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Germany: PhD Scholarships in Linguistics at the University of Stuttgart
Closing date: May 31, 2006

The graduate programme "Linguistic representations and their interpretation" ("Linguistische Repräsentationen und ihre Interpretation") is pleased to announce the availability of 7 doctoral scholarships. The scholarships will start on September 1st, 2006. The positions are available for 2 years but can be extended to 32 months (or even to 36 months subject to the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft granting extra funding once the third term of funding for the graduate school has run out).

The graduate programme is a structured doctoral programme in linguistics and computational linguistics at the University of Stuttgart.The participating lecturers are: Artemis Alexiadou, Rainer Bäuerle, Gregorz Dogil, Ulrich Heid, Klaus von Heusinger, Hans Kamp, Bernd Möbius, Jürgen Pafel, Christian Rohrer, Hinrich Schütze and Achim Stein.

Information about the projects of the graduate programme can be found on the web under http://www.ims.uni-stuttgart.de/Graduiertenkolleg/index.html  

Applicants for the scholarships should: be no older than 28 years of age; hold a Diplom, an M.A., or an equivalent academic degree; be able to read and understand English and German; be prepared to take an active part in the work of the graduate school. This includes both scientific work (lectures, seminars, workshops, etc.) and organisational work.

Applications are accepted in German and English. Applications should contain:

• a letter of application (no formal requirements);
• the names, addresses, and e-mail addresses of two people who will send a letter of reference. Please, arrange for the two letters of reference to be sent directly to the Director of the programme (see below);
• a Ph.D. dissertation proposal, possibly written after a discussion with your prospective supervisor in the graduate school (the proposal should make reference to one of the projects of the programme);
• a CV including transcript, results of examinations, classes attended.

Applications of women are specifically invited. In the case of similar qualifications, competence, and specific achievements, women will be considered on preferential terms within the framework of the legal possibilities. Handicapped candidates with equivalent qualifications will be given preference.

Applications should be sent electronically to the Director of the programme (currently Jürgen Pafel) - E-Mail: juergen.pafel@ling.uni-stuttgart.de . Applications should be in either WORD- or pdf-format.
Closing date for applications is May 31st, 2006.

Web Address for Applications: http://www.ims.uni-stuttgart.de/Graduiertenkolleg/index.html  

Mailing Address for Applications:
Attn: Dr. Juergen Pafel
Universitaet Stuttgart
Institut fuer Linguistik/Germanistik - Graduiertenkolleg
Keplerstr. 17
Stuttgart 70174
Germany

Contact Information:
Prof. Juergen Pafel
juergen.pafel@ling.uni-stuttgart.de

Tel: +49-711-68583137 (from 4/13/06)