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Hutton Medal

For work of outstanding scientific or technological merit on animal sciences, earth sciences, or plant sciences.

Award details

Discipline: Earth sciences, plant sciences and animal sciences

Award offered: Yearly

Eligibility: for researchers based in New Zealand

Prize: Medal

The Hutton Medal is awarded to a researcher who has significantly advanced understanding through work involving the animal, earth and plant sciences of outstanding scientific or technological merit.

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.