28.2652, Support: Applied Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Psycholinguistics: PhD, University of Essex

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Subject: 28.2652, Support: Applied Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Psycholinguistics: PhD, University of Essex

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Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2017 16:31:21
From: Florence Myles [fmyles at essex.ac.uk]
Subject: Applied Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Psycholinguistics: PhD, University of Essex, UK

 Institution/Organization: University of Essex 
Department: LaDeLi (Centre for Research in Language Developmen 
Web Address: http://www.essex.ac.uk/langling/research/ladeli/default.aspx 

Level: PhD 

Duties: Research

Specialty Areas: Applied Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Psycholinguistics 

Description:

The University of Essex’s Centre for Research in Language Development
throughout the Lifespan (LaDeLi) would like to invite Expressions of Interest
from postdoctoral researchers of any nationality (at any career stage) to
apply for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship. We are looking to
support a small number of high-quality applications under the new round and
would welcome expressions of interest from interested researchers,
particularly, but not exclusively, in the following areas:

- Early language development
- Second language learning and teaching
- Language attrition, shift, loss and impairment

Essex ranks in the top 20 UK universities for research excellence and the top
5 for social science, and LaDeLi is unique in bringing together researchers
working on language development at all stages of the life cycle. The broad
range of our research makes us uniquely interdisciplinary, merging theories
and methodologies from psychology, cognitive science, sociolinguistics and
education. Full details about the Centre can be found on our website -
http://www.essex.ac.uk/langling/research/ladeli/default.aspx 

Description of the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship Programme:

The purpose of the Individual Fellowship is to support the mobility, research
project and training of researchers. The scheme allows for researchers to move
around within EU Member States and Associated Countries, move outside of
Europe or move into Europe. The grant typically covers two years' salary, a
mobility allowance, research, training and network costs and overheads for the
host institution. Full details of the scheme are available at
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h202
0/topics/msca-if-2017.html 

Eligibility and Requirements:

Candidates should hold a doctoral degree – or have at least four years of
full-time research experience - in a relevant social science or humanities
discipline. Candidates are also expected to have good problem solving,
troubleshooting, and analytical skills, be fluent in English, have good
interpersonal and written and oral communication skills, and be able to work
independently as well as within an international team.

At the time of the call deadline, researchers must not have resided or carried
out their main activity (e.g. work, studies etc.) in the country of the
beneficiary for more than 12 months in the last 3 years.

Submitting an Expression of Interest:

Interested applicants should submit a one-page CV, an outline of the proposed
research (maximum 1,000 words) and a cover letter highlighting why you believe
this area of work will be suited to LaDeLi as the host institution (maximum
500 words). Please submit these in Word format to Prof Florence Myles
(fmyles at essex.ac.uk) by Friday 7th July.

An expression of interest is not a promise of funding or position. It is an
expression of interest in making a future application with the University of
Essex as your host.

Review of expressions of interest will start after the deadline. Proposals
will be evaluated based on research quality, the applicant’s future career
prospects and the availability of appropriate supervision. The best proposals
will be chosen for submission to the MSCF competition.
The successful applicant[s] will be supported in completing their application
by the scheme deadline of 14 September 2017.

Application Deadline: 07-Jul-2017 

Mailing Address for Applications:
	Attn: Prof Florence Myles 
	University of Essex 
	Wivenhoe Park 
	Colchester Essex CO7 9AY 
	United Kingdom 

Web Address for Applications: http://bit.ly/2mXKt7O 

Contact Information: 
	Prof Florence Myles 
	fmyles at essex.ac.uk  

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