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 2026 round for nominations is now closed. Nominations will open again in January 2027.
To make a nomination, please contact academy@royalsociety.org.nz and a URL will be sent to you to access the nomination web portal.