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<font size="3"><span lang="en-US">The Integrated Graduate School of
the Collaborative Research Centre SFB 732 <em></em></span></font><em><font
size="3"><span lang="en-US"><span style="font-style: normal">"Incremental
Specification in Context"</span></span></font></em><font
size="3"><span lang="en-US"><i> </i></span></font><font size="3"><span
lang="en-US">at the University of Stuttgart invites applications
for five short-term grants for PhD students. </span></font><font
size="3"><span lang="en-US">The grants are supposed to support PhD
students in collaborating with researchers and other PhD
students of the SFB, if they are interested </span></font><font
size="3"><span lang="en-US">in theoretical and/or computational
approaches to analyses of context specification.</span></font><font
size="3"><span lang="en-US"></span></font><br>
<font size="3"><span lang="en-US"></span></font><br>
<font size="3"><span lang="en-US">Grant holders are expected to
affiliate with one or two of the research projects in the </span></font><font
size="3"><span lang="en-US">Collaborative
Research C</span></font><font size="3"><span lang="en-US">entre.
</span></font><font size="3"><span lang="en-US">If accepted, the
grant holders will</span></font><font size="3"><span
lang="en-US"> participate in the Integrated Graduate School,
which offers academic courses on </span></font><font size="3"><span
lang="en-US">specialised
topics in</span></font><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"> </span></font><font
size="3"><span lang="en-US">linguistics and</span></font><font
size="3"><span lang="en-US"> computational linguistics, classes on
soft skills and expert courses on technical competences,
research visits of internationally known researchers from the
field, and regular PhD meetings. In addition, the Collaborative
Research Centre supports participation in summer </span></font><font
size="3"><span lang="en-US">schools</span></font><font size="3"><span
lang="en-US"> and conference </span></font><font size="3"><span
lang="en-US">participation</span></font><font size="3"><span
lang="en-US">. </span></font><font color="#000000"><font
size="3"><span lang="en-US">Grant holders will receive a
(tax-free) </span></font></font><font color="#000000"><font
size="3"><span lang="en-US">monthly </span></font></font><font
color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US">grant of 1000
EUR plus 103 EUR </span></font></font><font color="#000000"><font
size="3"><span lang="en-US">for additional costs.</span></font></font><font
size="3"><span lang="en-US"></span></font><br>
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*** Further information:<em></em><br>
- on the Collaborative Research Centre (SFB):: <font size="3"><span
lang="en-US"></span></font><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"><a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.uni-stuttgart.de/linguistik/sfb732">http://www.uni-stuttgart.de/linguistik/sfb732</a></span>/</font><br>
<font size="3"><span lang="en-US"></span></font>- on the projects: <font
size="3"><span lang="en-US"></span></font><font size="3"><span
lang="en-US"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.uni-stuttgart.de/linguistik/sfb732/index.php?article_id=4">http://www.uni-stuttgart.de/linguistik/sfb732/index.php?article_id=4</a></span></font><br>
<font size="3"><span lang="en-US">- on the aims and objectives of
the Integrated Graduate School: </span></font><font size="3"><span
lang="en-US"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.uni-stuttgart.de/linguistik/sfb732/index.php?article_id=131">http://www.uni-stuttgart.de/linguistik/sfb732/index.php?article_id=131</a></span></font><font
color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"></span></font></font><font
color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"></span></font></font><br>
<font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"></span></font></font><br>
<font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US">***
Qualification Requirements:</span></font></font><br>
<font size="2"><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span
lang="en-US">Candidates are expected to hold a Master's
degree (or equivalent) in </span></font></font><font
size="3"><span lang="en-US">Linguistics </span></font><font
size="3"><span lang="en-US">or </span></font><font size="3"><span
lang="en-US">Computational Linguistics,</span></font><font
color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"> and </span></font></font><font
color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US">to </span></font></font><font
color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US">have a </span></font></font><font
size="3"><span lang="en-US">research
focus on analyses of linguistic specification in context,</span></font><span
lang="en-US"> </span><font size="3"><span lang="en-US">which is
ideally manifest in earlier research activities, </span></font><font
size="3"><span lang="en-US">either </span></font><font size="3"><span
lang="en-US">in the form of presentations/publications, </span></font><font
size="3"><span lang="en-US">or</span></font><font size="3"><span
lang="en-US"> </span></font><font size="3"><span lang="en-US">as
part of </span></font><font size="3"><span lang="en-US">a
carefully worked out plan for a dissertation project. </span></font><font
size="3"><span lang="en-US">Applicants from </span></font><font
size="3"><span lang="en-US">within and outside </span></font><font
size="3"><span lang="en-US">Germany
are invited to apply.</span></font></font><font
color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"></span></font></font><br>
<font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"></span></font></font><br>
<font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US">***
Application Procedure:</span></font></font><br>
<font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US">Interested
candidates are invited to send their electronic applications,
including their Master's degree or equivalent (scan), a CV
(including </span></font></font><font color="#000000"><font
size="3"><span lang="en-US">two </span></font></font><font
color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"> contact data
for references), a short sketch of the planned dissertation
project (1-2 pages), and an accompanying letter outlining
their motivation for applying at the Collaborative Research
Centre. </span></font></font><font color="#000000"><font
size="3"><span lang="en-US">The motivation should indicate the
projects the candidates wish to be affiliated with. </span></font></font><font
size="3"><span lang="en-US">Candidates with an additional interest
in the field o</span></font><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"><span
style="text-decoration: none">f digital humanities are asked</span></span></font><font
size="3"><span lang="en-US"> to </span></font><font size="3"><span
lang="en-US">note</span></font><font size="3"><span lang="en-US">
th</span></font><font size="3"><span lang="en-US">is</span></font><font
size="3"><span lang="en-US"> in the application. </span></font><font
color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US">The contact for
the application is </span></font></font><font color="#000000"><font
size="3"><span lang="en-US">Dr. Jagoda Bruni (jagoda.bruni</span></font></font><font
color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="de-DE"></span></font></font><font
color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US">ims.uni-stuttgart.de).</span></font></font><font
size="2"><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US"></span></font></font></font><br>
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lang="en-US"></span></font></font></font><br>
<font size="2"><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><span
lang="en-US">*** Application Deadline:</span></font></font></font><font
size="3"><span lang="en-US"></span></font><br>
<font size="3"><span lang="en-US">The s</span></font><font size="3"><span
lang="en-US">c</span></font><font size="3"><span lang="en-US">reening
of the applications starts <b>June 15, 2014,</b></span></font><font
size="3"><span lang="en-US"><b> </b></span></font><font size="3"><span
lang="en-US">u</span></font><font size="3"><span lang="en-US">ntil
filled.</span></font><font size="2"><font color="#000000"><font
size="3"><span lang="en-US"></span></font></font></font><br>
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*** Contact and mailing address for applications:<br>
<font size="3">Dr. Jagoda Bruni</font><br>
<font size="3">Universität Stuttgart</font><br>
<font size="3">Institut für Maschinelle Sprachverarbeitung</font><br>
<font size="3">Pfaffenwaldring 5B</font><br>
<font size="3">70569 Stuttgart</font><br>
<font size="3">Germany</font><br>
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PD Dr. Sabine Schulte im Walde
Institut für Maschinelle Sprachverarbeitung
Universität Stuttgart
Pfaffenwaldring 5b
70569 Stuttgart, Germany
fon: +49 (711) 685-84584
fax: +49 (711) 685-81366
email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:schulte@ims.uni-stuttgart.de">schulte@ims.uni-stuttgart.de</a>
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