10 PhD Positions in Auditory Neuroscience, LISTEN Consortium, Europe (2017)

Ten three-year PhD positions funded as part of the LISTEN Marie Curie European Training Network, under the European Commission’s H2020 Framework Programme.

The LISTEN training network offers a unique international and interdisciplinary opportunity for young researchers wanting to pursue a PhD in Auditory Neuroscience. The individual projects focus on neural coding of sounds from the cochlea to neocortex in both normal hearing and following hearing loss and cellular mechanisms of tinnitus.

To learn more about this interdisciplinary team formed by leading European auditory laboratories and companies from 7 EU states, please see below for information about the individual projects, requirements, and how to apply.

The Consortium
LISTEN stands for Liaison In Scientific Training for European auditory Neuroscience. This EU funded Marie Curie Innovative Training Network (ITN) is a seven nation Consortium including academic and industrial partners aimed at understanding the mechanisms of hearing loss and the consequences for brain plasticity, and in developing potential therapies. Partners include leading auditory neuroscientists, pharmaceutical and cochlear implant companies. The successful applicant will join a cohort of 10 PhD students selected to participate in this trans-European scientific innovation training programme. International training courses and project secondments will take place in each of the European partner organizations in UK (London & Leicester), the Netherlands (Rotterdam), Spain (Salamanca), Germany (Göttingen & Mainz), France (Montpellier and Paris), Denmark (Snekkersten) and Italy (Milan).

Requirements
- enthusiastic candidate
- MSc. in Neuroscience, Biophysics, Bionanotechnology or related
- good command of English (IELTS grade min. 6.5, or equivalent)
- you should be in the first four years (full-time equivalent research experience) of your research career and not have been awarded a doctoral degree
- you are not eligible for a position in a country where you have lived (or worked, studied, etc.) for more than 12 months in the previous 3 years

Further details:
http://www.listenscience.eu