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ARC funded Laureate HDR Scholarship
PHD ARC Funded Scholarships 21 July 2017
Department of Linguistics
Project Name: How the Brain Creates a Sense of Auditory Space
Project Description
Humans are sensitive to tiny differences in the timing of a sound at each ear (interaural time differences,ITDs), enabling them to determine the location of the sound source. This project asks the question ‘What is the representation of ITDs in the human brain?'. Employing a combination of state-of-the-art brain imaging techniques-magneto-
Other Important Information:
This project is a collaboration as part of an Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship awarded to Professor David McAlpine. The successful candidate will work at Macquarie University with Professor McAlpine and Assoc. Prof. Blake Johnson using MEG and EEG to explore brain function in human listeners. Professor McAlpine's research team, located in Macquarie's Australian Hearing Hub, spans researchers linking data from in vivo recordings in experimental animals with data from neural models, to investigations of human brain function and cochlear implantation. A/Prof. Johnson's research laboratory investigates a broad range of cognitive brain function related to hearing and communication. The project will also involve a collaboration with Dr Hamish lnnes-Brown of the Bionics Institute in Melbourne, combining EEG with fNIRS to assess the utility of this emerging technique for understanding human brain function.
Contact Name:
Professor David McAlpine
Contact Email:
Contact Phone:
This scholarship is available to eligible candidates to undertake either a:
- Research Training Pathway MRes Year 2 Scholarship followed by a possible ARC scholarship for a 3 year PhD. This is referred to as an MRes/PhD 'bundle offer'.
OR
- Direct entry into a 3 year PhD program.
The value and tenure of the scholarship is:
- $26,694 rate listed on ARC website -salaries and stipends 2017
The MRes Year 2 full-time stipend rate is $26,694 per annum (2017 rate) tax exempt
- The PhD full-time stipend rate is $26,694 per annum (in 2017 tax exempt, for up to 3 years (indexed annually)
Applicants will need to complete a HDR Candidature and Scholarship Application Form and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher Degree Research Office. The application form and further information can be found on the Application page.
To be eligible for a scholarship, applicants are expected to have a record of excellent academic performance and preferably, additional relevant research experience and/or peer-reviewed research activity, awards and/or prizes in line with the University's scholarship rating guidelines. Refer to the Rating Scholarship Applicants section for more information about these guidelines. Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer
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Jaime Undurraga
Post-doctoral Researcher
Department of Linguistics | Level 1, Room 1.910
The Australian Hearing Hub, 16 University Avenue
Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia
T: +61 2 9850 7170
M: + 61 4 13161936 | jaime.undurraga@xxxxxxxxx
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