Career Development

Is your thesis Prize-worthy? For the fifth year in a row, the Science and SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists ​is offering four recent Ph.D.s a career-making opportunity. Could you be one of them?

By Nicole Poletto, Professional Development Peer
Tuesday, March 21st, 2017 - 9:51am


Is your thesis Prize-worthy? For the fifth year in a row, the Science and SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists ​is offering four recent Ph.D.s a career-making opportunity. Could you be one of them?

Recent doctoral graduates in the life sciences may submit a 1000-word essay based on their thesis work. There will be one winner in each category selected for this international award: Cell and Molecular Biology, Ecology and Environment, Genomics and Proteomics, and Translational Medicine.

Application Deadline: July 15, 2017

The winners will be published by Science, receive up to $30,000 in prize money, and be honored in Stockholm, Sweden, during Nobel week.

For more information and to apply, click here.

To hear more about the prize and what winning means from last year's participants here.