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<p class="Default"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt">The International Research Training Group (IRTG) The Brain in Action - BrainAct, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), invites applications for
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<p class="Default"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt">8 Research Assistants (Doctoral candidates)
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<p class="Default"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt">Salary and benefits are according to a public service position in Germany
<b>(TV-H E 13, 65 %)</b>. The part-time positions are to be staffed starting <b>at the 1st October 2019 or soon thereafter over a maximum period of up to 3 years
</b>and will offer the possibility of further scientific qualification in the frame of the assigned duties.
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<p class="Default"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt">The IRTG BrainAct is a joint doctoral research and training program of two German and three Canadian Universities: University of Giessen; University of Marburg; Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario;
Western University, London, Ontario; and York University, Toronto. Announced positions are to be filled at the Universities of Giessen and Marburg.
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<p class="Default"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt">The IRTG is situated at the Universities of Giessen and Marburg. A significant part of each research project (obligatory: 6 to 12 months) will be performed at the partner sites in Canada. Doctoral
candidates will attend a structured doctoral program including seminar and lecture series and practical courses and will be jointly supervised by German and Canadian researchers. Further information can be found at our website:
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue">www.irtg-brainact.de/</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt">.
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<p class="Default"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt">In the context of the transferred tasks the possibility for independent scientific work is offered, which serves the own scientific qualification. The time limit is based on § 2 para. 1 sentence
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<p class="Default"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt">The key goal of the IRTG is to deepen the understanding of the neural systems and processes that underlie perception and action in everyday living. Research will focus on action control in natural
environments, multisensory perception for action, representation of action-space, or predictive mechanisms in action. We apply a variety of re-search methods, such as tracking of eye- and hand-movements, virtual reality, neurophysiology, EEG or fMRI.
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<p class="Default"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt">A completed academic degree (diploma, master or equivalent) in the field of biomedical, life and natural sciences including psychology is required.
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<p class="Default"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt">We support women and strongly encourage them to apply. In areas where women are under-represented, female applicants will be preferred in case of equal qualifications. Applicants with children are
welcome – Philipps-University is certified as a family-friendly university. Sharing a full-time position (§ 8 Abs. 2 S. 1 HGlG) as well as a reduction of working time is possible. Applicants with a disability as described in SGB IX (§ 2 Abs. 2, 3) will be
preferred in case of equal qualifications. Application and interview costs cannot be refunded.
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<p class="Default"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt">Please send your application (including a statement of purpose (in English, no longer than three pages), curriculum vitae (in English), two recent letters of reference (in English or German),
copies of earned degrees including copy of higher education entrance qualification (in English or German) with the registration number fb13-0019-wmz-2019 by June 07, by mail to Philipps-Universitaet Marburg, Dept. Neurophysics, Sigrid Thomas, Karl-von-Frisch-Strasse
8a, D-35043 Marburg, Germany or electronically as a single pdf-document to thomas@staff.uni-marburg.de.
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">Informal inquiries can be sent to Katja Fiehler (<a href="mailto:katja.fiehler@psychol.uni-giessen.de">katja.fiehler@psychol.uni-giessen.de</a>) or Frank Bremmer (<a href="mailto:frank.bremmer@physik.uni-marburg.de">frank.bremmer@physik.uni-marburg.de</a>),
the speakers of the IRTG.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">Katja will be at VSS and available to talk to interested candidates.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:DE">Prof. Katja Fiehler<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:DE">Justus-Liebig University Giessen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE">Experimental Psychology „Perception and Action“ group<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:DE">D-35394 Giessen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE">Email: </span>
<span style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><a href="mailto:katja.fiehler@psychol.uni-giessen.de"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#0563C1">katja.fiehler@psychol.uni-giessen.de</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE">Fon: 0049 (641) 9926144<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE">Speaker of the International Graduate School IRTG „The Brain in Action“
</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><a href="http://www.IRTG-BrainAct.de"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#0563C1">www.IRTG-BrainAct.de</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE">Co-director of the Center for Mind, Brain, and Behavior (CMBB)
</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><a href="http://www.cmbb-fcmh.de/"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#0563C1">www.cmbb-fcmh.de</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">Member of the research counsil of the Research Campus Central Hessen (FCMH)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE">
</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><a href="http://www.fcmh.de/"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#0563C1">www.fcmh.de</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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