BIMoS Call for Applications for PhD Fellowships 2017/2018
Two of the main focus areas of Technische Universität Berlin are data science and integrated mathematical modeling, simulation, and optimization. To support this line of research, BIMoS was founded in 2014 as a highly interdisciplinary graduate school at TU Berlin and focuses on data science and data-based modeling and simulation, with applications ranging from life sciences over information technology to engineering. BIMoS provides an internationally highly recognized and vivid research environment within this research area with supervision by an interdisciplinary team and a rich lecture program.
BIMoS offers 6 PhD fellowships for outstanding students holding a master’s degree.
The ideal applicant has experience in the general research area of BIMoS and enjoys working in an interdisciplinary environment.
The fellows are supported monthly with 1,468 Euro.
Beginning of financial support: 1 October 2018
Duration of support: 3 years
Application deadline: 31 December 2017
Please read the application guidelines carefully as these explain the requested documents in more detail:
Application requirements:
Applicants need to send the following documents as a single combined pdf file to office@bimos.tu-berlin.de:
· CV (incl. publications)
· Personal statement
· Exposé of proposed PhD project
· Letter of support of proposed PhD supervisor
· University Transcripts
· Proof of Proficiency in English
Your Curriculum Vitae (tabellarischer Lebenslauf) should list the details of your education to date, together with your personal academic history, including academic credentials, publications, contributions or other significant achievements.
The personal statement (Motivationsschreiben) should be at most two pages long and should describe your academic and career plans as well as your motivation and your scientific interests. When writing your personal statement, please make sure you answer the following questions:
- What are your scientific interests?
- How, where, and when did they develop?
- Which scientific fields are you particularly interested in and why?
- Why do you think BIMoS is the right choice for you?
- Which TUB-Professor would you like to have as your supervisor?
In addition, it is the applicant’s responsibility to ask two scientists to send a letter of recommendation each to office@bimos.tu-berlin.de by January 7th, 2018.
For more information please click "Further Official Information" below.
This opportunity has expired. It was originally published here:
http://www.bimos.tu-berlin.de/menue/bimos_application_phd_fellowships/