The Research Training Group (Graduiertenkolleg)
 
 	METHODS FOR DISCRETE STRUCTURES (MDS)
 	http://www3.math.tu-berlin.de/MDS/
 
 funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) at the three Berlin
 Universities will offer
 
 	a SCHOLARSHIP
 
 for Ph.D. Studies starting January 1, 2012 or later.
 
 The MDS program covers topics at the interface between algorithms,
 combinatorics, geometry, probability, and optimization. The MDS faculty 
 consists of Susanne Albers, Helmut Alt, Stefan Felsner, Martin Groetschel, 
 Martin Grohe, Rolf Moehring, Guenter Rote, Martin Skutella, Tibor Szabo, 
 and Guenter Ziegler.
 
 The scholarships are 1468 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 2012 
 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. Dr. Martin Skutella, Coordinator
 RTG "Methods for Discrete Structures"
 Inst. Mathematics, MA 5-2
 TU Berlin
 D-10623 Berlin, Germany                    
 
 email: martin.skutella@tu-berlin.de
 http://www.math.tu-berlin.de/?79791
 Tel.: +49 - 30 - 314-78654 / -28641             
 Fax:  +49 - 30 - 314-25191
 
 Please send your application before November 15, 2011.
 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.