Best PhD Thesis Award
Dear Colleagues,
As the Editors-in-Chief of Nutrients, it is our great pleasure to announce the winner of the Nutrients 2023 Best PhD Thesis Award. This award is for a PhD student or recently qualified PhD who has produced a highly anticipated thesis with great academic potential.
The award has been granted to
“Effect of adjusting prenatal iron supplementation on maternal iron status and child neurodevelopment” by Lucía Iglesias Vázquez, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain.
Lucía Iglesias Vázquez will receive CHF 500, a certificate, and a chance to publish a paper free of charge in Nutrients after peer review before 30 April 2025.
On behalf of the evaluation committee, we congratulate the winner on their accomplishments. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the applicants for submitting their theses and the Award Committee for voting and helping with this award.
Prof. Dr. Maria Luz Fernandez and Prof. Dr. Lluis Serra-Majem
Editors-in-Chief, Nutrients
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 be defended in 2023.
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).
Award Committee
Award Committee