The Prime Minister’s Science Prize
Te Puiaki Pūtaiao Matua a Te Pirimia
The Prime Minister’s Science Prize
This prize is for a transformative scientific discovery or achievement, which has had a significant economic, health, social, and/or environmental impact on New Zealand, or internationally. It will be awarded to an individual or team instrumental in creating the impact.
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, $500,000
Current status
For more, see the Prime Minister's Science Prizes website
For queries, email pmscienceprizes@royalsociety.org.nz