

Specialty Areas: Cognitive Science

Required Language(s): English (eng)

Description:

The International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) on Neuroscience ofCommunication: Function, Structure, and Plasticity is based at the MaxPlanck Institute (MPI) for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, andthe University of Leipzig (Germany). The IMPRS also involves the MPI forEvolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, and the Institute of CognitiveNeuroscience at University College London, UK. The graduate programme willstart with the Summer Semester 2012 at the University of Leipzig (1 April,2012).

The IMPRS on Neuroscience of Communication: Function, Structure, andPlasticity offers a unique interdisciplinary graduate programme to studythe functional, structural, and plastic bases of human communicationthrough an integrative and interdisciplinary approach. Its overriding goalis to train PhD students in multidisciplinary aspects involved incommunicative action. Besides behavioural work, the programme draws onelaborate modern imaging techniques, including a 7-Tesla MRI scanner and a306-channel MEG system.

The school invites applications for PhD scholarships.

Successful candidates will be accepted into one of the following four modulesof the school:(1) Verbal Communication: Language(2) Foundation of social cognition and emotions(3) Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical(4) Methods: Physics of neuroimaging and signal processing

More information on content, structure, and faculty of the programme can befound at: http://imprs-neurocom.mpg.de

Requirement for successful candidates for the PhD programme is a Master's(or qualified equivalent) degree in disciplines like computer science,linguistics, neurobiology, neurology, physics, psychiatry, psychology, orrelated fields. Candidates near to completion may also submit applications,indicating the expected date of completion.

Further requirements for successful candidates include:- outstanding academic performance- excellent oral and written English language skills- aptitude for original, independent, and creative work- (desirable) experience conducting research, preferrably with resultspublished or submitted for publication

The application must be supported by a degree and school certificate,academic transcripts, a CV, two names and email addresses of academicreferees willing to support the candidate's application, and a personalstatement explaining the candidate's motivation and reasons for pursuing aPhD at the IMPRS. Applications should indicate the preferred researchcluster into which the candidate wishes to be accepted.

All admitted students receive financial aid in the form of a scholarshipfor the duration of three years. The language of the IMPRS is English.Visit http://www.leipzig.de for information on living in Leipzig/Germany,in the heart of Europe. We seek to increase the number of women in thoseareas where they are under-represented and therefore explicitly encouragewomen to apply. We are committed to employing more individuals withdisabilities and especially encourage them to apply.

For further information and application details, go tohttp://imprs-neurocom.mpg.de, or contact Anne Missbach, Co-ordinator of theIMPRS, contact information below.

Applications are to be submitted by completing an application form by 31January, 2012.

Application Deadline: 31-Jan-2012 Web Address for Applications: http://imprs-neurocom.mpg.de/application/index.html
Contact Information:
Anne Missbach Email: missbachcbs.mpg.de Phone: +49 (0) 341 9940-2261

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