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Three Academy Fellows have been recognised by the Royal Society for their outstanding contributions to scientific research and discovery.

The Academy’s analysis of the 2026–27 Budget highlights first steps to reform Australia’s ailing R&D system, but measures won’t shift the dial on years of underinvestment.

The recipient of the 2026 Douglas and Lola Douglas Scholarship in Medical Science says that community-led action can transform lifelong wellbeing.

Four early-career researchers will receive top-up grants to advance their experimental work.

Nine outstanding Australian early‑career researchers have been selected to attend the 75th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, joining Nobel Prize winners and peers from around the world.

In this edition: Indigenous knowledge sheds light on quoll decline, bush-fires have long-term impacts on water quality, and tracing the resurgence of Murchison dingoes

Three researchers – with work spanning human behaviour, invasive species and ancient climate patterns – will share conservation and climate science across Australia and internationally thanks to prestigious Academy fellowships.

From the desert to the ocean, early-career scientists are deploying cutting-edge conservation to help Australia's endangered wildlife.

It’s time to celebrate excellence and support brilliant ideas. The Academy’s honorific and funding awards for 2027 are now open for application.