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The Prime Minister’s MacDiarmid Emerging Scientist Prize

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The Prime Minister’s MacDiarmid Emerging Scientist Prize

This Prize is for an outstanding emerging scientist who has had their PhD or equivalent qualification conferred within the past eight (8) years.


Discipline:
 natural, physical, mathematical and information sciences, applied sciences, technology, engineering, social science and multi-disciplinary science.

Award offered: yearly

Prize: trophy and cash prize, $200,000

 

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  • This Prize is for an outstanding emerging scientist who has had their PhD or equivalent qualification conferred within the past eight (8) years.
  • The Prime Minister’s MacDiarmid Emerging Scientist Prize is worth 200,000. $50,000 will go directly to the recipient with no expectations and $150,000 will go to support their ongoing work.

Current status

For more, see the Prime Minister's Science Prizes website

For queries, email pmscienceprizes@royalsociety.org.nz