Recipients can be either a full or part-time member of staff at UC or have been a member of UC staff and who have retired no longer than 12 months.
The Research Medal is presented at a special function and recipients deliver a public lecture.
For staff wishing to view the application process for the Research Medal please click here (staff only).
Meet Professor Brendon Bradley who received the UC Research Medal in 2023. On a mission to make earthquakes no more than a nuisance, he built his career on fortuitous timing, hard work, and leaning into the basics.
Meet Professor Brendon Bradley who received the UC Research Medal in 2023. On a mission to make earthquakes no more than a nuisance, he built his career on fortuitous timing, hard work, and leaning into the basics.
Meet Professor Misko Cubrinovski from our Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering who received the UC Research Medal in 2022. He is known internationally for his research and extraordinary community impact in earthquake geotechnical engineering.
Meet Professor Misko Cubrinovski from our Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering who received the UC Research Medal in 2022. He is known internationally for his research and extraordinary community impact in earthquake geotechnical engineering.
Meet Professor Elissa Cameron from our School of Biological Sciences who received the UC Research Medal in 2022. She is an internationally recognised wildlife biologist with research that spans meerkats and giraffes in South Africa, Tasmanian devils in Australia, and Kaimanawa wild horses in Aotearoa | New Zealand.
Meet Professor Elissa Cameron from our School of Biological Sciences who received the UC Research Medal in 2022. She is an internationally recognised wildlife biologist with research that spans meerkats and giraffes in South Africa, Tasmanian devils in Australia, and Kaimanawa wild horses in Aotearoa | New Zealand.
Meet Associate Professor Alex James and Professor Michael Plank who received the UC Research Medal in 2021. These two UC mathematicians helped develop world-leading modelling to guide New Zealand’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Meet Associate Professor Alex James and Professor Michael Plank who received the UC Research Medal in 2021. These two UC mathematicians helped develop world-leading modelling to guide New Zealand’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
UC Business School Professor Markus Milne is a winner of the University of Canterbury 2021 Research Medal for his work investigating the social and environmental impacts of business.
UC Business School Professor Markus Milne is a winner of the University of Canterbury 2021 Research Medal for his work investigating the social and environmental impacts of business.
Meet Professor Gail Gillon who received the UC Research Medal in 2020 for decades of work aimed at improving children’s learning success and wellbeing.
Meet Professor Gail Gillon who received the UC Research Medal in 2020 for decades of work aimed at improving children’s learning success and wellbeing.
Meet Professor Steven Ratuva who received the UC Research Medal in 2019. He has brought 20 years of experience in research across disciplines to the challenge of unpeeling the layers of ethnicity.
Meet Professor Steven Ratuva who received the UC Research Medal in 2019. He has brought 20 years of experience in research across disciplines to the challenge of unpeeling the layers of ethnicity.
Meet Professor Jason Tylianakis who received the UC Research Medal in 2019. He has established a research platform with remarkable breadth and depth and produced a series of highly cited publications on the responses of species interactions and ecological networks to global environmental change.
Meet Professor Jason Tylianakis who received the UC Research Medal in 2019. He has established a research platform with remarkable breadth and depth and produced a series of highly cited publications on the responses of species interactions and ecological networks to global environmental change.
Meet Professor Rick Millane from Electrical and Computer Engineering who received the UC Research Medal in 2016. He's an international leader in developing methods for macromolecular imaging for structural biology.
Meet Professor Rick Millane from Electrical and Computer Engineering who received the UC Research Medal in 2016. He's an international leader in developing methods for macromolecular imaging for structural biology.
Meet Distinguished Professor Geoffrey Chase from Mechanical Engineering who received the UC Research Medal in 2016. He specialises in dynamic systems modelling and control applied to medicine and structures.
Meet Distinguished Professor Geoffrey Chase from Mechanical Engineering who received the UC Research Medal in 2016. He specialises in dynamic systems modelling and control applied to medicine and structures.
Meet Distinguished Professor David Schiel who received the UC Research Medal in 2016. He has become familiar to many in the Kaikōura area through his work on how marine systems respond and recover from cataclysmic upheaval and other impacts.
Meet Distinguished Professor David Schiel who received the UC Research Medal in 2016. He has become familiar to many in the Kaikōura area through his work on how marine systems respond and recover from cataclysmic upheaval and other impacts.
Meet Professor Jennifer Hay from our Language, Social, and Political Sciences. She received the UC Research Medal in 2015 for her analysis of words and sounds.
Meet Professor Jennifer Hay from our Language, Social, and Political Sciences. She received the UC Research Medal in 2015 for her analysis of words and sounds.
Meet Distinguished Professor Mike Steel (Mathematics and Statistics) and Professor C. Michael Hall (Management, Marketing and Entrepreneurship). They received the UC Research Medal in 2014.
Meet Distinguished Professor Mike Steel (Mathematics and Statistics) and Professor C. Michael Hall (Management, Marketing and Entrepreneurship). They received the UC Research Medal in 2014.
Meet Professor Angus Macfarlane and Professor Dave Kelly who received the UC Research Medal in 2013. Kelly received his medal for his world-leading research in plant ecology and plant-animal interactions. Macfarlane received his medal in recognition of his outstanding contribution to Māori research and education.
Meet Professor Angus Macfarlane and Professor Dave Kelly who received the UC Research Medal in 2013. Kelly received his medal for his world-leading research in plant ecology and plant-animal interactions. Macfarlane received his medal in recognition of his outstanding contribution to Māori research and education.
Professor Philip Joseph is regarded as one of the country’s leading scholars in public law. It is this stellar reputation in Joseph’s field of expertise that led him to be awarded the prestigious University of Canterbury Research Medal for 2012.
Professor Philip Joseph is regarded as one of the country’s leading scholars in public law. It is this stellar reputation in Joseph’s field of expertise that led him to be awarded the prestigious University of Canterbury Research Medal for 2012.
Meet Professor Douglas Bridges who received the UC Research Medal in 2011. He has held the title of Professor of Pure Mathematics at UC since 1999 and is recognised worldwide for his work in constructive mathematics where he focuses on finding algorithms for constructing mathematical objects.
Meet Professor Douglas Bridges who received the UC Research Medal in 2011. He has held the title of Professor of Pure Mathematics at UC since 1999 and is recognised worldwide for his work in constructive mathematics where he focuses on finding algorithms for constructing mathematical objects.
Meet Distinguished Professor Jack Copeland who received the UC Research Medal in 2009. His work is considered remarkable for its success and breadth. He works in philosophy, mathematical logic, cognitive science, the foundations of artificial intelligence, the history of engineering and technology, and the history of cryptography.
Meet Distinguished Professor Jack Copeland who received the UC Research Medal in 2009. His work is considered remarkable for its success and breadth. He works in philosophy, mathematical logic, cognitive science, the foundations of artificial intelligence, the history of engineering and technology, and the history of cryptography.
