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Best PhD Thesis Award

Launched in 2021, the Nutrients Best PhD Thesis Award is to recognize young scholars for producing outstanding PhD theses in the field of human nutrition, 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:
– CHF 500;
– A certificate;
– A voucher to waive the Article Processing Charges (APCs) for one submission in the journal (subject to peer review)—valid for one year.

Number of Winners: 1

 
Nutrients Best PhD Thesis Award
 
Application deadline: 31 May 2026
Winner announcement: 31 July 2026

Eligibility and Requirements

– The candidate must be a PhD student or recently qualified PhD who has produced an outstanding PhD thesis
– The PhD thesis must be their original work;
– The PhD thesis must be defended in 2025.

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).

 
Past Winners
 
Year: 

Winner

Inés Domínguez López
Universitat de Barcelona

Award Committee

Prof. Maria-Luz Fernandez Chairperson
University of Connecticut
Dr. Javier Gomez-Ambrosi
Clinica Universidad de Navarra
Dr. George Moschonis
La Trobe University
Dr. David Nieman
Home
Prof. Dr. Hermann Toplak
Medizinische Universität Graz, Univ. Klinik für Innere Medizin
Prof. Dr. Philip Atherton
Nottingham Uni

Winner

Lucía Iglesias Vázquez
Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain

Award Committee

Prof. Maria-Luz Fernandez Chairperson
University of Connecticut
Dr. Javier Gomez-Ambrosi
Clinica Universidad de Navarra
Prof. Dr. M. Luisa Bonet
Universitat de les Illes Balears
Prof. Dr. Philip Atherton
Nottingham Uni
Prof. Dr. Kimber L. Stanhope
Dr. Jaime Uribarri

Winner

Alex Mohr
Arizona State University, USA

Award Committee

Prof. Maria-Luz Fernandez Chairperson
University of Connecticut
Prof. Dr. Hermann Toplak
Medizinische Universität Graz, Univ. Klinik für Innere Medizin
Prof. Dr. M. Luisa Bonet
Universitat de les Illes Balears
Prof. Dr. Philip Atherton
Nottingham Uni
Dr. Javier Gomez-Ambrosi
Clinica Universidad de Navarra
Dr. David Nieman
Home
Prof. Dr. Kimber L. Stanhope
Dr. Jaime Uribarri

Winner

Julia Rode
Örebro University, Sweden

Award Committee

Prof. Maria-Luz Fernandez Chairperson
University of Connecticut
Prof. Ina Bergheim
University of Vienna
Dr. Leanne M. Redman
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Dr. Dolores del Castillo
CSIC
Dr. Francisco José Perez
University of Barcelona
Dr. Gloria Vega
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Prof. Manohar Garg
University of Necwastle
Prof. Valerie Duffy
University of Connecticut
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