<p>President</a> Honors Outstanding Early-Career Scientists | The White House</p>
<p>The White House has just announced the winners of the 2010 Early Career Awards For Scientists. </p>
<p>"President Obama today named 85 researchers as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers. </p>
<p>The Presidential early career awards embody the high priority the Obama Administration places on producing outstanding scientists and engineers to advance the Nations goals, tackle grand challenges, and contribute to the American economy. Ten Federal departments and agencies join together annually to nominate the most meritorious scientists and engineers whose early accomplishments show the greatest promise for assuring Americas preeminence in science and engineering and contributing to the awarding agencies' missions. . . . (continued)</p>
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<p>This year, Princeton had two winners of the award, sharing third place with seven other universities. MIT dominated the awards with seven winners, while Stanford and the U. of Michigan, each had three. The Ivies were also represented with two winners from Columbia and one each from Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard and Yale.</p>
<p>2010 Presidential Early Career Awards</p>
<p>7---MIT</p>
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<p>3---Stanford, U. of Michigan
2---Princeton, Columbia, Northwestern, Rice, UC Davis, UM Amherst, USC, UW Madison</p>
<p>1-- (28 other universities had one winner each)</p>
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<p>Princeton's winners were Prof. Andrew Houck in Electrical Engineering (Princeton Class of 2000) and Prof. Joshua Shaevitz in physics.</p>
<p>More information about them can be found here:</p>
<p>Presidential</a> award goes to professors - The Daily Princetonian</p>