[APDIO] EURO Working Group on Sustainable Supply Chains. PhD Thesis Award on Sustainable Supply Chains. Application deadline: January 31, 2017.

["Susana Relvas" <susana.relvas@tecnico.ulisboa.pt>]

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Subject:	EURO Working Group on Sustainable Supply Chains. PhD Thesis Award on Sustainable Supply Chains. Application deadline: January 31, 2017.
Date:	Tue, 8 Nov 2016 12:20:32 +0000
From:	Sarah Fores <manager@EURO-ONLINE.ORG>
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The EURO Working Group on Sustainable Supply Chains is announcing the call for nominations for the best PhD thesis in the field of "Sustainable Supply Chains". The PhD thesis should be predominantly on applications of operational research techniques in the field of Sustainable Supply Chains. The thesis must have been examined and approved by a European university between January 1, 2015 and December 31, 2016.
 
Application
Candidates must submit an application via email to the EWG on Sustainable Supply Chains (SustainableSC@om.rwth-aachen.de) by the deadline of the competition (January 31, 2017) containing the following information:

*An executive summary of the PhD thesis highlighting the relevance of the work for the topics of the EWG-SustSC of not more than 1,000 words,

*an electronic copy of the PhD Thesis,

*a letter from their main PhD supervisor recommending the candidate for consideration for this award and confirming that the candidate meets the criteria for eligibility for the competition, and

*a certificate of the university confirming the final approval of the thesis.

 
Deadlines
Examination and acceptance of PhD Thesis in order to apply for the award: Between January 1, 2015 and December 31, 2016
Application deadline: January 31, 2017
Notification of the decision of the award committee: On or before March 31, 2017
 
Award Committee:
The Board of the EWG on Sustainable Supply Chains decides the winner based on a recommendation by the PhD Thesis Award Committee, and the decision cannot be challenged.

*Erwin van der Laan, Erasmus University, Rotterdam School of Management  (chair)

*Martin Grunow, Technical University of Munich, TUM School of Management

*Ana Paula Ferreira Dias Barbosa Póvoa, Technical University of Lisbon, Instituto Superior Técnico