On the second edition of the SUSCHEM ESPAñA awards Prof. Emilio Palomares received the INNOVA prize to the best research curriculum developed in one or several of the following areas: industrial biotechnology, new materials, nanotechnology or reactions and processes design.The main aim of these prizes awarded by the Spanish Technology Platform for Sustainable Chemistry (SusChem) is to acknowledge, support, promote and encourage the scientific and disseminating activity among young chemistry researchers. The SusChem Young Chemistry Researchers awards are addressed to young people under 36 and are worth a total of € 6,000.