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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

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Current status

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

For queries, email pmscienceprizes@royalsociety.org.nz