Martijn Gösgens has been awarded the 2024 Willem R. Van Zwet Award for the best PhD thesis in Statistics and Operations Research. This prestigious national award selects the best PhD thesis in these fields, based on its contributions to both theoretical and applied aspects. SPOR has a fantastic track-record on this award, as in recent years both Colin Drent and Richard Post have also been distinguished!!! Congratulations to Martijn on this outstanding distinction!