Flemming Awards Archives

NIST headquarters on July 3, 2019. (Photo credit: J. Stoughton / NIST)

Meet the physicists making NIST the epicenter of quantum advancement

The country’s most notable developments in quantum technology are happening at the agency. Three Flemming Award winners are driving various breakthroughs.

Nov 4, 2026 By Matt Bracken

Navajo Indians line up in their vehicles on May 21, 2020, to collect water and supplies from a distribution point as the COVID-19 virus spreads through the Navajo Nation, in Monument Valley at the Utah and Arizona border. (Photo by MARK RALSTON/AFP via Getty Images)

IHS has delivered billions in water and waste projects to tribal lands. This engineer made it happen

Melissa de Vera will be honored with a Flemming Award for leading IHS recruitment to facilitate $3.5 billion in spending on sanitation projects across the country.

Oct 31, 2025 By Matt Bracken

A view of the Department of Justice headquarters on April 30, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)

How DOJ attorneys and EPA engineers secured a record Clean Air Act penalty

Leading enforcement action against an engine manufacturer earned Nick McDaniel a Flemming Award. He credits his tech-savvy EPA partners with making it happen.

Oct 30, 2025 By Matt Bracken

A look at a 2013 Flemming Awards medal. (Photo courtesy of the Flemming Awards)

From genomics breakthroughs to tracking Amazon fires: Flemming Awards turn spotlight on federal scientists

“I'm very proud to be a … federal employee that does science in a way to benefit everybody,” NIH’s Charles Rotimi says.

Nov 8, 2024 By Matt Bracken