Scholarships in the project
"Secant varieties, computational complexity, and toric degenerations"

The project is realised within the Homing Plus programme of Foundation for Polish Science, cofinanced from European Union, Regional Development Fund.

Remark:

Web page the project:

• Each scholarship is 1000zł per month in the period from May 2012 to April 2013 (2 scholarships) and May 2013 to April 2014 (2 scholarships).
• In addition, a small travel allowance will be available for conference and workshop participation.
• The student receiving scholarship must write his Master thesis under the supervision of dr Jarosław Buczyński, and is expected to finish the thesis around June 2013 or 2014, respectively.
• The Master thesis must be related to one of the topics of the project.
• The scholarships are awarded for students who win an open competition.
• The scholarship cannot be paid after the student defends his thesis.

• The student must be completing a level-two university course or has completed the third year of a unified Master's course, and must send his application (see below) by e-mail to J. Buczyński, jabu@mimuw.edu.pl.
• The selection of the candidates will be performed by a commission consisting of: dr Jaroslaw Buczyński, prof. Adrian Langer, prof. Jarosław Wiśniewski.
• Based on the applications a commission will choose up to four best candidates.
• Those best candidates will be invited for an interview. After the interview the commission will choose up to two students to participate in the project.
• Another call will be open in Spring 2013.

• basic personal data (including name(s), surname, date of birth, e-mail, contact telephone number)
• detailed information about candidate's studies (date of commencement, department(s), advanced lectures attended by the candidate)
• detailed information about candidate's scientific achievements (average mark from previous academic years, marks of last term (semester), basic informations about BSc thesis (praca licencjacka), awards and distinctions, scholarships etc.)
• a brief description of candidate's mathematical interests, explaining in particular his interest in the project.
• The candidate should also arrange a recommendation letter of a mathematician of his choice to be e-mailed directly to J. Buczyński, jabu@mimuw.edu.pl.
• The candidate should prepare a brief (~15min) blackboard presentation on a mathematical subject of his choice.
• All the documents above must be submited in Polish or in English.

• Only applications received on or before Saturday, April 14, 2012 will be considered.
• The interviews will be held on Tue April 17th, 10:00-12:00, and if necessary also on Wed April 18th after 12:00. During the interview each candidate chosen by the commission will give the 15min talk he prepared, and will be asked some easy questions about the mathematical interests of the candidate indicated in the application form, especially those that are the most relevant to the project.