AWARD. Do you know someone who defended his or her doctoral thesis last year, whose dissertation deserves some extra attention? Take the chance to nominate for the award PhD Thesis of the Year!
The prize “PhD thesis of the year at Sahlgrenska Academy” has been awarded since 2009 and is funded by Dr Arnt Vestby’s Research Foundation.
The purpose of the award is to recognize the contributions made by PhD students and their supervisors and to highlight particularly commendable theses within their research areas. The author of the PhD thesis of the year at the faculty will be awarded SEK 80 000 SEK. The winner at each institute will get a prize of SEK 30 000.
A nomination must include a statement (about half an A4 page) describing how the nominated thesis especially fulfills one or more of the outcomes for the degree of doctor listed in the Higher Education Ordinance.
The submitted nominations will be considered by a scientific committee appointed by the Council for PhD Education, and assessed according to the outcomes for the degree of doctor described in the Higher Education Ordinance.
Nominations can be made by any staff member at Sahlgrenska Academy as well as everyone who defended a thesis at the faculty during the year 2017. However, self-nomination is not accepted. Please submit nominations via email to arets.avhandling@sahlgrenska.gu.se no later than on Monday, 12 February 2018.
The prize ceremony will be held in May 2018. Questions can be addressed to tanja.johansson@sahlgrenska.gu.se
Here you can search the theses defended in 2017
(Choose the theses with the release date “5 December 2016 – 30 November 2017”)
