Louis Henry obtained this year’s 1-year funding Spark grant. The aim of Spark is “to fund the rapid testing or development of novel and unconventional scientific approaches, methods, theories, standards and ideas, etc. It is designed for projects that show unconventional thinking and introduce a unique approach. The focus is on promising ideas of high originality for which preliminary data are not necessarily available (high-risk research)”. We wish him all the best for this future career step !