Enrico Fermi Award

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The Enrico Fermi Award is one of the United States government’s oldest and most prestigious science and technology honors, recognizing exceptional lifetime achievements in the development, use, or control of nuclear energy.

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instanceOf United States government award
science and technology award
administeredBy United States Department of Energy
awardFor exceptional lifetime achievements in the control of nuclear energy
exceptional lifetime achievements in the development of nuclear energy
exceptional lifetime achievements in the use of nuclear energy
awardingBodyType federal government agency
category national award
nuclear science award
country United States
discipline materials science related to nuclear energy
nuclear engineering
physics
eligibility engineers
individuals with major contributions to nuclear energy
scientists
field nuclear energy
science and technology
frequency irregular
hasComponent citation
gold medal
monetary honorarium
honorsLegacyOf Enrico Fermi
inception 1956
level career-level recognition
namedAfter Enrico Fermi
namedForOccupation physicist
notableRecipient Alvin M. Weinberg
Edward Teller
Eugene Wigner
Glenn T. Seaborg
Hans Bethe
J. Robert Oppenheimer
John von Neumann
Leo Szilard
Lise Meitner
Luis W. Alvarez
oneOfOldest United States government science and technology honors
presentedBy United States Department of Energy
relatedTo Manhattan Project legacy
scope lifetime achievement
selectionCriteria benefit to humanity
scientific impact
technical impact
sponsor United States Department of Energy
status active
symbolizes recognition of pioneering work in nuclear energy
typeOfRecognition lifetime achievement award


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