The STOP project is proud to announce that Franceska Gojda, a PhD student working for the project at the FORTH research institute in Greece, has been awarded a prize for her oral presentation at the 15^th Hellenic Polymer Society International Conference that was held in Patras, Greece on December 3-6, 2025. The winning presentation was titled ‘Development of superhydrophobic polymer nanocomposite coatings exhibiting antifouling behaviour’.