ISEAA is pleased to announce the winners, in this round 2 winners, of the Fifth Round of the ISEAA Early Career Award. Tied for first place are Elle Grono and Yinika Perston in a field of eight applicants!
![Elle Grono](https://on5.1d7.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Elle-Grono-2.jpg)
![Yinika Perston](https://on5.1d7.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Yinika-Perston-3.jpg)
Elle Grono was recognized for her publication “Microstratigraphy reveals cycles of occupation and abandonment at the mid Holocene coastal site of Thach Lac, northern-central Vietnam” published in Archaeological Research in Asia https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ara.2022.100396 . Yinika Perston was recognized for “A standardised classification scheme for the Mid-Holocene Toalean artefacts of South Sulawesi, Indonesia” published in PLOS ONE https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251138 . The committee of distinguished scholars who conducted the evaluation of applications includes co-chairs Grace Barretto-Tesoro and Alison Carter, plus Rintaro Ono, Bérénice Bellina-Pryce, and Nigel Chang. Congratulations to the awardees and deepest thanks to the award committee! Deadline for the next round of the ISEAA Early Career Award is December 1st, 2025.