Ph.D. Thesis Award
Dear Colleagues,
The journal Forests is inviting applications for the Forests 2023 Best PhD Thesis Award. This prize will be awarded to two PhD students or recently qualified PhD fellows who have produced a highly anticipated thesis with great academic potential. The applications will be assessed by an evaluation committee led by the Editors-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Cate Macinnis-Ng and Prof. Dr. Giacomo Alessandro Gerosa.
Eligibility and Requirements:
–The candidate must be a PhD student or recently qualified PhD fellow who has produced a highly anticipated thesis with great academic potential;
–The PhD thesis must be their original work;
–The PhD thesis must be defended in 2023.
Required Application Documents:
–An executive summary of the PhD thesis in English of around 3000 words;
–A letter from the PhD supervisor recommending the candidate for consideration for this award;
–The candidate’s CV, including a list of publications connected with the thesis;
–An electronic copy of the PhD thesis;
–A scanned copy of the PhD diploma (or certificate of studying at a school or research institute as a PhD student going to graduate or participate in graduation thesis defenses).
Selection Criteria:
–Quality of resume and publications;
–Relevance of the candidate and research description;
–Novelty of the candidate’s PhD thesis;
–Strength of the recommendation letter;
–Anticipated academic potential;
–Originality and impact of the research.
Prizes:
–Bonus (CHF 500);
–An electronic certificate;
–Offer to publish one paper free of charge in Forests after peer review before the end of 31 December 2025.
The application deadline is 31 May 2024. The winners will be announced on the Forests website by the end of July 2024.
Kind regards,
Forests Editorial Office
Winner announcement: 31 July 2024
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