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National Medal of Science


Name	National Medal of Science
Imagesize	200px
Description	Outstanding contributions in Physics, Biology, Mathematics, Engineering, or Social and Behavioral sciences
Presenter	President of the United States
Country	United States
Location	Washington, D.C.
Year	1963

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The National Medal of Science is an honor bestowed by the President of the United States to individuals in science and engineering who have made important contributions to the advancement of knowledge in the fields of behavioral and social sciences, biology, chemistry, engineering, mathematics and physics. The twelve member presidential Committee on the National Medal of Science is responsible for selecting award recipients and is administered by the National Science Foundation (NSF). On November 17, 2010, President Barack Obama presented the award to its ten most recent recipients, which brings the total number of awardees to 461.

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