The SMART Joint Doctorate focuses on the core areas of natural and engineering sciences relevant to the sustainable management of river systems from their headwaters to estuaries. SMART aims to provide education and research at PhD level by offering a 3-year programme in the framework of the Erasmus Mundus action. It adopts a multidisciplinary, multi-scale approach that integrates relevant aspects of thephysical, chemical and biological sciences, including relevant theory, monitoring and modelling techniques.Admission is on a selective basis, the best candidates will be assigned attractive EU fellowships.More information and how to apply: http://www.riverscience.eu/ SMART Secretariat:via Mesiano 77, I-38123 Trento,tel. +39 0461 282611,fax +39 0461 282672, smartphd@ing.unitn.itContact person in Edmund Mach Foundation:Bruno Maiolini, Cristina Bruno