Cuban-born TRIL (Training and Research in Italian Laboratories) Fellow Carlos Alonso has received a national award for his research article, "Applications of Innovative Technology for Understanding the Geochronology of Marine Sediments." Alonso, who works at the Centre of Environmental Studies in Cienfuegos, Cuba, shared the prize with his colleague Misael Diaz, who hails from the same institution. Their findings were presented at the Ninth National Cuban Exposition, "Forging the Future." Research for the paper was conducted at the Marine Environment Research Centre of the Italian Commission for New Technologies, Energy and the Environment (ENEA) during Alonso's tenure as a TRIL Fellow in 1999-2000.