PhD positions at the University of Groningen

[Muriel Norde]

Graduate Fellowships in Linguistics, April 2006

University of Groningen, The Netherlands

 

The Center for Language and Cognition Groningen (CLCG) announces the
following positions: 

 

-Three Ubbo Emmius Fellowships in Linguistics (various topics, see below)

-One Fellowship in Linguistics for work in the project
<http://www.let.rug.nl/~gooskens/vidi> 'Linguistic determinants of mutual
intelligibility in Scandinavia' 

 

The Ubbo Emmius positions (all the PhD positions) are open only to foreign
applicants. Dutch citizens are not eligible due to tax restrictions. 

 

Deadline for applications is May 15, 2006

 

The range of opportunities (specializations):

Three open positions may be filled in any of the following research groups: 

 

- <http://www.let.rug.nl/~nerbonne/clcg/phd-2006/cl.html> computational
linguistics 

- <http://www.let.rug.nl/~nerbonne/clcg/phd-2006/disc-comm.html> discourse
structure 

- <http://www.let.rug.nl/~nerbonne/clcg/phd-2006/lg-development.html> second
language development 

- <http://www.let.rug.nl/~nerbonne/clcg/phd-2006/syn-sem.html> syntax and
semantics 

- <http://www.let.rug.nl/~nerbonne/clcg/phd-2006/variation-change.html>
language variation and language change 

 

Conditions:

The "open" positions should begin Sept. 1, 2006, and the position on
intelligibility in Jan., 2007. They all require residence in Groningen, 38
hours/week research, and the stipends must result in a PhD dissertation. 

Fellowship Stipends: Graduate students receive stipends of gross 1399 per
month, normally with slight cost-of-living increases in later years.
Graduate student fellows receive a contract for one year extendible for
three further years subject to evaluation after the first year. 

 

Your profile:

-a MA degree in Linguistics or a related field such as Computer Science,
Psychology, etc (depending on the project) 

-preferably research experience in the relevant field 

-able to work independently 

-interest in interdisciplinary research 

-excellent record of undergraduate and Master's level study 

-willing to learn Dutch 

 

See specific projects for additional desiderata, differing per project  . 

 

For more information about fields of specialization and application
procedures, please visit:

 <http://www.let.rug.nl/~nerbonne/clcg/phd-2006/>
http://www.let.rug.nl/~nerbonne/clcg/phd-2006/