Metals 2024 Best PhD Thesis Award—Open for Applications
25 September 2024
The journal Metals (ISSN: 2075-4701) is inviting applications for the 2024 Best PhD Thesis Award. This prize will be awarded to a PhD student or recently qualified PhD who has produced a highly anticipated thesis with great academic potential. The applications will be assessed by an evaluation committee led by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Yong Zhang.
Eligibility and Requirements:
- The candidate must be a PhD student or recently qualified PhD who has produced a highly anticipated thesis with great academic potential;
- The PhD thesis must be their original work;
- The PhD thesis must be defended in 2024.
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).
Selection Criteria:
- Quality of resume and publications;
- Relevance of the candidate and research description;
- Novelty of the candidate’s PhD thesis;
- Strength of the recommendation letter;
- Anticipated academic potential;
- Originality and impact of the research.
Prizes:
- CHF 500;
- An electronic certificate;
- Offer to publish one paper free of charge in Metals after peer review before the end of July 2026.
Please visit the following link to submit your application: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/metals/awards/submit/3022.
The application deadline is 31 May 2025. The winner will be announced on the Metals website by the end of July 2025.