[Opt-net] PhD scholarship available 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 2010 offer 

	One SCHOLARSHIP

for Ph.D. Studies starting June 1, 2010 or later. 

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 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 summer of 2010 
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.