Best PhD Thesis Award
Launched in 2021, the Horticulturae Best PhD Thesis Award is annually presented to recognize young scholars who are judged to have completed the most outstanding PhD thesis in the field of temperate to tropical horticulture, and to encourage the continuation their outstanding work and further contributions to their field. Applications for this award are open between May and December every year and winners are announced by the end of March in the following year.
The prize includes the following:
– Bonus (CHF 500);
– A certificate;
– A free voucher for article processing fees valid for one year.
Number of winners: one.
Horticulturae Best PhD Thesis Award
Application deadline: 31 December 2024
Winner announcement: 31 March 2025
Winner announcement: 31 March 2025
Eligibility and requirements
– The candidate must be a PhD student or recently qualified PhD who has produced a highly anticipated thesis with great academic potential;– The PhD thesis must be their original work;
– The PhD thesis must have been defended in 2024.
List of Documents for Application
– 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).
Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Michele Ciriello
University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Luigi De Bellis
Chairman
Università del Salento
Prof. Dr. Isabel Lara
Universitat de Lleida (UdL)
Prof. Dr. Wilfried Rozhon
Anhalt University of Applied Sciences
Dr. Harald Scherm
University of Georgia
Prof. Sergio Roberto
State University of Londrina
Winner
María Emma García Pastor
Miguel Hernández University of Elche, Spain
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Luigi De Bellis
Chairman
Università del Salento
Prof. Dr. Domenico Ronga
Dr. Zhi Li
Northwest A&F University
Prof. Yuyang Zhang
Huazhong Agricultural Universit
Dr. Harald Scherm
University of Georgia
Prof. Dr. Wilfried Rozhon
Anhalt University of Applied Sciences
Prof. Sergio Roberto
State University of Londrina
Prof. Dr. Qiaomei Wang
Prof. Christian Fischer
Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Dr. Xun Li
Prof. Qiang-Sheng Wu
Yangtze University
Dr. Giovanni Bubici
Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante (IPSP)
Dr. Gianluca Allegro
Department of Agriculture and Food Sciences - University of Bologna
Winner
Costanza Ceccanti
University of Pisa, Italy
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Luigi De Bellis
Chairman
Università del Salento
Prof. Christian Fischer
Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Dr. Umberto Bernardo
Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection (IPSP)
Dr. Harald Scherm
University of Georgia
Dr. Rosario Mauro
Dr. Gianluca Allegro
Department of Agriculture and Food Sciences - University of Bologna
Prof. Dr. Nazim Gruda
University of Bonn
Prof. Dr. Silvana Nicola
University of Turin
Prof. Elazar Fallik
ARO-the Volcani Center
Dr. Alessandra Francini
Institute of Crop Science, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna
Dr. Amit Dhingra
Prof. Dr. Wilfried Rozhon
Anhalt University of Applied Sciences
Prof. Sergio Roberto
State University of Londrina
Prof. Dr. Esmaeil Fallahi
University of Idaho
Prof. Amarat Simonne
University of Florida
Dr. Genhua Niu
Texas A&M AgriLife Research at Dallas, Texas A&M University System
