National Selection Committee Panelist Information Form
Thank you for your interest in serving on the 2024
Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM) National Selection Committee (NSC).
The 2024 PAESMEM NSC is scheduled to begin with independent reviews starting
on February 5th, 2024, with panels scheduled
for March 4th and 5th 2024.
Reviewers selected as Panel Chairs will also convene on March 6th to make final recommendations.
The NSC will be conducted virtually, with no travel accommodations needed.
The National Science Foundation (NSF), the independent federal agency that administers the PAESMEM program, is seeking reviewers with a range of experience and expertise gained by working in various types of organizations - and may include but not limited to primary and secondary education, academia, industry, military, government agencies, non-profit organizations, and foundations.
If you are interested in serving as an NSC panelist, please complete the online form below by
Friday, December 15, 2023.
- Hispanic or Latino
- A person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race.
- American Indian or Alaska Native
- A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America) and who maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment
- Asian
- A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam
- Black or African American
- A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa
- Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
- A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands.
- White
- A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa
The Federal Government has a continuing commitment to monitor the operation of its review and award
processes to identify and address any inequities based on gender, race, ethnicity, or disability of
its proposed candidates for Presidential Awards for Excellence.
To gather information needed for this important task, the candidate should submit a single copy of
this form with his or her application materials. Submission of the requested information is voluntary
and will not affect the candidate's eligibility for an award. However, information not submitted
will seriously undermine the statistical validity, and therefore the usefulness, of information
received from others.
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data allow us to gauge whether our programs and other opportunities in science and technology are
fairly reaching and benefiting everyone regardless of demographic category and to ensure that those
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results of such studies are statistical in nature and do not identify individuals. The information
will be added to the NSF Fellowships and Other Awards File, which covers individuals applying or
nominated for and/or receiving NSF support, either individually or through an academic institution,
including fellowships or awards of various types. See System of Records, NSF-12, "Fellowships and
Other Awards," 63 Federal Register 265 (January 5, 1998).
