J.C.W. Shepherd PhD Student Prize 1734 views

J.C.W. Shepherd PhD Student Prize is awarded in memory of John Charles Warren Shepherd, a former collaborator of Walter Gehring for the specific purpose of setting up a student prize for scientific excellence in his memory.

Number of Awards (annually): up to three PhD students achieving academic excellence in scientific research at the Biozentrum and the ability to describe these achievements in an essay.

Selection: Awardees will be selected by the committee members of the Biozentrum Basel, International PhD Program “Fellowships for Excellence”.

Award value: CHF 1’500.00 per awardee and will be handed out at the Biozentrum Symposium of the following year.

Eligibility:

• PhD Students can apply during their PhD thesis and up to 1 year after their thesis defines but only with a subject/work done during the PhD thesis.
• Students must be encouraged by their supervisor to apply.

Application:

• A written essay, of up to 500 words, about the project work and associated publication.
• The essay should include “Background”, “Open Question/Hypothesis”, “Achievements” and “Broder Impact” sections.
• The essay should contextualize the work for a broader scientific audience.
• A supporting statement from the PhD thesis supervisor.
• The publication in question, which has to be at least in revision at the time of application.

Deadline:

Applications to be submitted to Angie Klarer (angie.klarer-at-unibas.ch) by November 30 as a single pdf file.

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