Five calls for postdoc candidates interested in applying for a MSCA Individual Fellowship in Linguistics

Are you interested in doing a postdoc project on multilingualism in an active and productive research environment? Then you should consider applying for a Marie Curie fellowship to join the AcqVA Aurora Centre (Acquisition, Variation & Attrition) at UiT! We have five (!) prolific researchers that may become your MSCA …

RCN Grant to Natalia Mitrofanova

Our very own Natalia Mitrofanova has just been notified that she has been granted approx. 10 mill NOK from the Research Council of Norway for her project proposal MuMin – Multilingual Minds: grammar interaction in multilingual acquisition. The project fits perfectly with the AcqVA Aurora profile (especially Theme 2) and will add another post-doc as …

Job opportunity: Lab Director (Associate Professor) affiliated with the AcqVA Centre

One permanent position as Lab Director at the level of Associate Professor is available in the Department of Language and Culture at UiT – The Arctic University of Norway. The position is affiliated with the AcqVA Aurora Centre  (Language Acquisition, Variation & Attrition): The Dynamic Nature of Languages in the Mind. The AcqVA …

Job opportunity: Professor/Associate Professor in the Cognitive Neuroscience of Bilingualism

Professor/Associate Professor in the Cognitive Neuroscience of Bilingualism One permanent position as Full Professor or Associate Professor is available in the Department of Language and Culture at UiT – The Arctic University of Norway (UiT). The position is affiliated with the AcqVA Aurora Centre: The Dynamic Nature of Languages in the …

Elma Blom receives Vici award

Exiting news! Our new AcqVA Aurora Prof II Elma Blom has just received a Vici award (1.5 mill euros) for her project Mix die taal! Or maybe not? (see more below). Vici is one of the largest grants for individuals in the Netherlands and targets advanced researchers. The funding enables the recipients to set up their own innovative …

4 positions as Postdoctoral Research Fellow/Researcher in Multilingualism

The positions Four Postdoctoral/Researcher positions in Multilingualism are available in the Department of Language and Culture at UiT – The Arctic University of Norway. The positions are affiliated with the AcqVA Aurora Centre (Language Acquisition, Variation & Attrition): The Dynamic Nature of Languages in the Mind. The positions will start no later …

MSCA Funding to Nadine Kolb and Khadij Gharibi

Great news! MSCA results have been announced! Congrats to Nadine Kolb (supervisors, Merete and Jason) for her INPUT project and Khadij Gharibi (supervisors Terje and Jason) for her CLICK project, which are funded. And to Gustavo Guajardo for the LILAC project (supervisors Marit and Jason), which is on the reserve list. Nadine Kolb: INPUT project          …

RCN grants to Terje Lohndal and Björn Lundquist

FANTASTIC NEWS FROM THE RESEARCH COUNCIL OF NORWAY Two research grants (approximately 12 mill NOK each) awarded to AcqVA members Terje and Björn – for the following projects: Terje: Grammatical Gender in Norwegian Dialects: Acquisition, Variation & Change           Björn: Experimental Approaches to Syntactic Optionality Congratulations to …