<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear FT community,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Please find below the call for PhD students in Sapienza University of Rome,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Quentin Moreau</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">--</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><font color="#831000" size="4" class=""><b class="">Call for Application for Prospective Ph.D. Students<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><font color="#831000" size="4" class=""><b class="">Code: 16167 - Psychology and Social Neuroscience<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><font color="#831000" class=""><b class=""><font size="4" class="">Research curriculum in Cognitive Social and Affective Neurosciences (CoSAN</font></b></font><font size="4" class="">)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><font color="#831000" class="" style="font-size: 14px;">WHAT</font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">3 three-year funded <b class="">PhD positions in Cognitive, Social and Affective Neuroscience (CoSAN) programme</b> (<a href="https://phd.uniroma1.it/web/pagina.aspx?s=&i=3533&m=&l=EN&p=48&a=" target="_blank" class="">https://phd.uniroma1.it/web/pagina.aspx?s=&i=3533&m=&l=EN&p=48&a=.</a>)<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><b class="">New:</b> CoSAN programme offers, to at least one of the selected candidates, the possibility to achieve a joint PhD degree in agreement with City University, London (UK).<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><b class=""><font color="#831000" class="">WHO</font></b><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><b class="">Highly motivated applicants with a deep interest in systems neuroscience and higher-order cognitive, affective and social functions</b> are encouraged to apply. Preferred Degrees: Psychology, Medicine, Neuroscience, Philosophy, Computational Neuroscience, Computer graphics, Computer Science, Biomedical engineering, Statistics, Mathematics. Computer Programming skills are in particularly high demand.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Applications are invited from candidates who:<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><ul class=""><li class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">hold an <b class="">Italian diploma di laurea</b> / laurea specialistica / laurea magistrale in any discipline,</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">hold <b class="">an equivalent second-level degree </b>(generally equivalent to a Master’s Degree) obtained in any country , in any discipline</span></li><li class=""><b class="" style="font-size: 14px;">expect to receive their degree award by October 31, 2021</b></li></ul><div class=""><br class=""></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><font color="#7c2900" class="" style="font-size: 14px;">WHERE</font></b></p><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><ul class=""><li class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome <a href="http://dippsi.psi.uniroma1.it/" target="_blank" class="">http://dippsi.psi.uniroma1.it</a></span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome <a href="http://www.hsantalucia.it/" target="_blank" class="">http://www.hsantalucia.it</a></span></li></ul><div class=""> </div><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><b class=""><font color="#831000" class="">STIPEND</font></b><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Euro €15.343,28 per year; which includes I.N.P.S. - National Insurance Contributions which fellowship recipients are required to pay (around 11,41%). </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">The amount of the scholarship can be increased by 50% for research periods spent abroad, previously authorized by the Ph.D. Coordinator.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><b class=""><font color="#831000" class="">RESEARCH TOPICS </font></b><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Neural correlates of cognitive, social and affective processes including: </span></p><ul class=""><li class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Bodily and brain correlates of Intergroup processing, stereotype and prejudice</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Bodily paths to lie, deception, corruption, (cyber)bullying</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Neuroleadership</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Joint attention and joint action in healthy and brain damaged people</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Intention, action and emotion understanding</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Pain perception, empathy for pain, existential neuroscience</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Body awareness and Self-Other distinction in healthy, spinal cord injured, brain damaged people</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Body Image Disorders in neurological and psychiatric patients</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Embodiment and agency in Immersive virtual reality</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Brain and beauty</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Interoception</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Autism</span></li></ul><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span><div class=""><br class=""></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><b class=""><font color="#831000" class="">RESEARCH TECHNIQUES </font></b></span></p><ul class=""><li class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Non Invasive Brain Stimulation</span></li><ul class=""><li class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Transcranial electric Stimulation (tDCS, tACS)</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Functional Ultrasound Imaging</span></li></ul><li class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Electroencephalography (EEG), including:</span></li><ul class=""><li class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Somatosensory Evoked Potentials (SEP)</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Laser Evoked Potentials (LEP)</span></li></ul><li class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">fMRI</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Physiological measures</span></li><ul class=""><li class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Electrocardiography (EKG)</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Electrogastrography (EGG)</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Electromyography (EMG)</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Thermal lmaging</span></li></ul><li class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Immersive virtual reality (CAVE and Head mounted display)</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Infrared Eye-tracking and Motion-tracking</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Brain lesion analysis</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Computational Modeling</span></li></ul><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span><div class=""> </div><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#831000" class=""><b class="">SELECTION PROCEDURE</b></font><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Admission is based on an evaluation of the skills and aptitude of the candidate, and the selection procedure includes two steps:<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><b class="">Phase 1.</b> Evaluation of qualifications<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><b class="">Phase 2.</b> On site (or video-conference) interview</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Results and time schedule of the on-site interviews will be available by July the 29th, 2021 </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">On site interviews will be in September 9-10th, 2021 at the Department of Psychology. It is possible, following motivated requests, to conduct Phase 2 interview using video-conferencing facilities.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><b class=""><font color="#831000" class="">APPLICATION DEADLINES</font></b><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">1. Applications must be submitted by <b class="">July 20th, 2021, 02:00 p.m. (CEST)</b><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">2. <b class="">Application fee </b>(€ 35, non-refundable) <b class="">must be payed by July 20th, 2021 at 11.59 p.m. (CEST).</b><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><b class=""><font color="#831000" class="">HOW TO APPLY</font></b><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">General PhD Call: <u class=""></u><u class=""></u><a href="https://www.uniroma1.it/sites/default/files/field_file_allegati/tutorial_inglese_definitivo_37.pdf" target="_blank" class="">https://www.uniroma1.it/sites/default/files/field_file_allegati/tutorial_inglese_definitivo_37.pdf</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Psychology and Social Neuroscience PhD Call: <a href="https://phd.uniroma1.it/web/concorso37.aspx?i=3533&l=EN" target="_blank" class="">https://phd.uniroma1.it/web/concorso37.aspx?i=3533&l=EN</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><br class=""></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><font color="#831000" class="" style="font-size: 14px;">INFO</font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://phd.uniroma1.it/web/pagina.aspx?s=&i=3533&m=&l=EN&p=48&a=" target="_blank" class="" style="font-size: 14px;">https://phd.uniroma1.it/web/pagina.aspx?s=&i=3533&m=&l=EN&p=48&a=</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://agliotilab.org/" target="_blank" class="" style="font-size: 14px;"></a><a href="https://phd.uniroma1.it/web/pagina.aspx?s=&i=3533&m=&l=EN&p=48&a=" target="_blank" class="">http</a>://<a href="http://agliotilab.org/" class="">agliotilab.org/</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://phd.uniroma1.it/web/concorso37.aspx?i=3533&l=EN" target="_blank" class="" style="font-size: 14px;">https://phd.uniroma1.it/web/concorso37.aspx?i=3533&l=EN</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#831000" class=""><b class="">CONTACT INFO</b></font><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Michela La Padula (organizational manager) - <a href="mailto:michela.lapadula@uniroma1.it" target="_blank" class="">michela.lapadula@uniroma1.it</a> (administrative requests)<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Salvatore M. Aglioti or Ilaria Bufalari - <a href="mailto:salvatoremaria.aglioti@uniroma1.it" target="_blank" class="">salvatoremaria.aglioti@uniroma1.it</a> or <a href="mailto:ilaria.bufalari@uniroma1.it" target="_blank" class="">ilaria.bufalari@uniroma1.it </a> (scientific requests)<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><b class=""><font color="#831000" class="">Coordinator of the Psychology and Social Neuroscience PhD Program: </font></b><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Matteo Candidi: <u class=""></u><u class=""></u><a href="mailto:matteo.candidi@uniroma1.it" target="_blank" class="">matteo.candidi@uniroma1.it</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><b class=""><font color="#831000" class="">Coordinator of the CoSAN Curriculum</font></b><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Salvatore Maria Aglioti, Director of the Social and Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Sapienza University of Rome: </span><a href="mailto:salvatoremaria.aglioti@uniroma1.it" class="">salvatoremaria.aglioti@uniroma1.it</a></span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div><br><br><div dir="ltr">Quentin Moreau</div></body></html>