Nomination for the BUP PhD Award 2026

Available 2026-03-13 – 2026-05-25
Contact person Lyudmyla Babak, employed at The Baltic University Programme
This is the application form for the BUP PhD Award 2026.

Read more about the award on the BUP website: https://www.uu.se/en/collaboration-innovation/the-baltic-university-programme/bup-for-researchers/bup-phd-award

The last nomination day is 25 May 2026.

The BUP Coordinating Secretariat will get back to the supervisors and nominees after the Scientific Committee has reached a decision.

General information

1.
Supervisors first name - Required
2.
Supervisors last name - Required
3.
Supervisors email - Required
4.
Nominees first name - Required
5.
Nominees last name - Required
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Nominees email - Required
7.
Research area - Required

Affiliation

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University affiliation - Required
9.
If you are affiliated with a university not mentioned in the list, which one?
10.
What is the name of your department? - Required

Thesis information

11.
PhD thesis title - Required
12.
A summary of the thesis in English. A maximum of 5 pages (Word or PDF). - Required
13.
Upload the full PhD thesis (Word or PDF) - Required
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The nominees CV (Word or PDF) - Required
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Diploma for the PhD defense, including the date of the defense (Word or PDF) - Required
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Support letter from the supervisor of the thesis (Word or PDF) - Required

Additional information

17.
We are looking to increase our reach at BUP participating universities, therefore we are curious to know where you first heard about our the PhD Award - Required

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Would you like to sign up for BUP news via email? - Required

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