Before meeting with the President, in an award ceremony today at the Smithsonian National MuseumofNatural History, Science and Technology Advisor John Holdren conferred the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) to the 96 outstanding researchers.
It is an idea that has been partially built into the new Wellcome Wing at the ScienceMuseum and the recently opened Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum - both of which have high-turnover exhibits and bring the public into direct contact with scientists.
In my day job at the North Carolina MuseumofNatural Sciences, I get to work with remarkable people around the world who are experts in the sciences and science policy.