The winner of this year's CINF-FIZ Scholarship for Scientific Excellence has been selected. The jury selected Roel S. Sanchez-Carrera of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts based on the work he submitted.  The application deadline for the scholarship competition for the jointly sponsored award from FIZ CHEMIE and the ACS (CINF) was March 20, 2009. Each year, young scientists can apply by the deadline, submitting an abstract and poster of their work in the field of chemical information and related sciences. The scholarship award is in the amount of $1,000 and will be presented to Mr. Sanchez-Carrera as part of the ceremonies for the ACS fall meeting in Washington DC on August 17, 2009. We would like to congratulate and thank all the competitors for the numerous projects submitted.