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Best PhD Thesis Award

Launched in 2021, the Water Best PhD Thesis Award is annually presented to recognize young scholars who are judged to have completed the most outstanding PhD thesis in the field of all aspects of water, including water science, technology, management, and governance, and to encourage the continuation of their outstanding work and further contributions to their field. Applications for this award are open from August to May of the following year, every year, and the winner is announced in July.

The prize includes the following:
– CHF 800;
– An electronic certificate;
– A voucher to waive the Article Processing Charges (APCs) for one submission in the Water journal (subject to peer review)—valid for one year.

Number of winners: 1

 
Water 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 fellow 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

Ana Cristina Oliveira Afonso
Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal Details

Award Committee

Prof. Jean-luc Probst Chairman
CNRS
Prof. Juraj Parajka
Prof. Francesco Napolitano
Prof. John Zhou
University of Technology Sydney

Winner

Eva Florbela Domingues Gomes
Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal Details

Award Committee

Prof. Jean-luc Probst Chairman
CNRS
Prof. Dr. Laura Bulgariu
Technical University Gheorghe Asachi of Iasi
Prof. Dr. Antonio ZUORRO
Sapienza - University of Rome
Prof. Tammo Steenhuis
cornell

Winner

Zijing Liu
Tsinghua University

Award Committee

Dr. Yujue Wang Chairman
Dr. Eugene Morozov
Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences
Prof. Dr. Laura Bulgariu
Technical University Gheorghe Asachi of Iasi
Prof. Dr. Zhijun Li
State Key Laboratory of Coastal and Offshore Engineering, Dalian University of Technology

Winner

Zhiyao Wang
The University of Queensland

Award Committee

Prof. Dionysios (Dion) Dionysiou Chairman
Dr. Achim A. Beylich
Geomorphological Field Laboratory (GFL)
Dr. Maria Mimikou
Dr. Xinchun Cao
Hohai University
Prof. Dr. Antonio Panico
University of Campania L. Vanvitelli - Department of Engineering
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