Outstanding thesis award 2020-21

1. ELIGIBLE THESES:

The call is open for theses defended from 1^ST of October 2020 to 30^th of September 2021, corresponding to the academic year 2020-21. All students having obtained the PhD degree are eligible.

2. RESUME AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS

Candidates can submit their scientific resume by using the standardised form, together with a copy of supporting documents (certificate of contributions to national or international congresses, patents, etc.). Supporting documents already added to the candidate's doctoral online record (sigm@) prior to thesis deposit, will not be required again; the candidate must just refer to them in his/her scientific resume.

Both, the form and supporting documents must be submitted to the Department of Chemistry, by email, to: gestio.postgrau.quimica@uab.cat .

3. CALENDAR

• Application term open from March 29^th to April 25^th, 2022
• Doctoral School Permanent Board approval of the committee’s proposal: June 2022.
• Ceremony of Outstanding thesis Awards: November 2022.

4. COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE

The committee will be made up of three full members, all doctors with accredited research experience:

Full members:

• President: Dr. Gregori Ujaque (Dept. Chemistry UAB)
• Secretary: Dr. Oscar Palacios (Dept. Chemistry UAB)
• Vocal: Dr. Vega Lloveras (ICMAB)

5. EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR THE SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS
6. Original papers published in scientific journals: They will be scored considering the journal's impact factor. Each contribution will score twice the impact factor. The score for each applicant's contribution will be divided by N, where N is the candidate's position in the list of authors. If the list is in alphabetical order, the thesis supervisor must specify the candidate's level of participation.
7. Patents: A distinction will be made between patents in explotation (40 points) and non-explotation patents (4 points).
8. Papers at conferences: a distinction will be made between oral communications (6 points), flash (3 points) and posters (1 point).                                
9. Other contributions: international research component (menció europea), book chapters, scientific dissemination, etc... They may account for up to 10 points.

6. AWARD’S PROPOSAL

The committee will evaluate the scientific contributions of each thesis according to the evaluation criteria. Candidates will be ranked from the highest to the lowest score and they will be awarded accordingly.

Only scientific production related specifically to the thesis will be considered.

The evaluation committee can propose a maximum of 3 awards for academic year 2020-21 (13 theses defended).

7. AWARD’S PROPOSAL APPROVAL

UAB’s Permanent Board for Doctoral studies will approve the committee’s proposal of award recipients for the academic year 2020-21.

The list of award candidates will be published at:

https://www.uab.cat/web/estudiar/doctorat/premis-extraordinaris-de-doctorat-1345776542096.html