Psychology Career Development Studentships 2009 - Univ. of Edinburgh, UK

Details of Studentship
A minimum of four Career Development Studentships are available offered by Psychology within the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences

Career Development Studentships are designed to provide students with teaching experience, training, and other career development opportunities. A stipend of £10,000 per annum will be provided in addition to tuition fees at the Home/EU level and additional programme costs of £600 per annum. The studentships will start in September 2009.


Research Topics

Applications are welcomed from candidates pursuing research in line with the following topics/research areas:

• The Psychology of Individual Differences
• Developmental Psychology
• Social Psychology
• Visual Cognition
• Psycholinguistics
• History of Psychology
• Cognitive Psychology
• Neuropsychology

Eligibility

Candidates should have an academic background in Psychologin, holding (or expecting to hold by September 2009) a postgraduate Masters level qualification or equivalent and be eligible to apply for PhD level study at the University of Edinburgh. Students entering the second year of their PhD Psychology programme at the University of Edinburgh are also encouraged to apply.

Both International and Home/EU students are eligible to apply although please note that the tuition fees provided in the studentships are at Home/EU level only.


Application Procedure

Candidates are invited to apply through the University of Edinburgh online application system (EUCLID), please ensure that you note your intention to apply for this studentship under the funding secont of the application form. When you submit your application, please email pplspg@ed.ac.uk to indicate that you have done so.

Guidance on supporting documentation can be found on our Prospective Students webpage.


Apply online: PhD Psychology
(http://www.ed.ac.uk/studying/postgraduate/finder/details.php?id=297) 


If you have already submitted an application for PhD Psychology and would like to be considered for these studentships, please email pplspg@ed.ac.uk to register your interest.

If you are a student entering the second year of the PhD Psychology programme in 2010 and would like to be considered for these studentships, please email a personal statement and supporting statement/reference from your principal supervisor to pplspg@ed.ac.uk

Deadline for application is Friday 10th July 2009


Selection Process

Short listed candidates will be invited to attend an interview at the University of Edinburgh.

Successful candidates will be informed by Friday 14th August 2009

The studentships will begin in September 2009.

Source: http://www.ppls.ed.ac.uk/postgraduate/CareerDevStudentship.html#Details