 In recognition of his effects on roadside and motorsports safety, Sicking was elected a Charter Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, and President George W. Bush awarded him the 2005 National Medal of Technology and Innovation (NMTI).The NMTI is the highest honor that the United States can bestow on a citizen whose technologies have made a positive contribution to the welfare of the nation.Sicking’s efforts have also won him the first-awarded Pioneering and Innovation Award in the history of "Autosport" magazine, in 2004, for his work on the SAFER barrier.