Deadline: 9 May 2011
Open to: Holders of master’s degree in biology, cognitive neurology, cognitive science, linguistics and psychology or equivalent with a relevant specialization
The University of Salzburg is offering 8 fully funded PhD scholarships in the following interdisciplinary areas: biology, cognitive neurology, cognitive science, linguistics and psychology (clinical, cognitive, developmental and social). Faculty and research projects:
Hubert Haider: psycholinguistics of syntactic processing
Eva Jonas: Neural foundations of mortality awareness and reactance; reactance and perspective taking
Hubert Kerschbaum: sex-dependent differences in stress response and number processing
Wolfgang Klimesch: functional meaning of EEG brain oscillations, sleep and cognition
Gunther Ladurner: dementia (Alzheimers), consciousness in vegetative state
Josef Perner: theory of mind (perspective taking), consciousness, episodic memory
Frank Wilhelm: emotion regulation, stress, neural processes of mental disorders and psychotherapy
Heinz Wimmer: reading and dyslexia
The program will start 1st October 2011 and offers numerous benefits to its students: salary for a period of 3 to 4 years (including health and social insurance), equipped work space, cover of research consumables, specific technological training courses (e.g. fMRI, EEG), presentation, writing and teaching skill training, full funding of congress participation, workshops and international courses, including stays in foreign partner laboratories.
Eligibility
Candidates must hold a master’s degree or equivalent with a relevant specialization in one of the above listed academic areas of the programme at the time of entry. Prior application is possible. The language of the graduate programme (teaching) is English; hence English proficiency is indispensable. The programme strives for equal representation of female PhD students so women are especially encouraged to apply.
Application
Electronic application
Fill in the electronic application form
Print it out (for postal mail)
Submit the application form, CV, and scanned .pdf-documents to dkplus.im@gmail.com
Postal mail
Sign the print out of the application form and the declaration of consent
Send signed application form, CV, and copies of your documents by postal mail
Postal address of the graduate programme:
GC Imaging the Mind
c/o Astrid SattlerUniversity of Salzburg
Department of Psychology
Hellbrunnerstr. 34
5020 Salzburg, Austria
Deadline for application: 9th May 2011
The deadline is met by the electronic application. For postal mail, the date stamped on the envelope must be within the deadline.
Notification of pre-selection: End of May
Interviews for pre-selected applicants: Begining of July
Contact
Speaker: Josef Perner
Department of Psychology & Centre for NeuroCognitive Research
University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstr. 34, 5020 Austria
Email: josef.perner@sbg.ac.at
Deputy Speaker: Hubert Haider
Department of Linguistics & Centre for NeuroCognitive Research
University of Salzburg, Mühlbacherhofweg 6, 5020 Austria
Email: Hubert.Haider@sbg.ac.at
Coordinator: Astrid Sattler
Department of PsychologyUniversity of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstr. 34, 5020 Austria
Tel.:0043 (0)662 8044 5105, Email:dkplus.im@gmail.com
