Application for the PE MedChem Euro-PhD Label

Application for the PE MedChem Euro-PhD label (to be awarded at the Roma meeting) should be submitted before May 27, 2024. Doctoral students may apply for the Paul Ehrlich MedChem Euro-PhD label by sending the completed application template and attachments to the Network coordinator serge.vancalenbergh@ugent.be.

Conditions for Awards of the PE MedChem Euro-PhD Certificate

  1. The candidate must have successfully completed a PhD thesis on a subject related to medicinal chemistry/drug discovery. The PhD thesis should be written in English. The PhD evaluation committee should include a foreign member belonging to the Paul Ehrlich MedChem Euro-PhD Network;

  2. The candidate must be the first author* of at least two publications. At least one of those two should be an original research paper published or accepted for publication in an international scientific journal, belonging to the first quartile of a JCR category of choice (criterion valid from 2024 onwards). The second paper may be a research or review paper published in a Q1 or Q2 journal or a submitted patent application;

  3. The candidate must demonstrate international research mobility/experience during his/her PhD study by having worked for at least 3 months at a foreign research institution, which is preferably a member of the Network, or in a foreign company active in drug discovery/development. The candidate must include a brief description of the performed research work, as well as a letter from the host supervisor to certify the stay;

  4. The candidate must have attended at least two postgraduate courses (minimum 20h) and have actively participated to at least one Paul Ehrlich MedChem Euro-PhD Network meeting by giving an oral or poster presentation;

  5. The candidate engages to give an oral presentation of his/her PhD research at the occasion of the awards ceremony at the MedChem Euro-PhD Network meeting concerned.
* Exceptionally, a publication can be accepted on which the candidate is listed as co-author due to local customs, given that the candidate's essential contribution is motivated by a letter of the supervisor.

Award of Euro-PhD Certificate

  1. The Paul Ehrlich MedChem Euro-PhD certificate will be awarded by the Network Coordinator on behalf of the Paul Ehrlich MedChem Euro-PhD Network at the end of the award ceremony session, where the candidate has given an oral presentation on his/her PhD research;

  2. The Paul Ehrlich MedChem Euro-PhD certificate will include a supplement summarising the conditions for the award. The certificate will be signed by the Network Coordinator.