Fixed-term contract: 48 months.
We offer you in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities:
- a salary of € 2,325 gross per month in the first year, up to a maximum of € 2,972 gross per month in the final year (based on fulltime employment. These PhD positions are 0.9 FTE, for 4 years). The position requires residence in Groningen, and must yield a PhD dissertation
- initially an appointment for 18 months. After the first year, an assessment of the candidate's progress and results will take place to decide whether the employment can be continued.
You will be enrolled in the Graduate School for the Humanities (GSH) of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Groningen. The GSH offers the organizational infrastructure within which PhD candidates participate in advanced training and supervised research: http://www.rug.nl/research/gradschool-humanities/
Start date: 1 September 2019, in principle.
Application
Do you meet our qualification criteria? If yes, your application should include:
1. A cover letter introducing yourself, describing your motivation to conduct scientific research, and locating your research within one of the research groups
2. A full CV demonstrating academic excellence, including publications and presentations (if applicable), and a copy of your passport
3. A certified copy or scan of your MA diploma (or equivalent) and academic record
4. A research proposal, focusing on the central research question to be addressed and the proposed method of approaching and answering this question (1500 words, tables and references excluded). See the guidelines in the following website: https://www.rug.nl/research/gradschool-humanities/phd-programme/phd-admission/format-for-phd-applications
5. Names and contact details of two academic references.
You can submit your entire application (in English) as a single PDF-file until 26 May 11.59pm / before 27 May 2019 Dutch local time (CET), by means of the application form (click on 'Apply' below on the advertisement on the university website). Please upload your entire application as "CV" and include the vacancy number at the start of your application.
Interviews with selected candidates will take place in the second half of June, beginning of July 2019.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our University. We are committed to building a diverse faculty so you are encouraged to apply. Our selection procedure follows the guidelines of the Recruitment code (NVP), https://nvp-plaza.nl/download/?id=7714 and European Commission's European Code of Conduct for recruitment of researchers, https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/charter/code
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