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Billions of dollars gained from research on fungal partner of ryegrass
MEDIA RELEASE: TE PŪIAKI PUTAIAO MATUA A TE PIRIMIA SCIENCE PRIZE Dr Linda Johnson and the Endophyte Discovery Team from AgResearch have been awarded Te Pūiaki Putaiao Matua a Te Pirimia, the Prime Minister’s Science Prize. They have been awarded this prize for generating significant economic and environmental benefits from … Read More
Student’s winning solution to remove pollutants from stormwater with plants
MEDIA RELEASE: TE PUIAKI KAIPŪTAIAO ĀNAMATA FUTURE SCIENTIST PRIZE Te Puiaki Kaipūtaiao Ānamata the Prime Minister’s Future Scientist is Rena Misra, a Year 13 student at Epsom Girls’ Grammar School in Auckland. Rena was awarded this Prize for her research on removing pollutants from stormwater, using fungi to enhance the efficiency of filtration … Read More
From COVID-19 to bird flu: winning communication about viruses
MEDIA RELEASE: TE PUIAKI WHAKAPĀ PŪTAIAO SCIENCE COMMUNICATION PRIZE Te Puiaki Whakapā Pūtaiao the Prime Minister’s Science Communicator is Professor Jemma Geoghegan from the University of Otago. Jemma has played a crucial role in enhancing public understanding of infectious diseases and advising policymakers on pandemic threats in New Zealand. Although … Read More
Winning science teacher making the invisible visible to his students
MEDIA RELEASE: TE PUIAKI KAIWHAKAAKO PŪTAIAO SCIENCE TEACHER PRIZE Te Puiaki Kaiwhakaako Pūtaiao the Prime Minister’s Science Teacher is Dr Aidan Kiely, a science teacher and Head of Science at Aorere College in South Auckland. Aidan was awarded this Prize for his skilled and committed teaching, focused on achieving equitable … Read More
Entries open for New Zealand’s most illustrious science prize
Entries for the 2018 Prime Minister’s Science Prizes are now open, with New Zealand’s most talented established and emerging scientists, science teachers and science communicators able to apply for awards worth a combined value of $1 million across five categories. The New Zealand Government introduced The Prime Minister’s Science Prizes … Read More
Prime Minister’s Prize Winners announced on 21 March
Yesterday the five recipients of the prestigious Prime Minister’s Science Prizes were announced at an award ceremony held at Parliament, attended by Prime Minister Bill English and Science and Innovation Minister Paul Goldsmith, together with two hundred guests. The Prime Minister’s Future Scientist Prize was awarded to Former Onslow College pupil Catherine Pot. Read … Read More
Prizes bring international acknowledgement
Winning the 2014 Prime Minister’s Science Prize was a huge boost in confidence for researchers involved in the He Kainga Oranga/Housing and Health Research Programme, led by Professor Philippa Howden-Chapman from the University of Otago. “Many in our group are young researchers so it was a boost and affirmation for … Read More
Hard to win but a great Prize!
Professors John Boys and Grant Covic from the University of Auckland won the 2013 Prime Minister’s Science Prize for world-leading inductive power transfer (IPT), which is the high-efficiency transfer of electricity across large air gaps. “We could never have made the progress that we have without the Prime Minister’s Science … Read More
2014 Prime Minister’s MacDiarmid Emerging Scientist talks on National Radio
Hear the 2014 recipient of the Prime Minister’s MacDiarmid Emerging Scientist Prize, Dr Karl Iremonger, discuss, on National Radio, what his discoveries about the human brain could mean for conditions such as Alzheimer’s and Chronic Pain Syndrome.Karl Iremonger speaks on National Radio … Read More
PMs Science Prize winner receives New Year Honour
Congratulations to Distinguished Professor Emeritus John Boys, a previous joint winner of the Prime Minister’s Science Prize, who was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to science in the New Year Honours list for 2015. Distinguished Professor Boys and Professor Grant Covic, both from … Read More