The Prime Minister’s Science Prize
Prime Minister's Prize. This Prize is for a transformative scientific discovery or achievement, which has had a significant economic, health, social, and/or environmental impact on New Zealand, or internationally. It will be awarded to an individual or team instrumental in creating the impact.
Discipline: natural, physical, mathematical and information sciences, applied sciences, technology, engineering, social science and multi-disciplinary science.
Award offered: yearly
Prize: trophy and cash prize, $500,000
- This Prize is for a transformative scientific discovery or achievement, which has had a significant economic, health, social, and/or environmental impact on New Zealand, or internationally. It will be awarded to an individual or team instrumental in creating the impact.
- While the research behind the discovery or achievement may have occurred over any time-period, to be eligible there must be a clear indication that the impact on New Zealand or internationally has taken place in the last five years.
- The total prize is worth $500,000. Of this, $100,000 will go directly to the individual or team with no expectations and $400,000 will be to support their on-going work.
Current status
The Call for Nominations for 2018 is now open. For more, see the Prime Minister's Science Prizes website
For queries, email pmscienceprizes@tcc.co.nz