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.

A Few Selected Recipients

*1996 –

Richard A. Tapia Richard Alfred Tapia (born March 25, 1939) 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 (2007-2 ...

Diola Bagayoko Diola Bagayoko is a Malian-American professor of physics at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Early life and education Bagayoko grew up in Mali. In 1973, Bagayoko earned degrees in chemistry and physics from Ecole Normale Superi ...

*1997 – Geraldine L. Richmond *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, Cali ...

*2003 – **Individual – Linda B. Hayden, Margaret Werner-Washburne **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 ...

) *2004 - **Organization - Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science *2005 –

Lenore Blum Lenore Carol Blum (née Epstein, born December 18, 1942) is an American computer scientist and mathematician who has made contributions to the theories of real number computation, cryptography, and pseudorandom number generation. She was a disti ...

, 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 Patricia Anastastia Martin DeLeon (born 13 July 1944) is a Jamaican reproductive geneticist who is specialists in the male reproductive system. She is the Trustees Distinguished Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Delaware. In ...

, Steven Oppenheimer **Organisation – Medeva Ghee (The Leadership Alliance & The Partnership for Minority Science Education) *2008 –

Richard Zare Richard Neil Zare (born November 19, 1939, in Cleveland, Ohio) is the Marguerite Blake Wilbur Professor in Natural Science and a Professor of Chemistry at Stanford University. Throughout his career, Zare has made a considerable impact in physica ...

Susan M. Kauzlarich Susan M. Kauzlarich is an American chemist and is presently a distinguished professor of chemistry at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis). At UC Davis, Kauzlarich leads a research group focused on the synthesis and characterization ...

*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 Jo Emily Handelsman (born March 19, 1959) is the Director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery at University of Wisconsin–Madison. She is also a Vilas Research Professor and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor. Handelsman was appoint ...

Mary Lou Soffa Mary Lou Ehnot Soffa is an American computer scientist noted for her research on compilers, program optimization, system software and system engineering. She is also noted for her leadership in broadening participation in computing. She is on th ...

*2014 – Erika Tatiana Camacho,

Keivan Stassun Keivan Guadalupe Stassun (born July 1972) is an American physicist and astronomer in the field of exoplanets. He is a physics professor at Vanderbilt University and an adjunct professor at Fisk University, institutions at which he oversees and c ...

*2015 **Organisation –

EDGE Foundation The EDGE Foundation (Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education) is an organization based in Claremont, California, United States, that was established in 2013. The foundation sponsors the EDGE Program, which was established in 1998 to help women ...

*2018 –

Ulrica Wilson Ulrica Wilson is a mathematician specializing in the theory of noncommutative rings and in the combinatorics of matrices. She is an associate professor at Morehouse College, associate director of diversity and outreach at the Institute for Computat ...

*2020 -

Overtoun Jenda Overtoun Malandula G. Jenda is a Malawi-born American mathematician. He is a Professor of Mathematics and Assistant Provost for Special Projects and Initiatives at Auburn University. Jenda received a Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, M ...

STEM mentoring

Mentoring Mentorship is the patronage, influence, guidance, or direction given by a mentor. A mentor is someone who teaches or gives help and advice to a less experienced and often younger person. In an organizational setting, a mentor influences the perso ...

in the

STEM fields Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is an umbrella term used to group together the distinct but related technical disciplines of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The term is typically used in the context o ...

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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