Hector Medal
Science award for outstanding work in chemical, physical or mathematical and information sciences by a researcher in New Zealand, awarded annually.
Award details
Discipline: Chemical sciences; physical sciences; mathematical or information sciences
Award offered: Annually
Prize: Medal
Please note: From, and including 2017, the Hector Medal has been awarded annually for chemical science, or physical sciences or mathematical and information sciences, rather than one discipline per year in rotation:
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 the particular branch of science.
The medal will not normally be awarded in the same discipline two years in a row.
Current status
The 2020 round has opened with a closing date of 31 March 2020.
If you wish to make a new nomination can you please advise us as soon as possible (academy@royalsociety.org.nz) and we will send you a URL to access the web portal.