Best PhD Thesis Award

Launched in 2022, the Pharmaceutics Best PhD Thesis Award is presented annually to recognize young scholars who are judged to have completed the most outstanding PhD thesis in the field of science and technology within pharmaceutics and to encourage them the continue their outstanding work and make further contributions to their chosen field. The application period for this award is open from November to May each year, with the winner announced in July.

The Prize:
– Bonus (CHF 500);
– A certificate;
– A voucher to cover applicable article processing charges (valid for one year).

Number of Winners: 1
 
Pharmaceutics Best PhD Thesis Award
 
Application deadline: 31 May 2025
Winner announcement: 31 July 2025

Eligibility and Requirements

– The candidate must be a PhD student or recently qualified PhD graduate who has produced a highly anticipated thesis with great academic potential;
– The PhD thesis must be the candidate’s original work;
– The PhD thesis must be defended in 2024.

List of Documents for Application

– An executive summary of the PhD thesis in English of around 3000 words in length;
– A letter from the candidate’s 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 candidate’s PhD thesis;
– A scanned copy of the candidate’s 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

Nadia Toffoletto
Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon

Award Committee

Dr. Patrick Sinko Chairman
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 Chairman
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
Dr. José das Neves
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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
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