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Pickering Medal

For innovation and excellence in technology that has generated significant impact and commercial success both nationally and internationally.

Award details

Discipline: Technology

Award offered: Yearly

Eligibility: for researchers based in New Zealand

Prize: Medal

The Medal is to be awarded to a person or a team who has through design, development or invention performed innovative technological work the results of which have been significant in their influence and recognition both nationally and internationally, and which have led to significant commercial success.

Please note that this medal is open to team nominations as well as individual nominations.

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.