Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Michigan State University (USA): Cognitive Science; Phonetics; Psycholinguistics
Applications are invited for a one-year postdoctoral position in speech perception and spoken word recognition through the College of Communication Arts & Sciences at Michigan State University. The position is funded by a 5-year NSF grant aimed at understanding the role of speech prosody, including pitch, loudness, speech rate and rhythm, to understanding spoken words. […]
PhD or Postdoc Fellowships at the MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology (Leipzig, Germany): Computational Linguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics
At the Department of Linguistics of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology a half time position for a researcher at the PhD or PostDoc level (pay scale EGr. 13TV-L, 50%) is available for 3 years beginning in June 2012 or later. The position is part of the project « The relative frequencies of nouns, pronouns, […]
5 PhD Studentships (fees and support) at Queen Margaret University (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
Queen Margaret University is making funds available to support five PhD students undertaking research in our key research themes. The five studentships are to be allocated as follows: Speech and Hearing Sciences (two studentships) Media, Communication and Culture (two studentships) Psychology (one studentship) Funding will be allocated through one, university-wide competition. Full details are below: […]
PhD studies in Canada: A dilemma for international students
Several African Students would like to complete a PhD programme in Canada. However, it is not that easy. As the following article clearly states, without a real financial support, it is really difficult to complete the programme on time. We have decided to publish this paper because Canadian Universities are becoming more and more attractive to […]
Appel à candidatures 2012: Horizons Francophones « Sciences Fondamentales: Informatique, Mathématiques »
Region émettrice: AFRIQUE CENTRALE ET DES GRANDS-LACS, AFRIQUE DE L’OUEST, OCÉAN INDIEN, INTERNATIONAL Le projet « Horizons francophones » entend renforcer les capacités du corps professoral des pays du Sud dans le domaine de la formation à l’enseignement et à la recherche. Modalités de participation Les candidats doivent être inscrits auprès d’un établissement membre de l’AUF d’une des […]
Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie : Bourses régionales de niveau Master
Date limite pour la réception des dossiers : 1er juillet 2012 (première sélection) et 15 septembre 2012 (deuxième sélection) Les bourses régionales permettent la mobilité d’un étudiant d’un pays vers un autre, pour suivre une formation francophone de master, diplôme d’ingénieur. La liste des formations éligibles à ces bourses locales est indiquée dans la partie « conditions […]
L’Afrique noire est mal partie ! par René Dumont: Appel à communications
Cinquante ans après la publication par René Dumont de « L’Afrique noire est mal partie ! » : Quel Bilan, quelles leçons, quels espoirs 15 et 16 novembre 2012 à Paris Date limite de dépôt des propositions de communications : 1 juillet 2012 La Fondation René Dumont a pris l’initiative, en liaison avec […]
6 PhD fellowships in « Ecological interactions at surfaces and interfaces » (Jena- Germany)
The International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) ´The Exploration of Ecological Interactions with Molecular and Chemical Techniques´ in Jena, Germany, invites applications for 6 PhD fellowships beginning in January 2013. Many key ecological interactions between plants, herbivores, bacteria and fungi occur at different surfaces. These form the boundaries between organisms and their aerial, aquatic, or […]
5 Doctoral Stipends in Social Sciences and Humanities- University of Passau (Germany)
The DFG Research Training Group 1681 ´Privacy. Forms, Functions, Transformations´ is embedded in the Faculty of Humanities and the Faculty of Law at the University of Passau. The Research Training Group is currently offering 5 Doctoral Stipends (Euro 1,200.00 per month) beginning in August 2012 for an initial two-year period of support with a renewal […]
9 PhD Positions in Linguistics: International Doctorate for Experimental Approaches to Language And Brain (IDEALAB)
The Erasmus Mundus PhD Program ´International Doctorate for Experimental Approaches to Language And Brain´ (IDEALAB) offers an outstanding interdisciplinary 3-year doctoral training to its candidates to study structure, processing and foundations of human language integrating interdisciplinary approaches. For this purpose, four European universities and one non-European university provide an intellectual environment for original and independent […]