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

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(NSF) on behalf of the White House

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(OSTP) to reward outstanding mentoring by individuals and organizations. PAESMEM is the highest national mentoring award bestowed by the White House.

Recipients

*1996 –

Richard A. Tapia Richard Alfred Tapia (born March 25, 1938) is an American mathematician and University Professor at Rice University in Houston, Texas, the university's highest academic title. Tapia is the Principal investigator on a $2 million NSF grant (2007-20 ...

*1997 –

Geraldine L. Richmond Geraldine Lee Richmond (born January 17, 1953 in Salina, Kansas) is an American chemist and Physical chemistry, physical chemist who is serving as the Under Secretary of Energy for Science in the US Department of Energy. Richmond was confirmed to ...

*1998 –

Nina Roscher Nina Matheny Roscher (1938—2001) was an American chemist and advocate for women and minorities in science. She also researched the history of women in chemistry, publishing the book ''Women Chemists'' (1995). She served as professor and chair o ...

*2000 –

Maria Elena Zavala Maria Elena Zavala (born 1950) is an American plant biologist. She was the first Mexican-American woman to earn a PhD in botany in the United States. She is currently a full professor of biology at the California State University-Northridge, study ...

*2003 – **Individual – Linda B. Hayden,

Margaret Werner-Washburne Margaret (Maggie) Werner-Washburne is a molecular biologist and Regents' Professor Emeritus of Biology. at the University of New Mexico. She was previously the president (2013–2015) of the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and N ...

**Organisation – Karl W. Reid (

National Society of Black Engineers The National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) is a society that was founded in 1975 at Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana. It is one of the largest student-run organizations in the United States, with core activities centered o ...

) *2005 – Lenore Blum, Rosemary Gillespie,

Cheryl B. Schrader Cheryl B. Schrader (born ) is an American educator and former academic administrator. She began her presidency of Wright State University on July 1, 2017, and stepped down from the position December 31, 2019, midway through her five-year appointm ...

*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 Maja Matarić is an American computer scientist, roboticist and AI researcher, and the Chan Soon-Shiong Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, Neuroscience, and Pediatrics at the University of Southern California. She is known for her wo ...

*2011 – Juan E. Gilbert, Jo Handelsman, Mary Lou Soffa *2015 **Organisation – EDGE Foundation *2018 – Ulrica Wilson *2020 -

Overtoun Jenda Overtoun Jenda, born in an urban area of the northern part of Malawi, is an American mathematician and recipient of a 2020 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring. He is a Professor of Mathematics and As ...

STEM mentoring

Mentoring in the STEM fields has been shown to assist with student retention, a significant problem in the

STEM pipeline The STEM pipeline is the educational pathway for students in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The start and end of this STEM pipeline are disputed, but it is often considered to begin in early education and ext ...

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External links

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Recipients

STEM mentoring

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