Medals and Awards being offered in 2013
Callaghan Medal
Science communication award, for outstanding contribution to science communication, in particular raising public awareness of the value of science to human progress, awarded annually.
Charles Fleming Award for Environmental Achievement
Environmental science award for protection of the New Zealand environment, awarded every three years.
Cooper Medal
Physics and engineering award for best single account of original research, particularly benefitting New Zealand, awarded every two years.
Dame Joan Metge Medal
Social sciences award for excellence and building relationships in the social science research community, awarded every two years.
Hamilton Memorial Prize
Science award for beginners in scientific or technological research in New Zealand or the South Pacific, awarded annually.
Hatherton Award
Science award for best paper in physical, earth or maths and information sciences by a New Zealand University PhD, awarded annually.
Hector Medal
Science award for outstanding work in chemical, physical or mathematical and information sciences by a researcher in New Zealand, awarded annually, in rotation among the disciplines.
Humanities Aronui Medal
Humanities award for research or innovative work of outstanding merit in the Humanities, awarded annually.
Hutton Medal
Earth, plant and animal sciences award for outstanding work by a researcher in New Zealand, awarded annually, in rotation among the disciplines.
Jones Medal
Mathematical sciences award for lifetime achievement, awarded every two years.
Leonard Cockayne Memorial Lecture
Commemorating the life and work of Leonard Cockayne by the encouragement of botanical research in New Zealand.
MacDiarmid Medal
Scientific research award for outstanding scientific research that demonstrates the potential for application to human benefit, awarded annually.
Mason Durie Medal
Award for advances in the frontiers of social science, awarded annually.
Pickering Medal
Technology award for excellence, awarded annually.
Pou Aronui Award
Humanities award for distinguished service to humanities-aronui over a sustained period of time, awarded annually.
R. J. Scott Medal
Engineering science and technology award for work of great merit by a research in New Zealand, awarded every two years.
Rutherford Medal
Science, mathematics, social science and technology award for exceptional contribution in New Zealand, awarded annually.
Sir Charles Hercus Medal
Health sciences award for excellence in molecular and cellular sciences, biomedical science or clinical science and public health, awarded every two years, in rotation among the disciplines.
T. K. Sidey Medal
Electromagnetic radiation award for outstanding scientific research, offered at irregular intervals.
Te Rangi Hiroa Medal
Social sciences award for work in social history, cultural diversity, socioeconomics or medical anthropology, awarded every two years, in rotation among the disciplines.
Thomson Medal
Award for leadership and contribution to science in New Zealand, awarded annually.
