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Supporting Ukrainian scientists through a partnership with the Breakthrough Prize Foundation-thumbnail

Supporting Ukrainian scientists through a partnership with the Breakthrough Prize Foundation

Ukrainian scientists who have fled the war with Russia or who have been unable to work due to the destruction of their workplace are set to receive a helping hand from their Australian counterparts.

The future is what we make it, says winner of Prime Minister’s Prize for Science-thumbnail

The future is what we make it, says winner of Prime Minister’s Prize for Science

Best of Australian science returns to Canberra-thumbnail

Best of Australian science returns to Canberra

The best of Australian science will be celebrated and recognised at Science at the Shine Dome this week and for the first time since 2019, the Australian Academy of Science’s annual flagship event will be held in-person in Canberra.

Gender equity changes to NHMRC Investigator Grants are ‘game-changing’

Gender equity changes to NHMRC Investigator Grants are ‘game-changing’

The Academy welcomes the introduction of measures to address systemic disadvantage faced by female and non-binary senior researchers via the Investigator Grant scheme of the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).

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Kim Carr recognised for his service to Australian science and research

One of the Australian Parliament’s fiercest science and research advocates, Kim Carr, has been recognised by the Australian Academy of Science today for advancing the cause of science and technology in Australia.

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Academy returns to historic headquarters

Ian Potter House, the headquarters of the Fellows and staff of the Australian Academy of Science, has officially reopened 989 days after it was extensively damaged during Canberra’s 2020 hailstorm.

Three Aussie innovators to compete in Berlin for Falling Walls Lab 2022-thumbnail

Three Aussie innovators to compete in Berlin for Falling Walls Lab 2022

Two researchers awarded Mike Smith Student Prize for insightful essays

Two researchers awarded Mike Smith Student Prize for insightful essays

Explorations of the history of disease and of nuclear colonisation have earned two researchers the 2021–22 Mike Smith Student Prize for History of Australian Science or Australian Environmental History.

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Academy President elected to Royal Academy of Engineering

Australian Academy of Science President, Professor Chennupati Jagadish AC PresAA FTSE, has been elected an International Fellow of the United Kingdom’s Royal Academy of Engineering.