[ln] Job: sabbatical positions, Tarragona, Spain

[Thierry Hamon]

Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2005 01:54:16 +0200
From: "Carlos Martin-Vide" <carlos.martin at urv.net>
Message-Id: <200506042354.j54NsisF019166 at cindns.cines.fr>
X-url: http://www.grlmc.com


Apologies for multiple posting!
Please, pass the information to whom may be interested. Thanks.

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A few sabbatical positions may be available in 2006-2007 in the
Research Group on Mathematical Linguistics at Rovira i Virgili
University (Tarragona, Spain).

The web site of the host institute is:

http://www.grlmc.com

ELIGIBLE TOPICS

The eligible topics are the institute's current or future research
directions:

- Formal language theory and its applications.
- Biomolecular computing and nanotechnology.
- Bioinformatics.
- Language and speech technologies.
- Formal theories of language acquisition and evolutionary linguistics.
- Computational neuroscience.

Other related fields might still be eligible provided there exist
strong enough candidates for them.

JOB PROFILE

- Top-level appointments for experienced researchers being on leave
  from their home organization.
- Scholarship (rather than a work contract).
- The main duty of the position is research, with possible supervising
  and doctoral teaching too.
- 3-12 months long.
- To start in 2006 and to be developed in the period January 1st, 2006
  October 31st, 2007.
- The scheme is extremely competitive.

ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS

- The positions can be filled in only by scholars that occupy a
  full/associate professorship at their home organization.
- PhD degree got earlier than 2000.
- Exceptional research career, with a very strong record of
  publications and other achievements.
- There is no restriction on nationality or age.

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS

- Salary in the interval 1,500-3,000 euro/month (most probably, not
  less than 2,500 euros).
- Travel grant.
- Healt insurance coverage will be provided exceptionally to those
  scholars that don't have one
>>From their home country.

EVALUATION PROCEDURE

It will consist of 2 steps:

- a pre-selection based on CV and carried out by the host institute,
- a full proposal (CV + research project + work plan), to be assessed
  externally by the funding

agency.

SCHEDULE

Expressions of interest are welcome until June 17, 2005. They should
contain the researcher's CV and mention "2005-10" in the subject
box. The outcome of the preselection will be reported immediately
after. Preselected candidates will be given appropriate support in the
application process by the host institute. The deadline for completing
the whole process is June 30, 2005.

CONTACT

Carlos Martin-Vide
carlos.martin at urv.net


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