Talk:Alan T. Waterman Award

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The introduction reads as follows:

"The Alan T. Waterman Award is the United States's highest honorary award for scientists no older than 35. It is awarded on a yearly basis by the National Science Foundation. In addition to the medal, the awardee receives a grant of $1,000,000 to be used at the institution of their choice over a period of five years for advanced scientific research."

Why is it left unmentioned in this article that the award is given to just one scientist each year?

Yes, one can guess this from the list of awardees. But why should an encyclopedia article be a guessing game?

I hope someone knowledgeable about this award — perhaps someone from the NSF who is involved in administering it — can write a much better introduction. Which should not be difficult.Daqu (talk) 14:04, 18 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The description of the award committee (section Alan T. Waterman Award#Award process and committee composition) needs to be updated. Cicerone, Beering, and Vest are dead, and the Director of the NSF is now Sethuraman Panchanathan. Thatsme314 (talk) 08:06, 25 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]