The Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science (RuCCS) announces the
availability of pre- and post-doctoral fellowships, funded through
an NIH National Research Service Award program recently awarded to
RuCCS. The program is designed to afford unique opportunities for
interdisciplinary research training in the Center's strengths of
language and vision at both the graduate and post-doctoral level.
GRADUATE fellowships are available to students enrolled in a
Ph.D. program in one of the participating departments who pursue an
interdisciplinary program of studies leading to the center's
Certificate in Cognitive Science. The program provides a
structured way for students to carry out research in Cognitive
Science with guidance from relevant faculty advisors and share
those results with an interdisciplinary student community and the
general university research community. One of its requirements is
to complete and present an independent research project that will
provide breadth of experience outside of the methodologies
typically used in the student's home discipline.
For more information on the Rutgers NRSA graduate program
visit: http://ruccs.rutgers.edu/NRSA.html and links located there.
(we also supply an address and phone below). In brief, students
interested in pursuing interdisciplinary doctoral studies should
both apply for admission to the Ph.D. program in one of the
participating departments (primarily Psychology, Linguistics,
Computer Science and Philosophy, though also applicable in selected
programs in the School of Library and Information Science,
Biomedical Engineering and other related degree-granting
departments) and, by January 15, 1999, declare their interest in
Cognitive Science to RuCCS.
POST-DOCTORAL fellowships provide opportunities for recent,
and occasionally somewhat more senior Ph.D.s, to obtain training in
an allied field of Cognitive Science. Preference will be given to
applicants whose background fits with the areas of specialization
of the Center and who wish to work with any member of the
current faculty affiliated with the Center who would act as their
sponsor for the term of the fellowship. Moreover, in keeping with
the interdisciplinary focus, fellowships will be awarded
preferentially for work in a field different from the one in which
the candidate obtained his or her graduate degree.
For more information on the Rutgers NRSA post-doctoral program
visit: http://ruccs.rutgers.edu/NRSA-postdoc.html and links located
there.
RuCCS is concerned with coordinating research activities in
Cognitive Science throughout Rutgers University. It hosts special
seminars and laboratory research; it sponsors colloquium series in
language, in vision and in Cognitive Science; and it provides the
facilities to enable researchers to interact fully and freely with
each other as well as with other external researchers and
industrial laboratories. For more information, contact:
Director, NRSA Training Program,
Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science,
Psych Bldg Addition, Busch Campus
Rutgers University - New Brunswick
152 Frelinghuysen Road
Piscataway, NJ 08854-8020
(732)-445-0635 FAX: (732)-445-6715
http://ruccs.rutgers.edu/