The nomination and its justification must be submitted no later than Tuesday, March 3, 2015. The award ceremony will be held on May 26, 2015.
The award “Best thesis at the Sahlgrenska Academy” has been awarded annually since 2009. It is funded by a donation from Dr. Arnt Vestbys Research Foundation. The aim is to highlight the considerable efforts that PhD students and their supervisors are doing and to highlight those theses that are of the highest quality.
Nominations may be made by all employees and all who defended their thesis at the Sahlgrenska Academy in 2014. However, you may not nominate yourself.
Each nomination must be accompanied by a justification, maximum number of characters 2000 (= approx half of an A4 page). In the justification, the criteria for “outstanding” or “very good” thesis from the handbook “Assessing a scientific treatise” should be used (document in Swedish): https://gubox.box.com/s/wvo36x8kpb3j3m3dvs0r9mnj60e6koj1
The nomination and its justification must be submitted no later than Tuesday, 3 March 2015, to basta.avhandling@sahlgrenska.gu.se.
Questions? tanja.johansson@sahlgrenska.gu.se.
Here you find all thesis defended at the Sahlgrenska Academy in 2014: https://gupea.ub.gu.se/handle/2077/310/simple-search?query=2014&rpp=100&sort_by=0&order=DESC&etal=0&submit_search=Uppdatera
Award for best thesis at the Sahlgrenska Academy will receive SEK 80 000 and the respective institution’s best thesis will receive SEK 30 000. The award will be presented at a ceremony on May 26, 2015.