Hector Medal
An award for outstanding work involving chemical, physical and mathematical and information sciences by a researcher in New Zealand, awarded annually.
Award details
Discipline: For research involving chemical, physical, mathematical and information sciences
Award offered: Yearly
Prize: Medal
The Hector Medal is awarded annually for research involving chemical, physical, and mathematical and information sciences, to the researcher who, working within New Zealand, 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.