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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESIDENT BUSH NAMES 20 PROMISING YOUNG, SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS TO RECEIVE AWARDS ARLINGTON, VA, May 4, 2004 --/WORLD-WIRE/---President Bush today honored 57 of the nation's most promising young scientists and engineers with 2002 Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). John H. Marburger III, Science Advisor to the President and Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, presented the awards at a White House ceremony in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building to 20 National Science Foundation (NSF) supported researchers and 37 other scientists and engineers representing programs sponsored by eight other federal departments and agencies. NSF is an independent federal agency that supports a broad range of fundamental science and engineering research, covering almost all major disciplines, as well as education programs at all levels in mathematics, science and engineering. Because of the breadth of its fundamental research mission, NSF supports about one-third of the PECASE awardees each year. NSF's nominees for these presidential awards are drawn from junior faculty members who have received grants from NSF's Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) program, considered the agency's most important and prestigious awards for new faculty members who show promise as leaders in science and engineering. These scientists have also translated their work into significant education activities. Nearly 400 young faculty members are chosen each year for the CAREER awards, which range from $300,000 to more than $750,000 over five years. The awards support the work and foster growth opportunities of those most likely to become academic leaders. The NSF-supported PECASE recipients represent a little over 5 percent of all CAREER awards made in 2002. Of the 2,900 CAREER awards made since the program began in 1996, only 140 have received presidential recognition. PECASE honorees receive no additional NSF funds beyond their initial CAREER grants, but the presidential recognition carries significant prestige as recipients represent the best among young researchers and educators from the CAREER program. Other agencies that participate in the PECASE program include NASA, Departments of Health and Human Services (National Institutes of Health) Veterans Affairs, Defense, Energy, Agriculture and Commerce (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and National Institute of Standards and Technology). Program Contact: Joanne Tornow, (703) 292-7134, jtornow@nsf.gov For more information on CAREER and PECASE, see: http://www.nsf.gov/home/crssprgm/career/start.htm http://www.nsf.gov/home/crssprgm/pecase/start.htm CONTACT: NSF Media Contact: Bill Noxon, (703) 292-7750, wnoxon@nsf.gov |
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