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President Trump Presents National Medals of Science and National Medals of Technology and Innovation
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Context
What happened: At the Science: A New Golden Age Summit, President Trump presented the National Medals of Science and the National Medals of Technology and Innovation to six recipients.
Key numbers: National Medal of Science awarded since 1963; National Medal of
Why it matters: The White House frames the awards as part of restoring U.S. scientific and technological leadership, with OSTP Director Michael Kratsios calling the medalists architects of the future.
Recipients: Elon Musk, Sergey Brin, Jensen Huang, Lisa Su (Science); Michael Dell, Satya Nadella (Technology and Innovation).
What changed
At the Science: A New Golden Age Summit, President Trump presented the National Medals of Science and the National Medals of Technology and Innovation to six recipients.
Why it matters
The White House frames the awards as part of restoring U.S. scientific and technological leadership, with OSTP Director Michael Kratsios calling the medalists architects of the future.
Recipients: Elon Musk, Sergey Brin, Jensen Huang, Lisa Su (Science); Michael Dell, Satya Nadella (Technology and Innovation).
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Oct 13, 2026 05:27 AM ET