Best doctoral thesis
The GABI Award
To recognize research in pharmaceutical formulation, drug delivery, and biopharmaceutics, the Scientific Section for Drug Formulation within Apotekarsocieteten has established an award for the best doctoral thesis of the year, presented at a Swedish university. The award is given every two years and carries a prize sum of 15,000 SEK.
Visit our Swedish page on prizes to learn more about The GABI Award.
The Phabian Award
In 2004, the Section for Pharmaceutical Biomedical Analysis established an annual scholarship for the best Swedish doctoral thesis in pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis – The Phabian Award.
The name, as indicated, is an anglicized abbreviation of the section’s area of responsibility.
Visit our Swedish page on prizes to learn more about The Phabian Award.
The Rosenön Award
The application period is now open
To promote research in the fields of drug metabolism, pharmacokinetics, and/or pharmacodynamics, AstraZeneca, MetaSafe Sweden, and Pharmetheus sponsor the Rosenön Award, awarding 30,000 SEK for the best doctoral thesis of the year presented at a Swedish university within drug metabolism, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics, including pharmacometrics.
To stimulate research within the areas drug metabolism, pharmacokinetics and/or pharmacodynamics AstraZeneca, MetaSafe Sweden and Pharmetheus sponsors the Rosenön Award with 30 000 SEK, to be awarded to the best doctoral thesis of the year, defended at a Swedish university.
Theses within the relevant areas that have been defended at a Swedish university during the period June 21st, 2024 – June 20th, 2026 are qualified to compete for the award.
The theses are reviewed by the board of the Section for Pharmacokinetics and Drug Metabolism within the Swedish Pharmaceutical Society. During the review the following aspects are particularly scrutinized:
- Novelty
- Scientific maturity
- Research collaboration
- Thesis applicability and innovation
- Scientific quality
- Ability to communicate science and results
The application including a motivation to why this thesis should be awarded (written by the applicant) and the complete thesis (summary and all separate papers, preferably in pdf format) should be sent by the latest June 21st, 2026 to Laura Andersson, laura.andersson@apotekarsocieteten.se.
The motivation should pointwise address the aspects mentioned above. The supervisors and co-supervisors should be clearly stated. The provided template, Application document Rosenö Award, should be used for this purpose and named as “NameApplicant_Motivation”.
For further information contact Thomas Dorlo (thomas.dorlo@uu.se).
Visit our Swedish page on prizes to learn more about The Rosenön Award.