2019 Awards Videos
BNZ Supreme Award
This award celebrates the supreme entry which demonstrates overall excellence in all core areas of research commercialisation as voted by the Awards Judges. This award recognises research commercialisation excellence that demonstrates the impact that can be achieved through commercialised Kiwi science - the spirit of the KiwiNet Awards!
Winner
Distinguished Professor Dame Margaret Brimble
Pioneering drug discovery and development
Also Winner of the Baldwins Researcher Entrepreneur Award
Norman Barry Foundation Breakthrough Innovator Award
This award recognises an upcoming entrepreneurial researcher who is making outstanding contributions to business innovation or is creating innovative businesses in New Zealand through technology licencing, start-up creation or by providing expertise to support business innovation.
Winner
Dr Shalen Kumar, AuramerBio
Precision diagnostics made faster, cheaper, and mobile
Finalist
Dr Brendan Darby, Marama Labs
Visibility through the clouds – revolutionising analytical spectroscopy by enabling analysis of cloudy liquids
Finalist
Andrew Best and Andrea Bubendorfer - Callaghan Innovation
MicroMaker: a new 3D printing technology for high value miniaturisation
Baldwins Researcher Entrepreneur Award
This award recognises an entrepreneurial researcher who has made outstanding contributions to business innovation or has created innovative businesses in New Zealand through technology licencing, start-up creation or by providing expertise to support business innovation.
Winner
Distinguished Professor Dame Margaret Brimble
Pioneering drug discovery and development
Also Winner of the BNZ Supreme Award
Finalist
Professor Bruce MacDonald
Revolutionising horticulture and healthcare with cutting edge robotic technologies
Finalist
Dr Leonardo Negron
Bio-material research into innovative and unique products for the health sector
MinterEllisonRuddWatts Commercialisation Professional Award
This award recognises a commercialisation professional working within a New Zealand research organisation who has made an outstanding contribution to the commercialisation of publicly-funded research.
Winner
Will Charles
Supercharging the commercialisation activities of the University of Auckland
Finalist
Mark Cleaver
Leading teams to transform New Zealand’s great food and agritech research capability
Finalist
Geoff Todd
Pioneering the way scientific research is commercialised in New Zealand
PwC Commercial Impact Award
This award celebrates excellence in research commercialisation delivering outstanding innovation performance and the potential for generating significant economic impact for New Zealand.
Winner
Plant & Food Research and Compac Sorting Equipment
World-leading fruit grading and sorting technologies
Finalist
Tectonus, from University of Auckland and AUT
Next generation earthquake protection
Finalist
Sanford, Cawthron and SPATnz
Transforming mussel aquaculture through hatchery technology and selective breeding
Momentum Student Entrepreneur Award
The award recognises highly motivated New Zealand university students who have made significant progress developing an idea that can change the world.
These students are making outstanding contributions to commercialisation and innovation or has created an innovative business in New Zealand through technology licensing, start-up creation or by providing expertise to support innovation.
Winner
Cynthia Hunefeld, Victoria University of Wellington
HerbScience: Back to the future
Finalist
Connor Talbot, University of Auckland
ProstheteX - personalised 3D printed socket designs for amputees
Finalist
Christopher Walker, University of Auckland
Electroclear – removing underwater biofouling for marinas, boaties and aqua farmers
Other Videos
Taking Scientific Discoveries to Market
How the 2019 finalists feel about creating impact from Kiwi science.