Hector Medal
For outstanding work which has advanced the chemical, physical, mathematical or information sciences
Award details
Discipline: Chemical, physical, mathematical and information sciences
Award offered: Yearly
Eligibility: for researchers working in New Zealand
Prize: Medal
The Hector Medal is awarded for outstanding work involving chemical, physical, and mathematical and information sciences, to the researcher who has undertaken work of great scientific or technological merit and has made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of knowledge.
The medal will not normally be awarded for research involving the same discipline two years in a row.
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.