Organisatie
Since its foundation in 1614, the University of Groningen has enjoyed an international reputation as a dynamic and innovative centre of higher
education offering high-quality teaching and research. Balanced study and
career paths in a wide variety of disciplines encourage the 27,000
students and researchers to develop their own individual talents.
Belonging to the best research universities in Europe and joining forces
with prestigeous partner universities and networks, the University of
Groningen is truly an international place of knowledge.
Functieomschrijving
The PhD/postdoc positions are part of the NWO-funded Vici research project
"The age effect in bilingual development: grammatical gender in second
language acquisition and first language attrition", awarded to Dr. Monika
S. Schmid. The program examines to what extent second language learners
can attain fully native-like representations of grammatical gender, and
what the role of their own language background and the age at which they
started acquiring the L2 is in this respect. In order to shed more light
on this question, migrants who have lived in an environment where a
non-gender language is spoken are also investigated. The project will
employ neurocognitive experimental techniques (ERPs and eyetracking) as
well as more traditional behavioral measures (grammaticality judgments and
free speech).
Additional information as well as a complete description of the project
and the PhD/Postdoc subprojects, can be obtained from the principal
investigator or secretary CLGC.
Functie-eisen
Master's degree (preferably a Research Master) in (Neuro-/Psycho-/
Applied/ General) Linguistics, Psychology, or a related field for the PhD
positions/PhD in one of these disciplines for a postdoc position
excellent record of undergraduate and Master's level study
native or near-native speaker of Dutch or German and excellent command of
English
ability to work in a research team
ability or willingness to learn to apply experimental methods is an
advantage.
Arbeidsvoorwaarden
The University of Groningen offers the four PhD's a salary of € 2,042
gross per month in the first year to € 2,612 gross per month in the fourth
year (figures based on full employment). The full-time appointment is
temporary for a specified period of four years.
The University of Groningen offers the postdoc a starting salary from €
3,195 (scale 11.0) to € 3,422 (scale 11.3) gross per month in the third
year, an 8% holiday allowance per annum and an end of the year bonus
(8,3%) for a full-time position. The position will provide funding for
three years (1,0 fte).
Interviews will take place as soon as possible after the application
deadline.
The University provides a career advisory service for partners of new
staff who move to Groningen.
The university is an equal opportunities employer. Because women are still
underrepresented in a number of fields, they are particularly encouraged
to apply.
Start date: 1 January 2011.
Affiliation
The PhD candidate will be affiliated with the 'Language and Literacy
Development across the Lifespan' group from the Center for Language and
Cognition Groningen (CLCG) at the Faculty of Arts of the University of
Groningen. This institute embraces all the Linguistics research in the
faculty. The PhD candidate will be enrolled in the research training
programme of the Graduate School for the Humanities.
The position requires residence in Groningen, 38 hours/week research and
research training, and must result in a PhD dissertation. After the first
year there will be an assessment of the candidates' results and the
progress of the project to decide whether the employment will be
continued.
We would like to receive your letter of motivation in English accompanied
by a curriculum vitae, a copy of diplomas and a list of grades, a list of
publications (if applicable) and the names and e-mail addresses of two
academic referees.
Informatie
Voor informatie kunt u contact opnemen met:
Dr Monika Schmid, principal investigator, +31 50 3632063, m.s.schmid@rug.nl
Ms Wyke van der Meer, CLCG secretary, +31 50 3635806, w.a.van.der.meer@rug.nl
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