We are pleased to announce that in the competition for the Award of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Gdańsk, for young scientists for the best original work published in 2024 in the field of technical sciences, the prize was awarded to Dr. Barbara Stachurska for paper: Stachurska B., Sulisz W., 2024, Laboratory investigations of wave-induced transport of plastic debris over a rippled bottom, Science of The Total Environment, Volume 946, 2024, 174380, ISSN 0048-9697, doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174380.