Awards

Every year the NZMS presents awards for mathematics research and contributions to mathematics in NZ.

NZMS awards

NZMS Research Award

The NZMS Research Award was instituted in 1990 to foster mathematical excellence in research carried out by mathematicians in New Zealand.

NZMS Early Career Research Award

This award was instituted in 2006 to foster mathematical research in New Zealand and to recognise excellent research carried out by early-career New Zealand mathematicians.

Gillian Thornley Award

The Gillian Thornley award was established in 2020 to recognize outstanding contributions to the cause or profession of mathematics in New Zealand.

Kalman Prize

The Kalman Prize for Best Paper was instituted in 2016 to recognise excellence in research carried out by New Zealand mathematicians.

Aitken Prize

The Aitken Prize is awarded for the best contributed talk by a student at the annual New Zealand Mathematics Colloquium.

NZMS Award for Teaching Excellence

This Award was established in 2024 to recognise outstanding teaching practice of mathematics in the NZ tertiary sector.

Vaughan Jones Lectureship

The NZMS Vaughan Jones Lectureship has been established to fund an eminent research mathematician and speaker, who resides outside of New Zealand, to give public lectures and colloquiums at most universities in New Zealand over a period of four weeks.

Fellowship of the NZMS

See under becoming a Fellow of the NZMS

Funding opportunities

See under Grants

Some Royal Society Te Apārangi awards that mathematicans can be nominated for

Hector Medal – Medallists in Mathematics include Charles Semple (2024), Eamonn O’Brien (2020), Matt Visser (2018), Marston Conder (2014), Rod Downey (2011), Gavin Martin (2008), and John Butcher (1996).
Jones Medal – Medallists in Mathematics include Gaven Martin (2024), Marston Conder (2018), Robert Goldblatt (2012), and John Butcher (2010).
Hatherton Award – Awardees in Mathematics include Jurij Volčič (2018), Adam Day (2011), Paul Shorten (2001), and Charles Semple (1998).
Hamilton Award – Awardees in Mathematics include Noam Greenberg (2009), Thomasin Smith (2004), Charles Semple (2003), Michael Steel (1994), Rod Downey (1990), and Robert McKibbin (1983).
Rutherford Medal – Medallists in Mathematics include Rod Downey (2018) and Vaughan Jones (1991).