Dear all,

Please find below information concerning an interdisciplinary 4-year PhD programme that may be of interest to applied probabilists.

Best wishes

Tiziano

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*4-year PhD program in MODELING AND ENGINEERING RISK AND COMPLEXITY (MERC) at SSM, a new School for Advanced Studies of the University of Naples "Federico II"- ITALY*

The Call for Applications for the 4 year PhD Program in Modeling and Engineering Risk and Complexity (*MERC*) of the Scuola Superiore Meridionale (*SSM* is a School for Advanced Studies in Naples) is now out and available at

http://www.ssm.unina.it/en/phd-scholarships-calls-and-procedures/

We are looking for bright and ambitious students from any area of Mathematics, Physics, Science and Engineering to join this exciting PhD program.

*5 + 1 (PA) + 1 (PNRR) fully funded 4-year scholarships are available this year*

Each scholarship includes a stipend of EUR 19,000 (net) per year which is increased by 50% when the student is spending time abroad.

Students are expected to spend at least 9-12 months abroad during their PhD. Each Scholarship also includes approx EUR 4,000 for research costs/travel per year.

Applicants must submit a brief scientific report (description of their MSc thesis work, CV, personal statement and reference letters) following the instructions provided on the website above *by* *no later than August 24th 2022.*

Successful candidates will be announced by the end of September 2022 with courses officially starting on November 2, 2022.

For any further information please contact the PhD Coordinator, Prof Mario di Bernardo, at merc@unina.it or check out the PhD website at:

http://www.ssm.unina.it/en/modeling-and-engineering-risk-eng-and-complexity- merc-eng/