The International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) on Neuroscience of
Communication: Function, Structure, and Plasticity is based at the Max
Planck Institute (MPI) for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig,
and the University of Leipzig (Germany). The IMPRS also involves the MPI
for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, and the Institute of Cognitive
Neuroscience at University College London, UK. The graduate programme
will start with the Summer Semester 2012 at the University of Leipzig (1
April, 2012).
The IMPRS on Neuroscience of Communication: Function, Structure, and
Plasticity offers a unique interdisciplinary graduate programme to study
the functional, structural, and plastic bases of human communication
through an integrative and interdisciplinary approach. Its overriding
goal is to train PhD students in multidisciplinary aspects involved in
communicative action. Besides behavioural work, the programme draws on
elaborate modern imaging techniques, including a 7-Tesla MRI scanner and
a 306-channel MEG system.
The school invites applications for PhD scholarships.
Successful candidates will be accepted into one of the following four
modules of the school:
(1)Verbal Communication: Language
(2)Foundation of social cognition and emotions
(3)Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical
(4)Methods: Physics of neuroimaging and signal processing.
More information on content, structure, and faculty of the programme can
be found at:
http://imprs-neurocom.mpg.de
Requirement for successful candidates for the PhD programme is a
Master's (or qualified equivalent) degree in disciplines like computer
science, linguistics, neurobiology, neurology, physics, psychiatry,
psychology, or related fields. Candidates near to completion may also
submit applications, indicating the expected date of completion.
Further requirements for successful candidates include:
outstanding academic performance.
excellent oral and written English language skills.
aptitude for original, independent, and creative work.
(desirable) experience conducting research, preferrably with results
published or submitted for publication.
The application must be supported by a degree and school certificate,
academic transcripts, a CV, two names and email addresses of academic
referees willing to support the candidate's application, and a personal
statement explaining the candidate's motivation and reasons for pursuing
a PhD at the IMPRS. Applications should indicate the preferred research
cluster into which the candidate wishes to be accepted.
All admitted students receive financial aid in the form of a scholarship
for the duration of three years. The language of the IMPRS is English.
Visit www.leipzig.de for information on living in Leipzig/Germany, in
the heart of Europe. We seek to increase the number of women in those
areas where they are under-represented and therefore explicitly
encourage women to apply. We are committed to employing more individuals
with disabilities and especially encourage them to apply.
For further information and application details, go to
http://imprs-neurocom.mpg.de or contact
Anne Missbach, Co-ordinator of the IMPRS, at:
e-mail : [log in to unmask]
phone: +49 (0) 341 9940-2261
Applications are to be submitted by completing an application form by 31
January, 2012.
Please use the link on the imprs-website for your application.
Applications open on 1 November, 2011.
We will contact you when your application has been assessed.
Anne Missbach, M.A.
IMPRS Co-ordinator
Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
Stephanstrasse 1a
04103 Leipzig, Germany
Phone: +49 341 9940 2261
mail: [log in to unmask]
http://imprs-neurocom.mpg.de
working time 9 am to 3 pm
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