[Opt-net] Scholarships for PhD students in Berlin

[Martin Skutella]

The Research Training Group (Graduiertenkolleg)

	METHODS FOR DISCRETE STRUCTURES
         http://www.math.tu-berlin.de/MDS/

funded by the German Science Foundation (DFG) at the three Berlin  
Universities will in 2009 offer

	SIX SCHOLARSHIPS

for Ph.D. Studies starting October 2009 or later.
We will review applications and grant scholarships after the dates/ 
deadlines

         February 15,  April 15  and  June 30, 2009.

The scholarships are 1350 EUR (tax-free) per month - according to DFG  
rules.
They are usually granted as 2-year fellowships, extendible by a third  
year.

The scientific program of the MDS program treats combinatorics and  
discrete mathematics broadly,
with an emphasis on diverse mathematical methods, such as

     Geometric Methods
     Algorithmic Methods
     Graph Methods
     Topological Methods
     Enumeration Methods
     Probabilistic Methods.

The MDS program is a joint initiative of scientists at the three major  
Berlin universities,

     Freie Universität Berlin (FU),
     Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU), and
     Technische Universität Berlin (TU).

Its faculty consists of

     Prof. Martin Aigner  (FU),
     Prof. Helmut Alt  (FU),
     Prof. Stefan Felsner  (TU),
     Prof. Martin Grötschel  (TU/ZIB, associated),
     Prof. Martin Grohe  (HU),
     Prof. Rolf Möhring  (TU),
     Prof. Günter Rote  (FU),
     Prof. Mathias Schacht  (HU),
     Prof. Martin Skutella  (TU), and
     Prof. Günter M. Ziegler  (TU, coordinator)

as well as adjoint and junior faculty.

The MDS course program consists of the Monday Afternoon Colloquium  
lectures, block courses, summer schools,
regular predoc programs, etc. - all this in a very lively Berlin  
discrete mathematics context,
which also includes the DFG Research Center MATHEON (http://www.matheon.de 
).

The RTG "Methods for Discrete Structures" is also a registered unit  
for the "Phase II" part of
BERLIN MATHEMATICAL SCHOOL (http://www.math-berlin.de),
the joint international graduate program of the three major Berlin  
universities - which has a lot to offer!
Students of the MDS program may apply to be members of the BERLIN  
MATHEMATICAL SCHOOL.

Applicants for Ph.D. scholarships are expected to have a Diploma/ 
Master's degree or equivalent, usually
in Mathematics or Computer Science. Applications for scholarships  
starting in the fall of 2009
consisting of

     - letter of application
     - curriculum vitae
     - Diplom/masters' thesis
     - proposal for possible thesis topic
     - recommendation letter by thesis advisor
       (to be sent directly to us)

should be directed to

   Prof. Günter M. Ziegler, Coordinator
   RTG "Methods for Discrete Structures"
   Inst. Mathematics, MA 6-2
   TU Berlin
   D-10623 Berlin, Germany

   email: ziegler at math.tu-berlin.de
   http://www.math.tu-berlin.de/~ziegler
   Tel.: +49 - 30 - 314-25730
   Fax:  +49 - 30 - 314-21269

Applications by email are welcome.
If you have applied to BERLIN MATHEMATICAL SCHOOL Phase II, then  
please just inform us about this -
there is no need to submit your materials again.