Best PhD Thesis Award

Launched in 2022, the TropicalMed 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 tropical medicine and infectious disease, and to encourage continuing their outstanding work and further contribution to their field. Applications for this award are open from November to May of the following year, every year, and the winner is announced in July.

The Prize
– Bonus (CHF 500);
– A Certificate;
– A free voucher for article processing fees valid for one year.

Number of Winner: 1

 
TropicalMed 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 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).
 
Past Winners
 
Year: 

Winner

Daniel Camprubi Ferrer
ISGlobal - Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Spain

Award Committee

Prof. Dr. John Frean Chairman
National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service
Prof. Lizette Leonie Koekemoer
University of the Witwatersrand
Dr. Hans-Peter Fuehrer
Institute of Parasitology, Vetmeduni Vienna
Dr. Karl Seydel
Michigan State University

Winner

Quinten Ducarmon
European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany

Award Committee

Prof. Dr. John Frean Chairman
National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service
Prof. Dr. Xiao-Nong Zhou
Dr. Vyacheslav Yurchenko
Prof. Dr. Bianca Silvana Zingales
University of São Paulo
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