Cooper Award
Early Career Research Excellence Award for Technology, Applied Sciences and Engineering
Award details:
Discipline: Technology, applied sciences, and engineering
Award offered: Yearly
Eligibility: for researchers based in New Zealand
Prize: Certificate and cash prize of $2,500
The Cooper Award (Royal Society Te Apārangi Early Career Research Excellence Award for Technology, Applied Sciences, and Engineering) is awarded to an early-career researcher for excellent research in technology, applied sciences, or engineering. The award will normally be made to one person.
Current status
The 2026 round for nominations is now open. The closing date for nominations is 31 March 2026.
To make a nomination, please contact academy@royalsociety.org.nz and a URL will be sent to you to access the nomination web portal.