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Hamilton Award

Early Career Research Excellence Award for Science

Award details

Discipline: Science

Award offered: Yearly

Eligibility: for Post-Doctoal researchers based in New Zealand

Prize: Certificate, cash prize of $2,500 and association with the Hamilton Lecture every third year.

The Hamilton Award (formerly called the Hamilton Memorial Prize) is awarded to an early-career researcher for excellence in scientific research, conducted while resident in New Zealand. The award will normally be made to one person.

Current status

The 2025 round is now closed. Nominations for 2026 will open in January 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.