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Best PhD Thesis Award

Launched in 2025, the Polysaccharides Best PhD Thesis Award is to recognize young scholars for producing outstanding PhD theses in the field of polysaccharides and their derivatives, and to encourage the continuation of their outstanding work and further contribution to their field. The application process for this award is open from August 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

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Polysaccharides Best PhD Thesis Award

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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

Winner
  • MHMargareta Hellmann
    Margareta Hellmann
    University of Münster, Germany
Award Committee
  • Karin Stana Kleinschek
    Prof. Dr. Karin Stana Kleinschek
    Chairman
    University of Technology Graz, Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Biobased Systems
  • Gloria Huerta-Angeles
    Dr. Gloria Huerta-Angeles
    Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences
  • Sergiu Coseri
    Dr. Sergiu Coseri
    "Petru Poni" Instiotute of Macromoelcular Chemistry
  • Shiyu Fu
    Dr. Shiyu Fu
    South China University of Technology
  • Janusz Kapusniak
    Prof. Dr. Janusz Kapusniak
    Department of Dietetics and Food Studies, Jan Dlugosz University in Czestochowa, Poland
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