Brendan Costello

Brendan Costello is recruiting a fully funded PhD student to join the Sign Language Research Group at the Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language (BCBL) in Donostia–San Sebastián, Spain . The project is part of a new Spanish Research Agency-funded initiative that brings together sign language research , computer vision , artificial intelligence , pose estimation , and motion capture . The work aims to analyze sign language data and develop tools that improve understanding of how sign languages are structured and represented in the mind. The PhD student will join an international and interdisciplinary team and receive close methodological training, with opportunities to attend conferences and summer schools, plus the possibility of a research stay with international collaborators. Eligibility highlights: the post explicitly welcomes applications from deaf candidates. The announcement does not list additional formal entry requirements in the post text. Funding and timing: the position is fully funded for four years. The flexible starting date is between 1 January and 30 April 2027 . The application deadline is 8 November 2026 . How to apply: read the full information at the linked page and apply via the provided application link before the deadline.