Psychology: Doctoral research fellowship, UiO 1102 views

Department of Psychology has a full-time PhD research fellowship available at the Section of Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience, University of Oslo, Norway. The position is a part of the research project “Rhythm and prediction”.

Duration of the fellowship:

• 3 years.
• Extension into 4^th year can be considered with of 25 % teaching requirements, depending on the competence of the applicant and the needs of the department.
• The fellowship duration may be reduced; if the candidate has previously been employed in a research fellowship position.

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Applicant must have Master’s degree in neuroscience/psychology, or a related field qualifying for admission to the PhD program at the Department of Psychology.
• Applicant must have strong background in cognitive experimental designs, programming in Matlab, processing of electrophysiological signals using EEGLAB or other toolboxes for advanced analysis of EEG signals and advanced statistics.
• Applicant must have prior experience conducting research on neurological or neurosurgical patients and experience with EEG methodology.
• Applicants with grade points A or B on the ECTS scale will be qualified for admission to the PhD program.
• Applicant must have excellent English language skills (written or spoken).
• Applicants are asked to deliver an 8-10 page project description including a progress plan for the PhD period.
• The project is required to be closely related to the Rhythm and prediction project abstract.

Fellowship Value:

• Salary based on salary grade 50-57 (NOK 430 500 – 483 700/a).
• Normally allocated pay grade 50 on appointment (depending on competence).
• Comprehensive PhD program
• Membership in the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund
• Good welfare benefits

Applications:

1. Application letter with a short statement of research interests and how do you relate to the project description.
2. 8-10 page project description
3. Resume (including education, positions and academic work).
4. Copy of Master’s degree certificate
5. Copy of Master’s thesis
6. Complete list of publications and any academic work that the applicant wants to be considered by the evaluation committee.
7. Publications (if available), attach pdf versions and descriptions of applicant’s contributions to them

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