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Academy welcomes bipartisan support to establish an Australian space agency

The Australian Academy of Science has welcomed the bipartisan approach to establish an Australian space agency and says a national coordination framework must be a first order priority for the agency.

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Primary school learning resources win Educational Publishing Award

The Australian Academy of Science’s innovative approach to primary school science education has been recognised with a win at the Australian Publishers Association (APA)‘s 2017 Educational Publishing Awards.

Plant scientist first Australian to win top American award

Plant scientist first Australian to win top American award

Australian Academy of Science Fellow Professor Stephen Powles has won the American Chemical Society International Award for Research in Agrochemicals.

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Joint winners at the second Australian Falling Walls Lab

PhD student Mortaza Rezae from Curtin University is the winner of the second Australian Falling Walls Lab, hosted by the Australian Academy of Science.

Medals for three honorific awards

The Academy is calling for design suggestions, portraits, images or wording to be considered in the design of medals for three of its honorific awards.

Events and outreach—September 2017

The Academy was flat out keeping up with the activities in this year’s annual celebration of science in Australia, National Science Week, on 12–20 August.

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International news—September 2017

Applications for the 68th Lindau Nobel Laureates Meeting with Nobel Laureates from the field of physiology or medicine are now open. Applications for Lindau close 3 October 2017.

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Academy Fellow wins Eureka Prize for mentoring young researchers

Australian Academy of Science Fellow Professor Justin Gooding has been awarded the 2017 University of Technology Sydney Eureka Prize for Outstanding Mentor of Young Researchers.

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Four new institutions join Science in Australia Gender Equity initiative

Momentum to improve gender equity and diversity in Australia’s higher education and research sector continues to build with four new institutions joining The Science in Australia Gender Equity (SAGE) Initiative pilot of the UK-based Athena SWAN accreditation program.