In Spring 2016, a team of judges consisting of Acta Materialia, Scripta Materialia, and Acta Biomaterialia editors has awarded Dr. Christopher J. Marvel, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, USA.  Advisor:  Prof. Martin P. Harmer with a  "best paper" award from 2015. The paper is entitled,  “The critical influence of carbon on the thermal stability of nanocrystalline Ni–W alloys,” Scripta Materialia, 96 (2015), 45-48,. Congratulations to Chris!