Ph.D. Thesis Award

Dear Colleagues,

The journal Agriculture is inviting applications for the Agriculture 2023 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 the evaluation committee, which will be led by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Les Copeland.

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 2023.

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:

– Bonus (CHF 800);
– Certificate;
– Offer to publish one paper free of charge in Agriculture after peer review before the end of 2024.

The application deadline is 31 March 2024. The winner will be announced on the Agriculture website by the end of May 2024.

Kind regards,
Agriculture Editorial Office

 
Agriculture 2023 Ph.D. Thesis Award
 
Winner announcement: 31 May 2024
 
Past Winners
 
Year: 

Winner

Cristiano Soares
Faculty of Sciences of University of Porto

Award Committee

Prof. Les Copeland Chairman
University of Sydney
Dr. Jacopo Bacenetti
Università degli Studi di Milano
Prof. Urs Feller
Dr. Robert Lascano

Winner

Alessia Cogato
University of Udine

Award Committee

Prof. Les Copeland Chairman
University of Sydney
Dr. Jacopo Bacenetti
Università degli Studi di Milano
Prof. Dr. Rosario Nicoletti
Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l'Analisi dell'Economia Agraria
Dr. Bin Gao
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Prof. Urs Feller
Prof. Dr. Isabel Lara
Universitat de Lleida (UdL)
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