The event is scheduled for Thursday as part of the “Science: A New Golden Age” summit, according to sources that reported the announcement. The date indicated in the reports is October 8, 2026.
The award intended for Musk is the National Medal of Science. The South China Morning Post reports that Sergei Brin, Google co-founder, Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s chief executive, and Lisa Su, who leads AMD, will also be named recipients alongside him.
The same newspaper also reports that Michael Dell and Satya Nadella will receive the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the award dedicated to the technology field.
The two awards will therefore be presented to distinct groups of technology industry executives: Musk, Brin, Huang and Su are associated with the National Medal of Science, while Dell and Nadella are associated with the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, according to the list published by the South China Morning Post.
The Hill describes the initiative as part of the White House’s “Science: A New Golden Age” summit. The available information therefore links the ceremony to the presidential event, without providing further details about the specific location where the awards will be presented.
The announcement concerns a future ceremony: Trump is scheduled to preside over the presentation of the honors, while the recipients’ names are those reported in the available sources. The reports do not include the full text of the White House statement or any other details about the summit.