Graduate Fellowships in Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Science

The Center for Theoretical & Mathematical Sciences (CTMS) is pleased to invite applications from Duke Graduate students for a unique interdisciplinary fellowship in Applied Mathematics or Theoretical Science. Fellowships will provide support (stipend and tuition remission) for Spring and Summer 2010. Two fellowships will be awarded at this time. Applications for Summer/Fall 2010 and Spring/Summer 2011 will be announced in early 2010.

The purpose of these fellowships is to support graduate students whose research interests bridge those of faculty advisors in two different disciplines. Applicants may request support for a short term (e.g. one semester) project for which traditional support is not available, or for a more typical thesis-directed project. Applicants must be PhD students.

The critical requirement for the fellowship is that the project establish a link between advisors in different academic departments, one or more of whom will provide mathematical or theoretical expertise and training. It is generally expected that one of the involved supervisors is in a department in Arts & Sciences. Each application requires a cv, a description of the student’s project or research program, and letters of commitment of intellectual support for the specific research program from two faculty members under whose guidance the research and/or training will be performed. No other fellowship, RA-ship or TA support may be held concurrent with this award.

Deadline for applications is November 16, 2009 with award announcements on December 1, 2009 for fellowship support to begin on January 1, 2010. Please apply at Academic Jobs Online https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/Duke/CTMS/245. Faculty members may upload letters of commitment directly to the site. For questions, please contact Jennifer Foreman, jennifer.foreman@duke.edu, (919) 684-8802.