National Medal of Science

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United States national award science award

The National Medal of Science is a prestigious United States presidential award that honors individuals for outstanding contributions to scientific knowledge and advancement.

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Label Occurrences
National Medal of Science canonical 395
National Medal of Science (Chien-Shiung Wu) 1
National Medal of Science (USA) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States national award ⓘ
science award ⓘ
administeredBy National Science Foundation ⓘ
awardedFor advancement of science ⓘ
outstanding contributions to knowledge in the sciences ⓘ
ceremonyLocation White House ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
eligibility United States citizens ⓘ
individuals ⓘ
non-citizens with exceptional contributions to science in the United States ⓘ
establishedBy United States Congress ⓘ
field biological sciences ⓘ
biomedical sciences ⓘ
computer and information sciences ⓘ
engineering ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
physical sciences ⓘ
social and behavioral sciences ⓘ
firstAwarded 1963 ⓘ
frequency irregular ⓘ
hasComponent citation ⓘ
medal ⓘ
hasRecipient Barbara McClintock ⓘ
Claude Shannon ⓘ
Edward O. Wilson ⓘ
Freeman Dyson ⓘ
Jane Goodall ⓘ
John Bardeen ⓘ
John Nash ⓘ
Linus Pauling ⓘ
Murray Gell-Mann ⓘ
Noam Chomsky ⓘ
Richard Feynman ⓘ
Shirley Ann Jackson ⓘ
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar ⓘ
Vera Rubin ⓘ
inception 1959 ⓘ
legalBasis Public Law 86-209 ⓘ
presentedBy President of the United States ⓘ
relatedAward National Medal of Technology and Innovation ⓘ
relativeImportance one of the highest scientific honors in the United States ⓘ
selectionProcess evaluation by committees of eminent scientists and engineers ⓘ
peer nomination ⓘ
recommendation to the President of the United States ⓘ
sponsor United States government ⓘ
status active ⓘ
symbolizes national recognition of scientific achievement ⓘ
typicalFrequency annually ⓘ

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G. Evelyn Hutchinson → awardReceived → National Medal of Science ⓘ
Glenn T. Seaborg → awardReceived → National Medal of Science ⓘ
Philip Anderson → awardReceived → National Medal of Science ⓘ
Leo Beranek → awardReceived → National Medal of Science ⓘ
Mildred Dresselhaus → awardReceived → National Medal of Science ⓘ
United States awards and decorations → includes → National Medal of Science ⓘ
Julian Schwinger → awardReceived → National Medal of Science ⓘ
John M. Deutch → awardReceived → National Medal of Science ⓘ
Roy Vagelos → awardReceived → National Medal of Science ⓘ
Steven Weinberg → awardReceived → National Medal of Science ⓘ
Daniel Kleppner → awardReceived → National Medal of Science ⓘ
Bruno Rossi → awardReceived → National Medal of Science ⓘ
Norbert Wiener → awardReceived → National Medal of Science ⓘ
Luis Alvarez → awardReceived → National Medal of Science ⓘ
Saunders Mac Lane → awardReceived → National Medal of Science ⓘ
Jerome Friedman → awardReceived → National Medal of Science ⓘ
Max Delbrück → awardReceived → National Medal of Science ⓘ
Lynn Petra Alexander → awardReceived → National Medal of Science ⓘ
Percy W. Bridgman → awardReceived → National Medal of Science ⓘ
Charles Hard Townes → awardReceived → National Medal of Science ⓘ
Leonard Kleinrock → awardReceived → National Medal of Science ⓘ
Rudolf E. Kálmán → awardReceived → National Medal of Science ⓘ
Yoichiro Nambu → awardReceived → National Medal of Science ⓘ
Theodosius Dobzhansky → awardReceived → National Medal of Science ⓘ
Ernst Mayr → awardReceived → National Medal of Science ⓘ
George Gaylord Simpson → awardReceived → National Medal of Science ⓘ
G. Ledyard Stebbins → awardReceived → National Medal of Science ⓘ
Sewall Wright → awardReceived → National Medal of Science ⓘ
Carl Woese → awardReceived → National Medal of Science ⓘ
Andreas Acrivos → awardReceived → National Medal of Science ⓘ
Bill Hewlett → awardReceived → National Medal of Science ⓘ
Sandra Faber → awardReceived → National Medal of Science ⓘ
Shiing-Shen Chern → awardReceived → National Medal of Science ⓘ
Carl E. Wieman → awardReceived → National Medal of Science ⓘ
Karen Uhlenbeck → awardReceived → National Medal of Science ⓘ
Edward Witten → awardReceived → National Medal of Science ⓘ
André Weil → awardReceived → National Medal of Science ⓘ
Andrew Viterbi → awardReceived → National Medal of Science ⓘ
Oswald Veblen → awardReceived → National Medal of Science ⓘ
Richard Courant → awardReceived → National Medal of Science ⓘ
Herbert Boyer → awardReceived → National Medal of Science ⓘ
Robert Rubin → spouseOfAwardReceived → National Medal of Science ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Medal of Science (Vera Rubin)
Maurice Ewing → awardReceived → National Medal of Science ⓘ
John Milnor → awardReceived → National Medal of Science ⓘ
Edward M. Purcell → awardReceived → National Medal of Science ⓘ
C. N. Yang → awardReceived → National Medal of Science ⓘ
Lyman Spitzer Jr. → awardReceived → National Medal of Science ⓘ
Israel Gelfand → awardReceived → National Medal of Science ⓘ
J. Presper Eckert → awardReceived → National Medal of Science ⓘ
Jared → awardReceived → National Medal of Science ⓘ
subject surface form: Jared Diamond