Notes

• Interested applicants may apply directly, however nominations by third-parties are also accepted.
• Applications for Shorland and Cranwell medals may be made by individuals or scientific teams.
• An applicant can only be considered for one NZAS medal each year, however they may additionally be a member of a team application.
• Applications submitted have a three* year lifetime including the submission year (i.e. submission year and two subsequent years). It is recommended that applications are updated annually.
• Upon expiry of an application’s validity a standdown period of three consecutive NZAS Medal rounds will apply before the individual or team can be the subject of a new application or nomination.

*The exceptions to this limit are applications submitted prior to 2022 which have a five year lifetime and Hill Tinsley applications which will no longer be considered once the nominated applicable period has passed (see guidelines).