2009 Enrico Fermi Awards Ceremony

Secretary Chu, Dr. Koonin and Dr. Brinkman with the Fermi award winners wearing their medals and standing on stage Photo Credit: Ken Shipp/DOE Photo

Left to right: Steven Koonin, Under Secretary for Science; Steve Chu, DOE Secretary; John Holdren, Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy; Sig Hecker and John Goodenough, 2009 Fermi Award winners; and Bill Brinkman, Director of the Office of Science

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Secretary Chu shaking hands with Dr. Goodenough Photo Credit: Ken Shipp/DOE Photo

Secretary Chu congratulates John Goodenough

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Secretary Chu shaking hands with Dr. Hecker Photo Credit: Ken Shipp/DOE Photo

Secretary Chu congratulates Sig Hecker

The Presidential Award is one of the oldest and most prestigious science and technology awards given by the U.S. Government, and recognizes scientists of international stature for their lifetimes of exceptional scientific, technical, engineering, and/or management achievements related to the development, use, control, or production of energy (broadly interpreted as encompassing all basic and applied research, science, and technology supported by the U.S. Department of Energy and its programs). A Fermi Award winner receives a citation signed by the President of the United States and the Secretary of Energy, a gold medal bearing the likeness of Enrico Fermi, and a $375,000 honorarium. In the event the Award is given to more than one individual in the same year, the recipients share the honorarium.

For more information on the Award, go to http://www.science.energy.gov/fermi/