<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Dear all</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Positions for 15 early stage researchers (doctoral students) are offered in a project aiming to develop and apply new brain research methods to study normal and atypical cognitive development of children. Applicants from all relevant academic disciplines are encouraged to apply, including cognitive neuroscience, computer science, educational sciences, engineering, medicine, mathematics, psychology, physics, statistics, and related disciplines. The selected doctoral students will enroll in the graduate school of the host institution and work towards their PhD.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">The multidisciplinary ChildBrain (Advancing brain research in children’s developmental neurocognitive disorders) project is funded by the Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie action of the European Union. It is part of the Innovative Training Network (ITN) actions.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">The positions are open at five top ranked academic institutions and three innovative companies in PhD projects under three broader themes of neurocognitive disorders, brain development and brain research methods (see project descriptions at <a href="http://www.childbrain.eu" style="color: purple;">www.childbrain.eu</a>).<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">The academic and private sector partners will offer the students project-specific research, scientific collaboration, secondments, workshops and courses on scientific and entrepreneurial skills, as well as excellent supervision. Salaries are competitive (please see details under specific ESR projects).<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><u>Successful applicants should </u>have a degree that allows a direct entry into doctoral studies and less than 4 years of experience in research; and not have lived more than 12 months during the last 3 years in the country where doctoral studies are started; this is due to emphasis on mobility in the ITN projects.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Women and men from all countries are encouraged to apply.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Please see details on the projects and how to apply at <a href="http://www.childbrain.eu" style="color: purple;">www.childbrain.eu</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Deadline for the first round of applications is April 30<sup>th</sup> 2015 (June 30<sup>th</sup> 2015 for ESR projects 2, 5, 9 and 11).</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">best regards,</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Robert</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"></div></body></html>