Dear Colleagues,

The journal Particles is inviting applications for the 2022 Best Ph.D. Thesis Award. This prize will be awarded to a Ph.D. student or doctor who has produced a highly anticipated academic potential thesis. Applications will be assessed by an evaluation committee led by Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Armen Sedrakian.

Eligibility Requirements:
– The candidate must be a Ph.D. student or a doctor who has produced a highly anticipated academic potential thesis;
– The Ph.D. thesis must be their original work;
– The Ph.D. thesis must be defended in 2022;
– Applicants are required to submit the following documents:
  – An executive summary of the Ph.D. thesis in English of around 3000 words;
  – A letter from the Ph.D. 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 Ph.D. thesis;
  – A scanned copy of the Ph.D. diploma (or certificate of studying at a school or research institute as a Ph.D. 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 Ph.D. thesis;
– Strength of the recommendation letter;
– Anticipated academic potential;
– Originality and impact of the research.

Prizes:
– Bonus (CHF 500);
– Certificate;
– Offer to publish a featured paper in Particles with the article processing charge (APC) waived before the end of 2023.

The application deadline is 31 October 2022. The winner will be announced on the Particles website by the end of January 2023.

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the Evaluation Committee, we are pleased to announce the winners of the Particles 2020 Travel Award: an outstanding postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Barbara Patricelli.

Dr. Barbara Patricelli is a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Pisa, Italy. Her research is related to the astrophysics of binary systems of compact objects, multi-messenger (GWs and photons) observations and analysis, high-energy and very-high-energy emissions from gamma-ray bursts, and multi-frequency observations of blazars. She will attend the IAU Symposium 363–Neutron Star Astrophysics at the Crossroads: Magnetars and the Multimessenger Revolution, held on 13–18 June 2021, L'Aquila, Italy.

She will be awarded 500 Swiss Francs towards her travel expenses to attend the conference. We congratulate the winner for her accomplishments.

We would like to thank all the applicants for their participation with high-quality submissions and the Evaluation Committee members for reviewing the numerous applications received.

Particles Editorial Office