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Entries are open now for the AMR Award

The AMR (antimicrobial resistance) Award celebrates people and groups who are helping to fight antimicrobial resistance. This includes using antibiotics responsibly, preventing infections, or finding new ways to reduce antibiotic use.

AMR Award details

  • Entries open: 3 June 2025.
  • Entries close: 5pm on 27 September 2025.
  • Winner announced: AMR Awareness Week (18 to 24 November 2025).
  • Prize: Certificate, plaque, and morning tea for your organisation or team.

We're looking for antimicrobial resistance champions

Sponsored by New Zealand Food Safety, this award recognises individuals, teams, or organisations making a real difference in reducing AMR risks in New Zealand. The work might include:

  • spreading awareness about AMR
  • preventing and controlling disease
  • using strong biosecurity practices
  • creating animal or plant health programmes to reduce the need for antibiotics
  • promoting responsible antibiotic use
  • reducing unnecessary antibiotic use

We want to shine a light on your efforts now more than ever.

How to enter the AMR Award

Complete the online entry form by 5pm on 27 September 2025.

AMR Award entry form

Nominations and eligibility

Nominations are open to anyone working with or within the animal health or plant health sectors in New Zealand.

Your nomination should describe activities or practices that the nominees or applicants have put in place to help reduce antibiotic use and drivers for antibiotic use. This could include:

  • AMR Awareness: Measures to educate prescribers and users of antibiotics about AMR and infection prevention and control measures, such as increased uptake of vaccinations and implementation of animal or plant health programmes.
  • Infection prevention and control: Effective and novel approaches to infection prevention and control, including implementation of biosecurity policies, animal health programmes, and vaccine use.
  • Antimicrobial stewardship: Demonstrating the development and use of guidelines, policies, and recommendations to improve judicious antibiotic use by prescribers and users.
  • Monitoring and surveillance: Effective recording, monitoring, and benchmarking of antimicrobial use, with review of trends and innovative ways to reduce antimicrobial use.

An individual, team, or organisation can be nominated. Self-nominations are also accepted.

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