Apply for Space Prize for Professional Excellence |The Prime Minister's Space Prizes

The prize is open for applications between the following dates:

Opens: 12 May 2025
Closes: 3:00pm 10 July 2025

The applicant needs to register into the portal and log in. If the person is a previous applicant then they will not need to register but will still need to log in.
New applicants will need to make a profile. This includes answering some compulsory questions. There are also optional questions.
The portal will prompt the applicant to upload a CV (maximum of 2 pages)
The application form can only be downloaded from the portal.
The applicant will be required to provide names and email addresses of two referees (the referees can either be international or national referees or a combination of both). Please note that referees will not receive their verification email with their unique link to the portal until the applicant’s application has been uploaded. This can remain in ‘draft’ and be edited at any time.

Referees will receive an email from the Prime Minister’s Science Prizes portal with a unique link to the portal. Click on the link.
Register in the portal and log in. There are some questions which referees are required to answer but there are also some optional questions.
The referee form can only be downloaded from the portal.
Complete the referee form and upload and submit.

The applicant will not be able to submit the application if any of the steps below are incomplete:

Outstanding referee reports (upload)
Outstanding CV (upload)
Outstanding application form (upload)
Incomplete ethics statement. Applicants can either say that ethics was not required or all necessary ethics approval has been met.
Terms and conditions have not been agreed to.

The Secretariat for The Prime Minister’s Space Prizes is Royal Society Te Apārangi. Contact details are:

The Prime Minister’s Space Prizes
Royal Society Te Apārangi
PO Box 598
Wellington

Telephone: (04) 470 5762