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Presidential Early Career Award Winners Selected
Sixty young researchers have been selected for the second annual Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on outstanding scientists and engineers beginning their careers.
The awards recognize young scholars, their research contributions, their promise, and their commitment to broader societal goals.
In all, 10 government agencies join together annually to nominate promising scientists and engineers for the awards. Those selected receive up to $500,000 over a five-year period to further their research and broadly advance science for important government missions.
The supporting federal agencies are: the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Energy, Health and Human Services, and Veterans Affairs; the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the National Science Foundation.
Award recipients came from 25 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. The researchers were from the following states (multiple award winners are in parentheses):
Alabama (2), California (6), Colorado (2), Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia (2), Florida, Georgia (2), Illinois (3), Indiana, Kansas, Maryland (8), Massachusetts, Michigan (3), Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New York (7), North Carolina (3), Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee (3), Texas (2), Washington (2), and Wisconsin.
A complete list of awardees can be obtained by contacting SSTI at 614/421-SSTI (7784).