The Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM) is a Presidential award established by the United States White House in 1995. The program is administered by the National Science Foundation (NSF) on behalf of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to reward outstanding mentoring by individuals and organizations.National Science Foundation Program page PAESMEM is the highest national mentoring award bestowed by the White House.Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring Official site
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 (National Society of Black Engineers) 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 (The Leadership Alliance & The Partnership for Minority Science Education) 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 2018 - Elba Serrano 2020 - Overtoun Jenda Full list of awardees, both individuals and organizations, can be found at . The year given above represents the year of the award competition although often the ceremony to receive the award occurred 2-3 years later.
STEM mentoring Mentoring in the STEM fields has been shown to assist with student retention, a significant problem in the STEM pipeline.
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External links Official site National Science Foundation Program page