Connectionists: Phd Studentships in London

[Denis Mareschal]

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7 Marie Curie PhD studentships in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Birkbeck, University of London, UK

Funded by the EU Marie Curie Initial Training Networks (ITN)

  Call: FP7-PEOPLE-2010-ITN PART B: Tracking Early Human Development: 
 From Basic Science to Applications


The Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development and affiliated 
laboratories have recently been granted Marie Curie Centre of 
Excellence in Training status by the European Commission. As a result 
of this, 7 3-year fellowships are available for the purposes of 
completing a PhD in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience at Birkbeck 
College, University of London. The PhD studentships are tenable for 
up to 3 years and must be taken up no later than October 2011.

Fellows will be hosted at the Centre for Brain and Cognitive 
Development (CBCD), within the Department of Psychological Sciences, 
Birkbeck College, University of London. Details of the Centre's and 
affiliated lab's activities can be found at www.cbcd.bbk.ac.uk. 
Successful applicants will be required to complete a PhD under the 
supervision of a member of the CBCD faculty and in addition, the PhD 
candidate will be allocated a second supervisor from one of the seven 
associated partners who can provide convergent expertise.


Associated Partners include:

Cognitive Development Centre
Central European University, Budapest, Hungary

Dipartimento di Psicologia
University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Department of Medical Physics and Bioengineering
University College London

Research & Development
Acuity ETS Limited, Reading, UK

Research & Development Baby Care
Proctor & Gamble, Germany

Research & Development
Geodisc Inc. Research & Development

Abbey Home Media Group Ltd



Eligibility conditions

Marie Curie actions carry a number of mobility constraints. 
Successful applicants cannot have resided more than 1 year within the 
last 2 in the UK. We encourage applicants from outside the EU, but 
applicants should be aware that overseas tuition fees are  not 
included in this funding. Other eligibility requirements may apply. 
Excellent English language standards apply for all PhD candidates to 
the CBCD. Successful candidates will be expected to have sufficiently 
high written English skills to undertake the writing of their 
doctoral thesis in English.


Equal Opportunity

Birkbeck is an equal opportunity employer. We particularly encourage 
application from women and recognise the differing life patterns of 
men and women in the work and trainings sectors.


Qualifications

The fellowships are open to truly outstanding candidates who must 
have achieved at least a level of training that would enable them to 
qualify for entry into a PhD programme in their home country. This 
would be a first class or high upper second class degree in 
psychology, neuroscience biomedical engineering, neuroimaging  or 
related areas of research. As the PhD must be completed within the 3 
years of the fellowships we anticipate that successful candidates 
will have already obtained training in relevant research methods 
(e.g., from a masters degree or equivalent training).


Conditions of employment

Successful candidates will be employed as research assistants within 
the Department of Psychological Sciences, Birkbeck, University of 
London. A competitive salary commensurate with the cost of living in 
London will be offered. All payments are determined by the personal 
circumstances and details of actual salary and allowances can be 
obtained on request.

Application procedures

Interested applicants should consult the relevant web pages of the 
CBCD and affiliated Labs first to assess whether their research 
interests and experience match those of relevant possible 
supervisors. You must also apply  to the Department of Psychological 
Sciences PhD program online by following the links on ( 
http://www.bbk.ac.uk/study/phd/psychology/RRRPSYCH.html#how2apply).

When applying, candidates should make it clear on their application 
form that they wish to be considered for a Marie Curie Studentship.

Applications should be submitted not later than Friday 18th March 
2011 . A short list of candidates  will be invited to London for 
interviews approximately 2 to 4 weeks following this date. We will 
continue to consider applications until all 7 positions have been 
filled. We will announce when the position have been filled on the 
CBCD web pages cited above.

Informal enquires can be made to Dr. Natasha Kirkham 
(n.kirkham at bbk.ac.uk) or any potential supervisor who is part of the 
CBCD and affiliated laboratories.

Procedural or administrative enquires regarding the application 
procedures or conditions of employment should be made to the Marie 
Curie Administrator Ms Robin Saunders (r.saunders at bbk.ac.uk).

Those submitting an application should also email Ms Saunders 
following submission to alert the CBCD and confirm that the 
application has been successfully submitted.

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	Professor Denis Mareschal
	Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development
	School of Psychology
	Birkbeck College
	University of London
	Malet St., London
	WC1E 7HX, UK
	tel +44 (0)20 7079-0751/7631-6582 reception: 7631-6207
	fax +44 (0)20 7631-6312
	http://www.bbk.ac.uk/psyc/staff/academic/dmareschal

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