AWARD. 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 as well as 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. 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 Doctoral 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 2020. However, self-nomination is not accepted. Please submit nominations via email to arets.avhandling@sahlgrenska.gu.se no later than on Wednesday, 10 February 2021.
The prize ceremony will be held at the end of May 2021. Questions can be addressed to tanja.johansson@sahlgrenska.gu.se
Here you can search the theses defended in 2020
(Choose the theses with the release date “6 December 2019 – 27 November 2020” as well as this one with the wrong release date)
TEXT: TANJA JOHANSSON
ARCHIVE PHOTO: ELIN LINDSTRÖM
