Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring
The Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring is a Presidential award established by the United States White House in 1995. The program is administered by the National Science Foundation on behalf of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy to reward outstanding mentoring by individuals and organizations. PAESMEM is the highest national mentoring award bestowed by the White House.
A Few Selected Recipients
- 1996 – Richard A. Tapia, Diola Bagayoko
- 1997 – Geraldine L. Richmond
- 1998 – Nina Roscher, Armando A. Rodriguez
- 2000 – Maria Elena Zavala
- 2003 –
- *Individual – Linda B. Hayden, Margaret Werner-Washburne
- *Organisation – Karl W. Reid
- 2004 -
- *Organization - Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science
- 2005 – Lenore Blum, Rosemary Gillespie, Cheryl B. Schrader
- 2007
- *Individual – Jerzy Leszczynski, Kennedy Reed, Kenneth Sajwan, Laura Bottomley, Lesia Crumpton-Young, Mary Anne Nelson, Patricia DeLeon, Steven Oppenheimer
- *Organisation – Medeva Ghee
- 2008 – Richard Zare, Susan M. Kauzlarich
- 2009 – Maja Matarić
- 2011 – Juan E. Gilbert, Jo Handelsman, Mary Lou Soffa
- 2014 – Erika Tatiana Camacho, Keivan Stassun
- 2015
- *Organisation – EDGE Foundation, received by Ulrica Wilson
- 2020 - Overtoun Jenda