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ESR position at MPI
The Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics (MPI) invites applications for an Early Stage Researcher (ESR) position as research scholars (PhD) in language technology (linguistic infrastructures, interoperability, standards and semantic web).
The 3-year position involve participation in the EU project CLARA – Common Language Resources and their Applications, which is a Marie Curie Initial Training Network receiving funding from the European Commission’s 7thFramework Programme. Also see:
The specific position involve participation in the CLARA sub project Designing and Testing Common Infrastructures, which is lead by the MPI. The overall aim of the sub project is the design of the next generation of common language resource infrastructures and its advanced components on which future linguistic research will be based.
The successful candidate will be offered enrollment in a PhD program at a related university. The candidate will be given joint PhD supervision by the MPI and academic staff at the related university.
Applicants should hold a strong university degree (Masters/diploma or equivalent) which would entitle them to embark on a PhD project in a relevant discipline, and should be in the first four years of their research careers. Students who are completing their master’s degree during the current semester, with the intention of starting the doctoral position in the summer semester 2010, are also invited to apply. The qualifying education must be completed before enrolment in the PhD programme. We expect the successful applicant to take up their ESR position with immediate effect.
The salary of an ESR position is roughly EUR 27,000 per year. The income is taxable and all compulsory deductions under national law will be made. There are additional mobility and travel allowances (yearly allowance). There is a budget to cover participation costs, such as attendance at CLARA events abroad. Women are particularly encouraged to apply.
For further information about the available position (including salary enquiries) and project, please contact Jacquelijn Ringersma.
Applications should be submitted via e-mail to Jacquelijn Ringersma:
jacquelijn.ringersma@mpi.nl
Application deadline: July31, 2010.
Before applying for one of these positions, please read thoroughly the full call at the CLARA website

