Deadline:
November 30, 2024
Location(s)
Switzerland
Overview
The wife of John Charles Warren Shepherd, a former collaborator of Walter Gehring (see Shepherd JC et al. 1984 Nature, Shepherd JC et al. 1989 PNAS), has bequeathed part of her estate to the Biozentrum, University of Basel, for the specific purpose of setting up a student prize for scientific excellence in his memory.
Details
An annual prize will be awarded to up to three PhD students achieving academic excellence in scientific research at the Biozentrum and the ability to describe these achievements in an essay. Awardees will be selected by the committee members of the Biozentrum Basel PhD Fellowships Program.
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 contextualise the work for a broader scientific audience (i.e. other focal areas at the Biozentrum).
- 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 should be submitted to Angie Klarer (angie.klarer@unibas.ch) by November 30 as a single pdf file.
PhD at a Glance
Postgraduates from around the world choose the opportunity to become part of our interdisciplinary international PhD community and conduct their doctoral studies at the Biozentrum – one of the world-leading institutes in the Life Sciences.
The training of young scientists through our International PhD Program is a long-standing priority and has made the Biozentrum a launching pad for successful research careers. We invite you to either apply directly to join one of the 30 research groups of the Biozentrum or to apply for the “Biozentrum PhD Fellowships” program that offers a unique rotation-based selection of research groups.
Graduate students from around the world decide to do their PhD thesis at the Biozentrum for these reasons:
- its broad, cutting-edge research that ranges from atoms to organisms
- its outstanding, interdisciplinary teaching program
- the opportunity to acquire know-how in state to the art technologies
- its mentoring program providing intensive individual support as well as numerous occasions for establishing international scientific contacts
- its lively PhD community
- its location, situated in the heart of Europe’s most important Life Sciences hub
- the beautiful city of Basel in the trinational region of Switzerland, Germany and France
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
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 should be encouraged by their supervisor to apply.
Dates
Deadline: November 30, 2024
Cost/funding for participants
The prize consists of CHF 1'500.00 per awardee and will be handed out at the Biozentrum Symposium of the following year.
Un-save Opportunity
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