AWARD. The nomination window for the prize “PhD Thesis of the Year at Sahlgrenska Academy” is open. If you know of a really good thesis defended during the last year you can nominate it undetil February 20th. All members of staff may nominate, and also all that defended their thesis during 2023. However, it is not allowed to nominate your own thesis,
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 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 nomination text should be no longer than 2 000 characters, which correponds to about half an A4 page
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 2023. However, self-nomination is not accepted. Please submit nominations via email to arets.avhandling@sahlgrenska.gu.se no later than on Tuesday, 20 February 2024.
The prize ceremony will be held at the beginning of June 2024.
- Questions can be addressed to annika.sandequist@sahlgrenska.gu.se
- Here you can search the theses defended in 2023
BY: ANNIKA SANDEQUIST
