PhD Position in Experimental Psycholinguistics

The Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics (Nijmegen, the Netherlands) is inviting applications for a PhD position in experimental psycholinguistics

The MPI in Nijmegen is a leading research institute, with a stimulating environment and excellent facilities and resources. The institute is entirely devoted to the question of how we acquire, produce, and understand language. The research at the institute is highly multidisciplinary, uniting linguistics, psychology, neuroscience, computer science, and genetics. For further information about our research, please see our website: http://www.mpi.nl

Candidates should have, or shortly expect to obtain, a high quality scientific degree in psychology, cognitive neurosciences, or related areas. Masters degrees involving several months of experience and training on a scientific project will be considered advantageous. We seek exceptional students with a talent and inclination for first class research. Candidates should have excellent written and spoken command of English. Good knowledge of Dutch or German would be advantageous.

The successful candidate will be affiliated with the department Psychology of Language (A. Meyer). The position is available as of 1 September 2016 and is funded for 4 years. The institute provides state-of-the art research facilities, technical support, as well as a conference and travel budget. All students participate in the taught doctoral program of the International Max Planck Research School in Language Sciences (IMPRS).

The Max Planck Society is an equal opportunity employer.

For questions concerning the research program please write to antje.meyer@mpi.nl. To apply please write to evelyn.veen@mpi.nl. Your application should include your CV, the names and e-mail addresses of two referees, and a statement of your research interests (approximately 1000 words), where you describe your research experience and sketch with topic(s) you might want to pursue in your PhD project. For full consideration, applications should be submitted before April 15 2016.