The Nevada Medal was established by DRI in 1988 to acknowledge outstanding achievement in science and engineering. The annual award includes an eight-ounce minted medallion of .999 pure Nevada silver and $20,000 lecture honorarium sponsored by AT&T.

The award program involves public lectures by the medalist at DRI campuses in Las Vegas and Reno. The award is formally presented by the Governor of Nevada during dinner ceremonies in Reno and Las Vegas attended by Nevada's business, educational and governmental leaders.

Nominations

The Nevada Medal nomination process is a continuing effort of soliciting and accepting nominations from universities, government agencies, corporations, private and non-profit research groups and professional societies and individuals. The nomination deadline is July 31, 2009. Read more >>

2009 Nevada Medal Award Recipient: Francis Sellers Collins, M.D., Ph.D.

For his extraordinary achievements, his admirable leadership style, and his genuine concern about important ethical issues regarding genetics, Collins was appointed Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), a division of the National Institutes of Health, in 1993. Read more...