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The Government of New Zealand introduced The Prime Minister’s Science Prizes in 2009 as a way of raising the profile and prestige of science among New Zealanders.

There are five prizes in total with a combined value of 1 million dollars.

Entries to the 2013 Prime Minister’s Science Prizes close on 17th July

The Prime Minister’s Science Prizes are awarded to:

The 2012 Prime Minister’s Science Prize recipients have been announced

From L to R: Hannah Ng (Future Scientist), Hon. Steven Joyce Minister of Science & Innovation, Mr Peter Stewart (Science Teacher Prize), Dr James Russell (MacDiarmid Emerging Scientist), Professor Shaun Hendy (Science Media Communication Prize), the Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. John Key, Professor Paul Moughan (Science Prize, Riddet Institute, Massey University) and Mrs Anne Singh on behalf of Professor Harjinder Singh (Science Prize, Riddet Institute, Massey University).

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