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<p class="docdata" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Dear Colleague,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The
<b>Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria)</b> is looking for highly qualified candidates to apply for our ISTScholar PhD program. We offer
<b>fully-funded PhD positions</b> in the natural and mathematical sciences in a world-class research environment on the outskirts of Vienna. The research topics that might interest students in your department include:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><a href="https://phd.pages.ist.ac.at/mathematics/"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Mathematics</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;tab-stops:81.0pt">- <a href="http://ist.ac.at/research/research-groups/barton-group/">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Barton</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><span style="mso-tab-count:1">                
</span>Mathematical Models of Evolution<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><a href="https://ist.ac.at/research/research-groups/browning-group/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Browning</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><span style="mso-tab-count:1">            
</span>Analytic Number Theory and its Interfaces</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;tab-stops:81.0pt">- <a href="http://ist.ac.at/research/research-groups/edelsbrunner-group/">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Edelsbrunner</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><span style="mso-tab-count:1">    
</span>Algorithms, Computational Geometry and Topology</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;tab-stops:81.0pt">- <a href="http://ist.ac.at/research/research-groups/erdoes-group/">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Erdõs</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><span style="mso-tab-count:1">                  
</span>Mathematics of Disordered Quantum Systems and Matrices</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;tab-stops:81.0pt">- <a href="http://ist.ac.at/research/research-groups/fischer-group/">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Fischer</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><span style="mso-tab-count:1">                
</span>Theory of Partial Differential Equations, Applied and Numerical Analysis</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;tab-stops:81.0pt">- <a href="http://ist.ac.at/research/research-groups/hausel-group/">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Hausel</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><span style="mso-tab-count:1">                
</span>Geometry and its Interfaces</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;tab-stops:81.0pt">- <a href="http://ist.ac.at/research/research-groups/maas-group/">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Maas</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><span style="mso-tab-count:1">                   
</span>Stochastic Analysis and Optimal Transport<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;tab-stops:81.0pt">- <a href="http://ist.ac.at/research/research-groups/seiringer-group/">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Seiringer</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><span style="mso-tab-count:1">             
</span>Quantum Statistical Mechanics, Mathematical Physics</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;tab-stops:81.0pt">- <a href="http://ist.ac.at/research/research-groups/wagner-group/">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Wagner</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><span style="mso-tab-count:1">              
</span>Discrete and Computational Geometry and Topology</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Our <a href="https://phd.pages.ist.ac.at/phd-program-overview/">
PhD program</a> is characterized by innovative training with a special focus on interdisciplinarity, close mentoring by
<a href="http://ist.ac.at/research/research-groups/">outstanding faculty</a> within small research groups, and access to
<a href="http://ist.ac.at/ssus/list-of-facilities/">first-rate facilities</a>. Students spend the first year completing coursework and rotations before choosing a thesis group and passing the qualifying exam. Our PhD graduates have gone on to top positions
 in academia and industry all over the world.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Students with a
<b>bachelor’s</b> <b>or</b> <b>master’s</b> degree in a relevant field are encouraged to apply. We offer
<b>internationally competitive salaries</b> co-funded by an EU Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant, full health benefits, and subsidized on-campus housing in the first year.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For more information about the ISTScholar PhD program and application process, as well as faculty profiles, please visit our website at
<a href="http://phd.ist.ac.at">http://phd.ist.ac.at</a>, or come to our <b>Student Open Day on November 30<sup>th</sup>
</b>(register at: <a href="http://ist.ac.at/studentopenday">http://ist.ac.at/studentopenday</a>).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>The deadline for PhD applications is January 8<sup>th</sup> 2019 for a start date in September 2019</b>.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Yours sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Nick Barton</b><br>
Dean, Graduate School<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Institute of Science and Technology Austria<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:gradschool@ist.ac.at">gradschool@ist.ac.at</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes">Nov 30, 2018 (Friday)
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<p class="MsoNormal">Download our 2019 PhD open call flyers here: <a href="https://phd.pages.ist.ac.at/downloads/">
https://phd.pages.ist.ac.at/downloads/</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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