Wednesday, June 26, 2002

President Bush Announced the Recipients of the 2001 Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) (NC State’s Dr. Veena Misra Cited)

- from White House Press Releases and Documents

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Dr. Misra

President George W. Bush today announced the recipients of the 2001 Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, the nation's highest honor for professionals at the outset of their independent research careers. Sixty researchers will be honored July 12 in a White House ceremony.

The Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, established in 1996, honors the most promising young researchers in the nation within their fields. Eight federal departments and agencies, which join together annually to nominate young scientists and engineers whose work is of greatest benefit to the nominating agency's mission, administer the awards. Participating agencies award these young scientists and engineers up to five years of funding to further their research in support of critical government missions.

The recipients of the 2001 Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, along with their nominating federal department or agency are:

… (NOTE: only North Carolina recipients are listed below, for brevity)

Dr. Veena Misra, North Carolina State University

Dr. Regina M. Carelli, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Dr. John A. Klingensmith, Duke University

Dr. James A. Tulsky, VA Health Services Research and Development Service Center of Excellence in Durham, North Carolina

Dr. Steven Andrew Cummer, Duke University

Dr. Michael C. Fitzgerald, Duke University

Editor's note; see also related story, Misra Receives NSF Presidential Career Award.

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