Best PhD Thesis Award
Launched in 2024, the GUCDD Best PhD Thesis Award is presented annually to recognize young scholars who are judged to have completed the most outstanding PhD thesis in the field of gout, urate, and crystal deposition disease, and to encourage the continuation of their outstanding work and further contribution to their field. The application process for this award is open from November to May every year and winners are announced in July.
The Prize:
– Bonus (CHF 1000);
– A certificate;
– A voucher to waive the Article Processing Charges (APCs) for one submission in GUCDD (subject to peer review)—valid for one year.
Number of Winners: 1
Gout, Urate, and Crystal Deposition Disease Best PhD Thesis Award
Application deadline: 31 May 2027Winner announcement date: 31 July 2027
Eligibility and Requirements
– The candidate must be a recently qualified PhD who has produced an excellent thesis that advances research in the field of gout, urate and crystal deposition disease;
– The PhD thesis must be their original work;
– The PhD thesis must be defended in 2026.
– The PhD thesis must be their original work;
– The PhD thesis must be defended in 2026.
List of Documents for Application
– An executive summary of the PhD thesis in English;
– A letter from the PhD primary supervisor/mentor 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.
– A letter from the PhD primary supervisor/mentor 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.
Past Winners
Winner
- ECEdoardo CipollettaEdoardo Cipolletta1. Marche University Hospitals, Italy 2. University of Nottingham, UK
Award Committee
Tristan PascartProf. Dr. Tristan PascartSaint-Philibert Hospital - Lille Catholic University
Tony R. MerrimanDr. Tony R. MerrimanDepartment of Medicine, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
Gout Urate Cryst. Depos. Dis. - ISSN 2813-4583