The NZIP currently makes three regular awards:
- The Dan Walls Medal (biennial);
- Te Tohu mō te Whaihua i te Mātai Ahupūngao – Physics Impact Award (biennial);
- The Rutherford Trophy (annual).
The table below shows the NZIP Award Recipients from 1973 to 2023.
For more information about the Awards and the Application Information, take this link to the NZIP Awards page.
Year Dan Walls Medal Physics Impact Award Rutherford Trophy
2023 Prof. David Wiltshire Prof. Cather Simpson Haggis Henderson
2021 Prof. Jenni Adams
2019 Prof. Peter Schwerdtfeger
2017 Prof. Howard J. Carmichael Dr John A. Campbell
2015
2013 Prof. Matt Visser Howard Lukefahr
2011 Prof. Jeff Tallon
2010 Prof. David Parry
2008 Prof. Sir Paul Callaghan
(inaugural recipient)Fred Johnson
2005 Suresh Chandra
2003 Bill Hayes
2001 P. Hooper
1999 Derek Chirnside and Sue Napier
1997 L. A. Black and Graham Batcherlor
1993 T. A. Riddell
1992 A. Steyn-Ross
1987 M. Bowling
1976 M. P. Fogden
1974 P. T. E. Woollaston
1973 E. R. Mangin and C. L. Miles