Launched in 2022, the Pharmaceutics Best PhD Thesis Award is to recognize young scholars for producing outstanding PhD theses in the field of science and technology within pharmaceutics, 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
Pharmaceutics 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.
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).
Winner
Po-Han Chao
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia
Award Committee
Dr. Patrick Sinko
Chairperson
Rutgers University
Prof. Roderick Bryan Walker
Rhodes University
Prof. Wei Lu
Fudan University School of Pharmacy
Prof. Donato Cosco
University of Catanzaro "Magna Graecia"
Prof. Beom Shin
Sungkyunkwan University
Winner
Nadia Toffoletto
Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon
Award Committee
Dr. Patrick Sinko
Chairperson
Rutgers University
Dr. Wenbing Dai
Beijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Pharmaceutics and New Drug Delivery Systems, State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University
Dr. Yan Shen
China Pharmaceutical University
Winner
Shirin Tavakoli
Division of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki
Award Committee
Prof. Yvonne Perrie
Chairperson
University of Strathclyde
Dr. Tomas Etrych
Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry CAS
Dr. Florence Siepmann
University of Lille
Prof. Carsten Ehrhardt
School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Prof. Thierry Vandamme
University of Strasbourg
Prof. Chung Hang Jonathan Choi
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Prof. Antonello BARRESI
Politecnico di Torino
Dr. Giuseppina Ioele
University of Calabria
Dr. Melgardt De Villiers
University of Wisconsin
Prof. Piroska Szabó-Révész
University of Szeged
Prof. Nunzio Denora
University of Bari Aldo Moro
Dr. Inge Zuhorn
University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen
