Funds, Medals & Competitions

Funding, competitions, medals and other honours awarded by the Royal Society supporting all disciplines of science, technology and the humanities.

All Funds, Medals & Competitions

  • Bayer Primary School Science Fund

    Bayer Primary School Science Fund

    Guidelines The Bayer Primary School Science Fund is sponsored by Bayer and administered by the Royal Society of New Zealand. This fund is to give…

  • BayerBoost Scholarships

    BayerBoost Scholarships

    A summer opportunity for undergraduate Yr13 students to work on environmental research with a host organisation.

  • Benson Fund

    Benson Fund

    Providing funding for preparing or printing geological maps or other scientific illustrations accompanying papers accepted for the Society’s publications.

  • BP Challenge

    BP Challenge

    A hands-on competition where students work as a team using simple materials to solve problems

  • Callaghan Medal

    Callaghan Medal

    Science communication award, for outstanding contribution to science communication, in particular raising public awareness of the value of science to human progress, awarded annually.

  • Charles Fleming Award for Environmental Achievement

    Charles Fleming Award for Environmental Achievement

    Environmental science award for protection of the New Zealand environment, awarded every three years.

  • Charles Fleming Fund

    Charles Fleming Fund

    Incorporates a senior scientist award to support research and a publishing award to support scientific publications.

  • Charles Fleming Fund Publishing Award

    Up to $8,000 is available annually to support the preparation of scientific books and relevant publications.

  • Charles Fleming Fund Senior Scientist Award

    Up to $10,000 is available annually to support the research of a senior scientist at a university or Crown Research Institute in New Zealand, and that of their research group.

  • Cooper Medal

    Cooper Medal

    Physics and engineering award for best single account of original research, particularly benefitting New Zealand, awarded every two years.

  • CREST Awards

    CREST Awards

    Researching/investigating creative and innovative science and technological solutions to practical problems.

  • Dame Joan Metge Medal

    Dame Joan Metge Medal

    Social sciences award for excellence and building relationships in the social science research community, awarded every two years.

  • Dumont d’Urville NZ-France S&T Support Programme

    Dumont d’Urville NZ-France S&T Support Programme

    New Zealand / France Science & Technology support programme.

  • East Asia Pacific Summer Institutes Program (EAPSI)

    East Asia Pacific Summer Institutes Program (EAPSI)

    Provides U.S. science and engineering graduate students first-hand experience conducting research in New Zealand laboratories.

  • European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST)

    European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST)

    Travel grants for New Zealand researchers travelling to Europe, and European researchers travelling to New Zealand involving COST Actions.

  • FREESTA

    FREESTA

    (Freemasons Student Travel Award) Download the Application Form (Word, 301 kB). FREESTA is funded by Freemasons New Zealand and administered by the Royal Society of…

  • Hamilton Memorial Prize

    Hamilton Memorial Prize

    Science award for beginners in scientific or technological research in New Zealand or the South Pacific, awarded annually.

  • Hatherton Award

    Hatherton Award

    Science award for best paper in physical, earth or maths and information sciences by a New Zealand University PhD, awarded annually.

  • Hector Medal

    Hector Medal

    Science award for outstanding work in chemical, physical or mathematical and information sciences by a researcher in New Zealand, awarded annually, in rotation among the disciplines.

  • Humanities Aronui Medal

    Humanities Aronui Medal

    Humanities award for research or innovative work of outstanding merit in the Humanities, awarded annually.

  • Hutton Fund

    Hutton Fund

    Encouraging research in New Zealand zoology, botany and geology.

  • Hutton Medal

    Hutton Medal

    Earth, plant and animal sciences award for outstanding work by a researcher in New Zealand, awarded annually, in rotation among the disciplines.

  • International Mobility Fund (USA)

    International Mobility Fund (USA)

    Funding for New Zealand researchers to travel overseas or for overseas researchers to travel to New Zealand to work on joint research projects.

  • International Relationships Fund

    International Relationships Fund

    A generic name for the Ministry of Science and Innovation’s programme for fostering international support. The Royal Society administers parts of the programme.

  • International Senior Secondary Science Opportunities 2012

    International Senior Secondary Science Opportunities 2012

    International opportunities for senior secondary school students who are passionate about science.

  • James Cook Research Fellowships

    James Cook Research Fellowships

    Supports qualified and experienced researchers to pursue their research programme full-time.

  • James G Hay Travel Award

    The award is to assist New Zealand university staff or post-graduate students in biomechanics to present a paper at each biennial ISB Congress.

  • Jones Medal

    Jones Medal

    Mathematical sciences award for lifetime achievement, awarded every two years.

  • Julius von Haast Fellowship Award

    Julius von Haast Fellowship Award

    Allows internationally recognized German researchers to spend time working collaboratively with their New Zealand colleagues, and to establish, or enhance collaborative research of benefit to both countries.

  • Leonard Cockayne Memorial Lecture

    Leonard Cockayne Memorial Lecture

    Commemorating the life and work of Leonard Cockayne by the encouragement of botanical research in New Zealand.

  • MacDiarmid Medal

    MacDiarmid Medal

    Scientific research award for outstanding scientific research that demonstrates the potential for application to human benefit, awarded annually.

  • Mappin Fund

    Mappin Fund

    Funding for research into New Zealand plants and plant pathogens.

  • Marsden Fund

    Marsden Fund

    Supports excellence in science, engineering, maths, social sciences and the humanities in New Zealand by providing grants for investigator-initiated research.

  • Mason Durie Medal

    Mason Durie Medal

    Award for advances in the frontiers of social science, awarded annually.

  • New Zealand Ecohydraulics Trust Travel Award

    The award is to allow a young NZ scientist to attend the International Symposium on Ecohydraulics

  • New Zealand-China Scientist Exchange Programme

    New Zealand-China Scientist Exchange Programme

    Provides for support to be provided through the New Zealand-China Scientist Exchange Programme.

  • New Zealand-EU International Research Staff Exchange Scheme (IRSES)

    New Zealand-EU International Research Staff Exchange Scheme (IRSES)

    Funding for staff exchanges between New Zealand and European research institution

  • New Zealand-Japan Scientist Exchange Programmes

    New Zealand-Japan Scientist Exchange Programmes

    Supports postdoctoral fellowships, exchange visits between NZ and Japan or holding joint Workshops in NZ or Japan.

  • NZ-Germany Science & Technology Programme

    NZ-Germany Science & Technology Programme

    Funding for New Zealand researchers to travel to Germany or for German researchers to travel to New Zealand to work on joint research projects.

  • NZ-Korea Joint Research Projects

    NZ-Korea Joint Research Projects

    Within the framework of the Korean-New Zealand Science and Technology Cooperation Agreement, the New Zealand Ministry of Science and Innovation (MSI) and the Korean Ministry…

  • NZ-Spain Science & Technology Programme

    NZ-Spain Science & Technology Programme

    Provides funding for New Zealand researchers to travel to Spain or for Spanish researchers to travel to New Zealand to work on joint research projects.

  • Pickering Medal

    Pickering Medal

    Technology award for excellence, awarded annually.

  • Pou Aronui Award

    Pou Aronui Award

    Humanities award for distinguished service to humanities-aronui over a sustained period of time, awarded annually.

  • R. H. T. Bates Postgraduate Scholarship

    R. H. T. Bates Postgraduate Scholarship

    One year university scholarship.

  • R. J. Scott Medal

    R. J. Scott Medal

    Engineering science and technology award for work of great merit by a research in New Zealand, awarded every two years.

  • Realise the Dream

    Realise the Dream

    A prestigious national competition for up to 20 New Zealand secondary school students who have undertaken outstanding science research and technological development

  • Royal Society of New Zealand Manhire Prize for Creative Science Writing

    Royal Society of New Zealand Manhire Prize for Creative Science Writing

    In partnership with the New Zealand Listener Magazine and the Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University, this is a creative science writing competition to encourage exciting science communication through the written word

  • Royal Society of New Zealand Science Book Prize

    Royal Society of New Zealand Science Book Prize

    A biennial book prize to encourage the writing, publishing and reading of good and accessible popular science books

  • Rutherford Discovery Fellowships

    Rutherford Discovery Fellowships

    Supporting New Zealand’s most talented early- to mid-career researchers.

  • Rutherford Medal

    Rutherford Medal

    Science, mathematics, social science and technology award for exceptional contribution in New Zealand, awarded annually.

  • SCAR Biology Travel Award

    SCAR Biology Travel Award

    The award is to help NZ-registered postgraduate students to attend SCAR symposia.

  • Sir Charles Hercus Medal

    Sir Charles Hercus Medal

    Health sciences award for excellence in molecular and cellular sciences, biomedical science or clinical science and public health, awarded every two years, in rotation among the disciplines.

  • Skinner Fund

    Skinner Fund

    Promoting the study of the history, art, culture, physical and social anthropology of the Māori and other Polynesian peoples.

  • T. K. Sidey Medal

    T. K. Sidey Medal

    Electromagnetic radiation award for outstanding scientific research, offered at irregular intervals.

  • Talented Secondary School Students Travel Award

    Talented Secondary School Students Travel Award

    Financial support for secondary school students who have been selected on a national basis to attend international science and technology events.

  • Te Rangi Hiroa Medal

    Te Rangi Hiroa Medal

    Social sciences award for work in social history, cultural diversity, socioeconomics or medical anthropology, awarded every two years, in rotation among the disciplines.

  • Teacher Fellowships

    Teacher Fellowships

    Fellowships for primary and secondary teachers to work with host organisations.

  • The Rutherford Foundation

    The Rutherford Foundation

    Supports early career researchers, funds PhD scholarships and post-doc fellowships, and helps bring outstanding overseas NZ researchers back home.

  • Thomson Medal

    Thomson Medal

    Award for leadership and contribution to science in New Zealand, awarded annually.

 
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