Tasks

The candidate is required to finish a dissertation within the contract period.

Requirements

MA in linguistics (or equivalent), obtained no longer than five years ago.

Further information

Further information can be obtained from the managing director of the research institute dr. Els Verheugd-Daatzelaar, phone +31.20.525.2543, e-mail: E.A.B.M.Verheugd-Daatzelaar@uva.nl .

Appointment

The PhD candidate at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Amsterdam will be appointed for 4 years for 0,8 fte under de terms of the employment currently valid for the Faculty. In the first instance, a contract will be given for 16 months, with an extension for the following 32 months on the basis of a positive evaluation.

The salary for the position (on a full-time base) will be € 2042 during the first year (gross per month) and will reach € 2612 during the fourth year, in accordance with the CAO for Dutch universities.

Job application

The PhD proposal should fit within the ACLC research programme The Language Blueprint, preferably also within the research focus area Learnability. Proposals furthermore focusing on foreign languages taught at the University of Amsterdam are specifically invited. Your research proposal should follow the guidelines available at the ACLC website.

You can apply for one of the PhD positions to be filled per September 1st 2012, by submitting your own proposal before Tuesday January 17th 2012 (January 16th 23:59 at the latest). Submissions of a proposal should be sent to the director of the ACLC, prof. dr P.C. Hengeveld. They should be submitted electronically to the address aclc-fgw@uva.nl. Applications received after this date or those that are incomplete will not be taken into consideration.

The ACLC website provides further information on how to submit your proposal (see www.hum.uva.nl/aclc under Vacancies).