Graduate Fellowships in Linguistics, June 2007

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

The graduate fellowships (all the PhD positions) are open to qualified applicants from all over the world. Naturally, Dutch citizens are also eligible for these fellowships.

The positions will preferentially be filled in one of the following research groups:

• computational linguistics
• neurolinguistics
• language variation and language change

but we shall likewise consider applications in the following areas:

• discourse and communication
• syntax and semantics
• language development through the lifespan

The Center for Language and Cognition Groningen (CLCG) is a research institute within the Faculty of Arts of the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. It embraces all the linguistic research in the faculty. A considerable number of the researchers participate in the Center for Behavioral and Cognitive Neurosciences (BCN), and in the Landelijke Onderzoekschool Taalwetenschap (LOT). Within the CLCG there are six research groups: Syntax/Semantics, Discourse and Communication, Language Variation and Change, Computational Linguistics, Neurolinguistics, and Language and Literacy Development over the Life Span. There are graduate students working in all of these groups.

• 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

Please include in your application letter remarks about how this position fits in your career goals and how you hope to contribute scientifically. Please include in a project sketch how you would interact with the work of the group as it is described in the pages above (the stronger this connection, the better the chance of acceptance). In total we would like to receive:

• a letter of application (see above)
• a project proposal
• your curriculum vitae
• a copy of your diploma together with a list of grades
• a list of publications (if any)
• the names and e-mail addresses of two referees

If you are interested in applying, please send the materials above before the May 1, 2007 to:

CLCG (Positions)
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Postbus 716
9700 AS Groningen
The Netherlands

E-mail: Ms Wyke van der Meer ()

Please note on the envelope and in your letter that you are applying for a fellowship.

See the individual project descriptions for contact persons regarding the project work. Prof. dr. ir. J. Nerbonne () will be pleased to answer your general questions. More details on the projects and on CLCG are to be found on the CLCG-website