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Saturday, December 12, 2009

New Zealand: Prime Minister’s Science Prize - Celebrating New Zealand Science

Overview

The Prime Minister's Science Prize is in recognition of an outstanding science discovery or achievement which has resulted in an economic, health, social and/or environmental impact on New Zealand. In this context, science is taken to encompass the physical, chemical, biological, social and technological sciences, mathematics and engineering.

The Prime Minister’s Science Prize is worth $500,000.

$100,000 of the Prize will go directly to the individual or team and $400,000 will be to support their on-going work.

To learn more about the Prime Minister's Science Prize click on the following link:
http://www.pmscienceprizes.org.nz/science/index.html

Eligibility

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 has taken place in the last 5 years

Individuals or teams are invited to enter

For a team entry, one person must be designated as the ‘Team Representative’. This person will need to be prepared to be the public face of the discovery or achievement. This will include receiving the Prize, speaking with the media and carrying out tasks appropriate for a recipient of The Prime Minister’s Science Prize

The individual or nominated Team Representative must be either a New Zealand citizen or a New Zealand permanent resident and active in their field of science

The research behind the discovery or achievement must have met current standards of ethical practice and have been carried out largely in New Zealand.


Criteria

The Judging Criteria are:

How the discovery or achievement has led to an economic, health, social and/or environmental impact on New Zealand within the last 5 years

The intellectual excellence and rigour of the discovery or achievement

The significance of the impact on New Zealand.


Entry Process

All entries must be completed and received by Friday 18th December 2009.

Each entry will need to be endorsed by two Supporters who are also able to give expert opinion about the discovery or achievement and its impact on New Zealand. (The Supporter cannot be part of the team submitting an entry).

Supporters will be required to fill in an on-line form which addresses each of the selection criteria. A link will be emailed to the Supporters once the entry section has been completed. They will also need to prepare a short CV to demonstrate that they are able to comment on the entry.

All forms must be submitted online however click on the following link to download hard copy versions of the online form.

Entrant Hard Copy Form

Supporter Hard Copy Form

These copies are to be used to assist Entrants and Supporters with their submission only. All forms must be completed online.

Contact

The Prime Minister’s Science Prizes Secretariat
PO Box 90-040
Auckland 1142
Tel: (09) 360 1240
Fax: (09) 360 1242
Email: pmscienceprizes@tcc.co.nz


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