[Opt-net] PhD studentships - The LANCS Initiative

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            The LANCS Initiative
     Foundational Operational Research: 
        Building Theory for Practice

     http://www.LANCS-Initiative.ac.uk/

        PhD Studentships/Scholarships   
              (see Vacancies)     
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A considerable number of funded PhD positions will be available 
from 2010-2013 in four U.K. universities:

LAncaster, Nottingham, Cardiff and Southampton (LANCS). 

The U.K.'s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
has awarded the LANCS initiative grants to a total of 5.4 million GBP 
to support the development of research capacity in Operational Research 
(OR) at these four collaborating universities. This, together with 
Additional support coming from the universities themselves, means that 
during the period 2008-2013, a 13 million GBP investment will be made. 

The principal aim of LANCS is to strengthen and grow theoretical OR in
the UK with a particular emphasis on deepening our theoretical 
understanding of complex and uncertain real world problem solving 
environments. The initiative focuses on the following research
themes: green logistics and transport, healthcare, discrete and 
nonlinear optimisation, systems to build systems and heuristic 
understanding. LANCS will also undertake an ambitious and far reaching
collaborative research programme of industrial, scientific and public 
outreach to generate maximum academic, commercial and social impact. 

Full funding and fee grants that come from the participant universities
individually will be available to the students. The grants might vary 
depending on the qualifications of an applicant. The required background 
and further details for each applicant will be announced with each 
available position separately by the relevant university. 

Please become a member of the announcement mailing list;

http://lists.cs.nott.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/lancs-announce

to follow the available studentships and refer to the LANCS initiative 
web-site for more details;

http://www.LANCS-Initiative.ac.uk/


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