Recently, the selection results of the 14th Youth Geological Science & Technology Award of the Geological Society of China was announced. Professor Zuo Renguang, the State Key Laboratory of Geological Process and Mineral Resources, CUG, won the Golden Hammer Award. Professor Yuan Songhu from the State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, Associate Professor Shen Chuanbo from School of Earth Resources and Associate Professor Cai Jihua from Faculty of Engineering won the Silver Hammer Award.