The President of the United States annually recognizes the people and institutions that have provided broad opportunities for participation by women, minorities and disabled persons in science, mathematics and engineering at the elementary, secondary, undergraduate and graduate education levels.
No more than 10 persons and 10 institutions are selected each year for recognition. Each award includes a $10,000 grant to provide for continued mentoring work.
The awards are presented during the Spring at a White House ceremony.
Chellu S. Chetty
Professor of Biology
Savannah State University
Denice D. Denton (Deceased)
Dean of Engineering
University of Washington
Christine S. Grant
North Carolina State University
Linda B. Hayden
Tenured Professor of Computer Science
Elizabeth City State University
Rudolf E. Henning
Professor of Electrical Engineering
University of South Florida
Calvin Mackie
Tenured Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Tulane University
Lisa A. Pruitt
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
University of California-Berkeley
Margaret Werner-Washburne
Member of the Biology Department
University of New Mexico
Martin Frank
American Physiological Society (APS)
Charles E. Vela
Founder and President
Center for the Advancement of Hispanics
in Science and Engineering Education (CAHSEE)
Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research, Computing Research Association (CRA-W)
CONNECT, University of California at Riverside
Alfred P Sloan Foundation’s “Increasing Ph.D.s for Underrepresented Minorities”
National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
Science and Technology Entry Programs, New York State Education Department
Women in Engineering Program (WEP), Pennsylvania State University-University Park