Back to the main Announcements page.
Announcements may be submitted here.

Predoctoral Employment Opportunities

Funded PhD Studentships for 2013 - Plymouth University, UK
 4 Fully-Funded PhD Studentships in Psychology - Plymouth University, UK
 Cognitive Science Ph.D. program at Tufts University
NEW GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM IN PSYCHOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE
Cornell University introduces the 6-Year Dual PhD/JD Program in Developmental Psychology and Law

Funded PhD Studentships for 2013 - Plymouth University, UK

Continuing our programme, started in 2012, the school will be awarding four fully-funded PhD studentships, to start in October 2013. http://psychology.plymouth.ac.uk/research/funded-phd-studentships-2013/

Below are indicative project titles offered by members of staff. Potential students can apply for other related projects which are not on this list with the agreement of the member of staff. So, if you have an idea of your own, we will consider your application if you have first established contact and agreement with a member of staff.

Four projects will be funded. The academic record of the applicant and quality of the application will influence the appointment process.

Applying

General information about applying for a research degree at the University of Plymouth and application forms are available on the UP website, or by contacting Miss Catherine Johnson.

The closing date for applications is 12 noon on Thursday 18 April 2013.

Shortlisted candidates will be invited for interview. We regret that we may not be able to respond to all applications. Applicants who have not been contacted by the end of April should consider their application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Interviews will take place on the 9 May. Alternative arrangements will be made for an applicant who has an exam on that day.

Project Titles and Faculty - For more information contact the listed faculty member

4 Fully-Funded PhD Studentships in Psychology - Plymouth University, UK

Applications are invited for four, 3-year PhD studentships, funded by the School of Psychology. The studentships will commence 1 October 2012.

Projects Available

One studentship will be on Human Associative Learning, supervised by Professor Chris Mitchell. Three further studentships will be available in any specialist areas of research supported by the School. Indicative PhD topics include visual perception, decision-making in medical and social contexts, mental imagery, embodied cognition and language, memory in children and adults, road safety, mechanisms of psychotherapy, and cultural differences in cognition. For a full list of proposed PhD topics and supervisors, please visit: http://psychology.plymouth.ac.uk/research/funded-phd-studentships/

School of Psychology

Successful applicants will be part of a large, vibrant, highly collaborative, interdisciplinary community. In the 2008 RAE 34.5 members of staff from the School were submitted, making Plymouth the 12th largest research School of Psychology in the UK. 85% of our research was rated at international standard. Our PhD students are members of the Plymouth University Doctoral Training Centre in Social Sciences, which provides interdisciplinary training and networking opportunities for around 160 doctoral students.

Research in the School of Psychology is organised around the University Research Centre encompassing research excellence in Cognitive Neuroscience, Vision and Action, Social Psychology, Language Development, Thinking and Reasoning, Memory and Imagery, Health and Well Being, and Human Factors. State-of-the art facilities include high-density, 64- and 128-channels of active EEG electrodes (passive amplification also available), TMS with stereotactic guidance, eye- and motor-tracking, neuro-computational modelling, and fMRI with multi-channel head coil.

For details of the School's research activity, please visit http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/cbcb

Plymouth has often been voted 'best place to live in Britain', and has many exciting cultural and student activities, with beautiful surrounding countryside and coastline.

Eligibility

Applicants should be highly motivated and have (at least) a first or upper second class honours degree in psychology, neuroscience, cognitive science, or related discipline. A relevant MSc or MRes qualification is desirable. Applicants must have excellent research skills and excellent communication skills.

The studentships have a duration of 3 years and include full Home/EU tuition fees plus a research training support grant of £750 and stipend of £13,590 per annum. The studentships will only fully fund applicants who are eligible for Home/EU fees. Applicants normally required to cover overseas fees will have to cover the difference between the Home/EU and the overseas tuition fee rates (approximately £9,500 per annum).

If you wish to discuss this project further informally, please contact potential supervisors directly. For general enquiries about doctoral study in the School of Psychology, please contact Professor Jackie Andrade (pgcoordinator@psy.plymouth.ac.uk). However, applications must be made in accordance with the details shown below.

For an application form and full details on how to apply, please visit http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/postgraduate. Applicants should send a completed application form along with a covering letter detailing their suitability for the studentship to Catherine Johnson, Faculty of Science and Technology Research Office, A108 Portland Square, Plymouth PL4 8AA or e-mail catherine.johnson@plymouth.ac.uk.

The closing date for applications is 12 noon on Friday 13 April 2012. Shortlisted candidates will be invited for interview. We regret that we may not be able to respond to all applications. Applicants who have not received an offer of a place by the end of May should consider their application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

PROJECT TOPICS AND SUPERVISORS

The psychology of human associative learning: Prof Chris Mitchell
Visual perception and the detection of cancer in mammograms: Dr William Simpson
Remembering the Past and Imagining the Future: Dr Catherine Deeprose
Children's false memories: Dr Marina Wimmer
Medical decision-making in children and adolescents: Dr Michaela Gummerum
Neuropsychological study of embodied language: Dr Jeremy Goslin
Embodied cognition: affordance and the mirror neurone system: Prof Rob Ellis
Is Theory of Mind based on imagery of another person's visual perspective? Dr Patric Bach
Human Brain Basis of Mental Simulation for Decisions about Memory: Dr Haline Schendan
Mental Imagery and Motivation: Prof Jon May
Understanding the relationship between driver characteristics and road safety: Dr Liz Hellier
Modulating visual mental imagery with neurostimulation: Dr Giorgio Ganis
The neuropsychology of reasoning: Dr Matt Roser
Memory, Forgetting, Inhibition: Prof Tim Perfect
Attributing Causation and Blame: Dr Clare Walsh
Infants' strategies for locating the boundaries between spoken words: Dr Laurence White
Cultural and Situational Influences on Processing Style: Dr Natalie Wyer
An examination of the social organisation of problem-solving meetings in the Plymouth Community Justice Court: Dr Timothy Auburn
What makes all psychotherapies so effective? Dr Ben Whalley

Cognitive Science Ph.D. program at Tufts University

Tufts University is proud to announce the launch of a new multi- and interdisciplinary joint PhD program in cognitive science. Applications for the inaugural Fall 2012 class are accepted immediately. In recent years, Tufts has built up a world-renowned faculty in Cognitive Science, some of whom have been prominent since the beginnings of the field. The new joint Ph.D. program has particular interdisciplinary strength in the area of human language, including theoretical linguistics, psycho- and neurolinguistics, reading and dyslexia, and computational linguistics, and it offers considerable expertise as well in other traditional subareas of cognitive science including animal cognition, human memory, behavioral/cognitive/affective neuroscience, cognitive modeling, robotics, and human-computer interaction. The cognitive science faculty reflects the diversity of methods and research paradigms in the field and includes: Daniel Dennett, Ray Jackendoff, Maryanne Wolf, Calvin Gidney, Phillip Holcomb, Gina Kuperberg, Holly A. Taylor, Robert Cook, Ayanna Thomas, Rich Chechile, Ariel M. Goldberg, Heather Urry, Rob Jacob, Matthias Scheutz, David Hammer, Barbara Brizuela, and Christoph Borgers.

Interested students are encouraged to visit the Program's web page at http://cogsci.tufts.edu which provides detailed information about the application process as well as contact information for cognitive science faculty.

NEW GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM IN PSYCHOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE

The Department of Psychology at the University of Delaware is undergoing a period of growth, inclusive of a new faculty hiring initiative that reflects the arrival of a new department chair, an emphasis on a neuroscience perspective, and cross-program, cross-disciplinary interaction. In connection with this forward momentum and anticipated growth, the department announces a new Department Research Fellowship Program that will fund several incoming students with up to five years of support, providing of four years of support as a Research Fellow and one year of support as a Teaching Fellow or Teaching Assistant.

Our department offers PhD programs in four training areas: Behavioral Neuroscience, Clinical Science, Cognitive Psychology, and Social Psychology. Department Research Fellowships are available to students entering any of the four graduate programs. Priority will be given to applicants whose research interests cut across the research programs of faculty members affiliated with at least two of the four training areas. Fellows will have a primary faculty advisor from one of the four areas and could have secondary research advisors from other areas, fostering interdisciplinary training and research. Fellows and their advisors will be encouraged to pursue predoctoral fellowship funding from NIH or NSF during the course of their graduate training.

Further information about the department, faculty research interests, and graduate training is available at http://www.psych.udel.edu/. Potential applicants should contact prospective faculty advisors to discuss their fit with the Department Research Fellowship Program. Applicants should indicate their interest in being considered as a Department Research Fellow in their personal statements. The statement should identify the faculty advisor(s) the student would be interesting in working with and should include a description of how the research interests of the applicant relate to those of the intended faculty advisor(s).

Cornell University introduces the 6-Year Dual PhD/JD Program in Developmental Psychology and Law

Beginning in the Fall semester of 2012, this rigorous program of study will produce the next generation of scholars who work on the interface between law, psychology and human development. The joint degree will prepare psychology students with legal training necessary for research and teaching in this field, and will provide law students with the research and training skills that are essential to practice and teach scientifically-based law.

Admission
To participate in the dual degree program, students must initially apply to and be accepted by both the Graduate Field of Human Development and the Law School. Admission to one program does not guarantee admission to the other. Note that applications to the PhD/JD program in Developmental Psychology/ Law will be reviewed continuously; however, it is strongly recommended that prospective students apply as early as possible to both schools. To facilitate review of applications, students who intend to apply for dual degree studies should contact the Law, Psychology, and Human Development Program Assistant (lphd@cornell.edu) in advance for further instructions.

Final Application Deadlines
Graduate School: January 1st
Law School: February 1st

Program information
http://www.human.cornell.edu/hd/dual-phd-jd/index.cfm

Contacts
Sadie Hays
Administrative Assistant
Law, Psychology, and Human Development Program
G 95 MVR Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853
Phone: 607.254.1613
Email: lphd@cornell.edu
Law School Admissions Office
226 Myron Taylor Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853
Phone: 607.255.5141
Email: lawadmit@lawschool.cornell.edu

Back to the main Announcements page.
Announcements may be submitted here.