23.2133, Jobs: Information Structure: PhD Positions (3 Short-Term Grants), U of Potsdam

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Subject: 23.2133, Jobs: Information Structure: PhD Positions (3 Short-Term Grants), U of Potsdam

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Date: Thu, 03 May 2012 10:48:54
From: Stella Gryllia [gryllia at uni-potsdam.de]
Subject: Information Structure: PhD Positions (3 Short-Term Grants), University of Potsdam, Germany

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University or Organization: University of Potsdam 
Department: Collaborative Research Centre SFB 632
Job Location: Potsdam, Germany 
Web Address: http://www.sfb632.uni-potsdam.de/index_en.html
Job Rank: PhD Positions  

Specialty Areas: General Linguistics; Information Structure

Description:

The Integrated Graduate School of the Collaborative Research 
Centre SFB 632 Information Structure at the University of Potsdam 
and Humboldt University Berlin invites applications for three short-
term grants for PhD students covering the period 1 October 2012 to 
30 September 2013. The grants are meant to enable PhD 
candidates with an interest in information structure to carry out some 
of their research in the Collaborative Research Centre, which has 
played a prominent role in the international research on information 
structure over the past 9 years.

Of particular interest to the research centre are PhD candidates from 
outside Germany and/or with a focus on lesser-studied non-
European languages that will help to extend the cross-linguistic 
coverage and will ideally help to build up stable cooperations with 
the applicants' home universities. The research centre also 
encourages candidates from German universities with a migrant 
background to apply. 

Grant holders are expected to affiliate with one or (at most) two of the 
research projects in the centre. They participate in the integrated 
graduate school, which offers classes on information structure, 
research visits of internationally renown researchers from the field, 
and PhD days with presentations in front of a peer-audience. In 
addition, the research centre supports participation in summer or 
winter schools and conference visits. More information on the aims 
and objectives of the integrated graduate school can be found here: 
http://www.sfb632.uni-potsdam.de/projects_mgkeng.html. 

Grant holders will receive a (tax-free) grant of 1000 EUR per month 
plus 103 EUR per month for additional costs. On an individual base, 
there may be the possibility of finding additional funding for the time 
after the grant runs out. 

Qualification Requirements:
Candidates are expected to hold a Master's degree (or equivalent) in 
Linguistics and have a research focus on information structure from a 
theoretical (syntactic, phonological, semantic), typological, 
diachronic, variationist, computer-linguistic or psycho/neuro-linguistic 
perspective, which is ideally manifest in earlier research activities in 
the form of presentations/publications or a carefully worked out plan 
for a dissertation project. 

Application Procedure:
Interested candidates are invited to send their electronic applications, 
including their Master's degree or equivalent (scan), a CV, a short 
sketch of the planned dissertation project (1-2 pages), and an 
accompanying letter outlining the candidates' motivation for applying 
at the collaborative research centre to the coordinator of the 
integrated graduate school Dr. Stella Gryllia at the application email 
address below. Candidates should also indicate one or two projects 
that they want to be affiliated with. 

Application Deadline: 20 May 2012

The selection of grant holders will be carried out by the board of the 
collaborative research centre by the end of June 2012.

Application Deadline: 20-May-2012 
Mailing Address for Applications:
	Dr. Stella Gryllia 
	Universität Potsdam Institut für Linguistik SFB 632 
	Informationsstruktur Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25 
	Potsdam (Golm) D-14476 
	Germany  
Email Address for Applications: gryllia at uni-potsdam.de 
Contact Information:
	Dr. Stella Gryllia 
	Email: gryllia at uni-potsdam.de 

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