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Eureka Prizes recognise excellence in science and science engagement

Australian Academy of Science honorific award recipient Professor Renae Ryan AM and Academy Fellow Professor Toby Walsh FAA are among the 19 individuals and teams recognised at the 2023 Australian Museum Eureka Prize awards for excellence in Research and Innovation, Leadership, Science Engagement and School Science, held on 23 August in Sydney.

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Fourteen 2023 France and Europe Mobility Grants awarded for outstanding research

The Academy is pleased to announce the recipients of the France and Europe Mobility Grants for 2023.

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Young Australian scientists learn from Nobel Laureates at 72nd Lindau Meeting

Seven of Australia's brightest young scientists attended the 72nd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting dedicated to physiology and medicine from 25 June to 1 July in Germany.

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Aussie chemistry expert a contender for international science prize

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Fellows recognised with King’s Birthday Honours

Six Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to science by receiving an Order of Australia in the 2023 King's Birthday Honours List.

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Science central in overturning Australia’s greatest miscarriage of justice

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2022 annual report highlights Academy’s wide range of achievements

The announcement that the Academy will lead the International Science Council Asia Pacific Regional Focal Point was one of the many achievements highlighted in the Academy’s 2022 annual report, released today.

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Mangroves help us understand droughts and floods, and the climate-altering chemistry of kelp: Thomas Davies 2020 awardees

Using climate clues stored in mangroves to better understand our history of droughts and flooding rains, and how storms reduce the ability of kelp forests to fight ocean acidification—these are the outcomes of two projects awarded funding in 2020 through the Thomas Davies Research Grant for Marine, Soil and Plant Biology.

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Academy Fellow among Australian scientists elected to Royal Society

Academy Fellow and polymer chemist Dr Graeme Moad is one of two Australian scientists elected this year to the Royal Society, the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence.